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Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by pooper »

gravypod wrote: post #121
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.

You can actually probably use the RPi as a desktop. I was thinking about picking up the Orange Pi and replacing my AMD 5350 machine with that. For gaming I use steam streaming. The only down side is finding a working build of the distro I use for the RPi.

I've been thinking about the odroid c2 http://odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:odroid-c2 (Hardware details: http://odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:c2_hardware ) but they strongly recommend an eMMC module which costs a pretty penny in my opinion compared to the board itself which holds me back. I'd rather just buy a 64 GB micro SD card (which costs ~ $20 even if I got a fancy U1 samsung one that I have on my phone).

it would be a pretty neat way to use my 1680 x 1050 LG tv as well I think and the Ethernet port is a major plus.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by erickhill »

cgrf wrote: post #73
erickhill wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently bought a Wifi Modem for my Commodore 64 that is based off the Arduinos board. OK, that sounds embarrassing when I say it, but I do value it nevertheless. It allows me to connect to some BBSes (!) where like-minded crazy people like me can hang. I think it all has to do with the creativity and/or niche (in my case, a passionate hobby) designers like you can fill.

Awesome! What is it called and where did you get it?

I got this one: https://jammingsignal.com/commodore-wi-fi-modem/

But there is also this for far less: https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.php?prod=WiModemOLED

There is also a great place that will 3D print enclosures for either. http://corei64.com/store/index.php

You asked! :)

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by btzll »

gbajson wrote: post #53

Considering the fact that they missed delivery date of the previous one by at least 150% (I am still waiting) announcing new one with "Available Dec 2016" sounds like tasteless joke.

Yeap, at least I got a refund.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by LandoCalrissian »

gbajson wrote: post #53

Considering the fact that they missed delivery date of the previous one by at least 150% (I am still waiting) announcing new one with "Available Dec 2016" sounds like tasteless joke.

I ordered mine when pre-orders were first available and got them probably about two months ago. I would say it was worth the wait and have been really happy with the build quality and software. Hopefully they can figure out their distribution problems because they do have a good product.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by znpy »

gbajson wrote: post #53

Considering the fact that they missed delivery date of the previous one by at least 150% (I am still waiting) announcing new one with "Available Dec 2016" sounds like tasteless joke.

I coordinated a group buy of 40 Chip computers and they are all delivered on time in June 2016.

We all had to wait. We bought them in November 2015, but we (like many others) were told from the start that shipping would have begun from June 2016, in order of purchase time.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by znpy »

erickhill wrote: post #56
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.

I recently bought a Wifi Modem for my Commodore 64 that is based off the Arduinos board. OK, that sounds embarrassing when I say it, but I do value it nevertheless. It allows me to connect to some BBSes (!) where like-minded crazy people like me can hang. I think it all has to do with the creativity and/or niche (in my case, a passionate hobby) designers like you can fill.

Could you post some links about BBSes?

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by jmcdiesel »

kriro wrote: post #67
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.

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 :)

I used an RPi for my hydro system, I grew a few generations of really good green "tomatoes" and had quite amazing yields... satisfied my geek side and my gardening side all at once... :)

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by durkie »

Palomides wrote: post #134
thom_nic wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Milled cut out in the middle of the mainboard seems like an annoying additional cost. Headers that raise the module off the board would be acceptable, except when vertical space is a constraint.

You have to mill at least the outline of your board anyway, a little more is trivial.

yeah, it just seems like if it were really optimized for smt, they would have milled the back side of the CHIP and placed the flash et al components in there so that you wouldn't have to find the extra real estate on your own board.

Re: CHIP Pro

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Post by TeMPOraL »

stop1234 wrote: post #38
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.

You mean like going to the super market without having a shopping list, buying everything that attracts your attention which all goes out of date in your fridge because you forgot you had all that food and not having any time to plan your house hold duties?

That's me when I visited Shenzhen. I came back with close to $1k worth of electronics - boards, controllers, sensors, actuators, stuff. Donated half of this to my local Hackerspace though.
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