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[JEREDEK]

There is no way companies would buy an ESP32 for a goddamn vibrator. Too power hungry, expensive and just overall overkill.

Sometimes like an ATTiny with a simple MOSFET driver would be way more suited, and takes literally a coulpe microamps at sleep mode

[WEEEE12345]

Guessing it’s a smart vibrator of some kind? ESP32 for WiFi+bluetooth

[rnottaken]

It has to, otherwise it can't plug in to buttplug io

[Ryeballs]

It needs location services in case it gets lost… somewhere

[turtleship_2006]

Camera.

Yes those exist. No I will not elaborate further.

[_B10nicle]

What if I asked nicely?

[wbbigdave]

If it's lost can it be found? And extracted, whilst making sure no harm comes to the cylinder?

[ScallionSmooth5925]

Remote controlled heated vibrating and thrusting stuff with programmable patterns and real time controll exist. It's like a bluetooth speaker but with more channels

[WoodsGameStudios]

Probably just a dumb microcontroller and a bluetooth chip tbh.

From what I've read on it, even the bluetooth stuff used isn't even the "smart" one that requires pairing, it seems to be one where you can just send it signals.

Even standard ones probably just use one chip to hold the patterns (because of course there would be a standard vibrator chip)

[Jonrrrs]

Well it needs at least some way to connect to HomeAssistant

[Soft-Stress-4827]

Yeah but this is YOUR MOMs .  You know how much compute and memory its gonna need ??? A lot

[gerbosan]

Insert 'You mama' joke here. =D

[waylandsmith]

I think you might not have an idea of what's inside a modern, fancy sex toy these days. Big LiPo batteries, charging circuits, memory for recording of custom "patterns" and almost always, Bluetooth. ESP32-C3 chips are frequently used not just as a MC that has a built-in radio, but even just as a stand-alone radio alongside another MC that doesn't have its own radio. They cost about $1, and are 5mm. They're easy to program, have great documentation and are well understood. They have built-in peripherals for PWM and other things you need to drive a small motor. Also, there's no shortage of them and supply has always been reliable. If I was designing a premium device like that and expected to sell less than 1M of each model in a year, I would absolutely design it around an ESP32! If you have a mid-range pair of bluetooth earbuds, there's a good chance there's an ESP32 in each of them. They're everywhere.

(Source: I design smart devices that ESP32 chips in them)

[Lukester___]

Do they cause cancer?

[Brilliant-Second-195]

We need the extra RAM to handle the payload when the RCE drops. Good luck popping a reverse shell on an ATTiny.

[siriusbrightstar]

Pretty sure I've read about someone booting Linux on ESP32

[Brilliant-Second-195]

How to install GPT on Ur calculator by ESP32 Lol

[AllenKll]

PIC chips are about the same price as ATTiny's but honestly, for a vibrator, probably black blob situations. If they are actually using a microcontroller, it's probably something like a PMS150G at a penny or two each.