An Alternative to ESP8266? Realtek RTL8710 ARM Cortex-M3 WiFi IoT Modules Sell for $2 and Up
Realtek RTL8710 could become a serious contender to Espressif +ESP8266.
For now most resources are in Chinese, and the module appears to be controlled by an AT command set.
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