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Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by sobkas »

faragon wrote: post #101
djvdorp wrote: post #76

Maybe I missed it, but how does the CHIP Pro compare to the previous CHIP?

Previous CHIP has twice the RAM (512MB vs 256MB) and eight times more flash (4GB vs 512MB), and it is much cheaper (9$ vs 16$). The "Pro" CPU has same specs (1GHz ARM v7a). The only advantadge is smaller components, and probably less power consumption. In my opinion, the 8$ CHIP is better than the 16$ "CHIP Pro". Also, for 15$ you can get a Pine64 [1] with much better specs (512MB RAM, 4 ARM64 Cortex A53 cores, ether…

Did you have any problems mentioned in this blog post[1]?

[1] http://vincentsanders.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-pine-stays-gr...

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by StavrosK »

Beltiras wrote: post #106
jmcneill wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ditto. I had planned on porting FreeBSD to it, but with all of the delays and more interesting boards coming out since it was announced, I've lost all interest at this point.

Share the more interesting boards please because I am salivating over the pricepoint and features of this one.

It does look pretty damn amazing for $16, and it's SMD-ready.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by Palomides »

duskwuff wrote: post #42
leggomylibro wrote: post #28

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The edges of the board have round plated indents near the through holes, which makes them easier for machines to place and solder.

There are parts on the bottom of the board, including the NAND flash. How does it sit flat?

you have a cutout underneath, with only a small overlap for the connection.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by StavrosK »

IgorPartola wrote: post #33
platz wrote: post #22

I have the chip, esp8266, rpi, teensies, trinkets, arduinos... I studied electronics principles and built various circuits.. yet I have no idea what I can practically use these devices for in my life. They all sit in a box and I have a hard time justifying buying more of them.

Raspberry Pis and CHIPs: good for a home automation hub of sorts or a thing where you want a portable computer capable of working with video, audio, or large volumes of data. Arduino et al: need to have buttons do more complicated things than buttons can actually do: slowly change light colors, actuate things, CNC, etc. ESP8266: sensors and remote controls for switches and such. Anything Arduino does above, except th…

Raspberry Pi:

IR remote for devices around the house: https://www.stavros.io/posts/how-turn-your-raspberry-pi-infr...

RF remote for more devices: https://www.stavros.io/posts/how-remote-control-rf-devices-r...

Home server for controlling various things around the house (farther down)

ESP8266:

A rotary mobile phone: https://www.stavros.io/series/irotary/

A button that orders food when pressed (Amazon-dash-like): https://www.stavros.io/posts/emergency-food-button/

Sensor board for sensing things in all the rooms of the house: https://www.stavros.io/posts/building-cheap-home-sensorcontr...

The above ties in with the Raspberry Pi farther up.

A LED strip controller: https://www.stavros.io/posts/wifi-enabled-rgb-led-strip-cont...

A toy bus with an OLED screen that shows which bus is passing by next (no post yet).

A self-driving RC car (no post yet).

A perfume sprayer that sprays perfume with an API (no post ever).

Arduino:

Nothing, the ESP8266 is better.

And these are just random ideas I got, you can do way more if you have a specific need for them.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by onli »

jmcneill wrote: post #104
aquarin wrote: post #75

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My CHIP still not delivered. They re-scheduled 3 times the delivery. The last was 3 Oct. Today I received the "happy" news this will be shipped at the beginning of Nov. The initial shipment was June when I ordered in March.

Ditto. I had planned on porting FreeBSD to it, but with all of the delays and more interesting boards coming out since it was announced, I've lost all interest at this point.

I got mine, ordered not in the kickstarter but later, arrived on time. Since then I did not really use it, so far other stuff to do and my existing ARM homeserver is working just fine.

If you can use it do to some serious work like porting stuff to it, I'd at least lend it to you. Send me an mail (in profile), I'm in Europe.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by kriro »

kodroid wrote: post #88
kriro wrote: post #67

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Set up an automated indoor garden. I'm currently working on a simple ebb and flow hydroponics garden with a dashboard to monitor health stats etc. Pump on/off, lighting and sensing some stuff. I'll try my hand at tomatoes and maybe chilli peppers. The initial goal was to grow as much as I can which goes into home cooked chilli :)

Sounds interesting - any how to guides or you making up as you go along? Thx for sharing

The basic ebb and flow tech is simple. I'm prototyping it with a simple hardware timer. For now my plan is to simply add a programmable switch and some sensors once the system is up and running and go from there (maybe a webcam).

Here's an example video (mine is more DIY with less pretty containers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uokf3WmTo

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by StavrosK »

Dowwie wrote: post #93
IgorPartola wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raspberry Pis and CHIPs: good for a home automation hub of sorts or a thing where you want a portable computer capable of working with video, audio, or large volumes of data. Arduino et al: need to have buttons do more complicated things than buttons can actually do: slowly change light colors, actuate things, CNC, etc. ESP8266: sensors and remote controls for switches and such. Anything Arduino does above, except th…

Did you finish that ESP8266-based garage door opener? Why did you choose wifi for that?

I made a similar thing, and I chose wifi because the garage was simply too far for wires. It's a simple build with a relay over wifi.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by IgorPartola »

Dowwie wrote: post #93
IgorPartola wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raspberry Pis and CHIPs: good for a home automation hub of sorts or a thing where you want a portable computer capable of working with video, audio, or large volumes of data. Arduino et al: need to have buttons do more complicated things than buttons can actually do: slowly change light colors, actuate things, CNC, etc. ESP8266: sensors and remote controls for switches and such. Anything Arduino does above, except th…

Did you finish that ESP8266-based garage door opener? Why did you choose wifi for that?

I used a Wemos D1 Mini and a relay shield for this. Soldered leads to the physical button inside my garage and connected that to the relay. Toggling the relay on then off is now equivalent to pressing the button. There is an outlet next to the garage door button, so the project is powered via a USB plug and a short micro USB cable. It runs a firmware that emulates Belmont WeMo (which is really UPnP) so my Amazon Echo recognizes it. Viola! A voice controlled garage door.

I have yet to install the reed switch on the door so the thing is smart enough to actually open and close and not just emulate button pressses.

I don't trust this setup to control mains power (look up Sonoff devices for that), but the garage opener is 12 V so I feel ok about not setting things on fire with that.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by arcaster »

"Chip" has to be one of the worst names possible in terms of branding, especially when beginners google for tutorials...
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