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Main thing everyone overlooks: If you can run the same program in C on a MCU for 5 cents less, they are absolutely gonna go with that.

Cost cutting in high volume electronics is crazy.



There are plenty of usecases for electronics which is not high volume. And many cases where the BOM margin are not the cost driver, such as when installation/setup costs dominate. And projects where cost is secondary to thing like time-to-market, ability to integrate/customize et.c.




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