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  • bl_docs

    Datasheets and Reference Manual for BL602/BL808

    • Stay tuned, according to the Bouffalo Lab BL808 SoC datasheet (page 90) series numbering system that the board is based on, they will probably have more RAM and ROM capacity in the later versions of the SoC:

    https://github.com/bouffalolab/bl_docs/blob/main/BL808_DS/en...

  • esp-now

    A connectionless Wi-Fi communication protocol (by espressif)

    • In addition to ESP-Mesh protocol as mentioned in the sibling's comment, alternatively ESP-Now protocol also enabled lightweight support for direct networking without AP:

    https://www.espressif.com/en/products/software/esp-now/overv...

    https://github.com/espressif/esp-now

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  • proot

    An chroot-like implementation using ptrace. (by termux)

    • It's called PRoot, you can install other Linux distributions (e.g. Arch, Debian, etc.) within the virtual root environment.

    https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot

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