I've tried to keep up with the scene so far, but I apologize if this question has been answered before.
So we all know of the SX Pro stick. Seems like a very convenient way to load your payload instead of connecting it to a phone or PC. My question is, what makes this stick different than another USB-C type flash drive? Would this be a viable option for SX OS?
It's more like a Raspberry Pi Zero or a Teensy than a flash drive. Probably less powerful than a Pi Zero though.
The closest thing to it would be a DSTWO, hardware wise they are probably very similar although the DSTWO obviously lacks an USB port and has a MicroSD reader instead.
In order to send the payload, the SX Pro has to have some sort of SoC on board (could also potentially be done with a basic microcontroller with programmable USB but I think that would be very slow at sending the payload, that would be more like a Teensy or even an Arduino)
But the good news is, someone found a very cheap ($6?) wifi router dongle that has USB and runs Linux, and could potentially be reprogrammed to act as a payload sender. Bad news is it's MicroUSB so it won't be a seamless experience unless you actually mod it to have a USB-C port built in, since you'll always need it hanging off an OTG adapter.
Someone also made one that uses a Raspberry Pi Zero. However, because it has to boot up full-fat Linux first, it takes a while to send the payload (someone said ~30 seconds). Could potentially be made faster by removing anything that's not needed, and skipping initializing any hardware that's not needed. Not sure how long that wifi router dongle takes to boot, but it probably takes a while too. Routers typically do.
