CHIP Pro

Post by pervycreeper » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:15 PM UTC

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…

Post by detaro » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

rxseger wrote: post #71

IgorPartola wrote: post #33

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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…

+1 for using Raspberry Pi for home automation. I'm just getting into electronics but have found the Pi indispensable for this purpose: without much effort, I now have Pi Zero running Homebridge with plugins and hardware to control an AC power outlet switch, ambient temperature and humidity sensors, three contact sensors, and another Raspberry Pi 3 also running Homebridge with a light sensor, fan speed controller (PWM…

Post by wyager » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:44 PM UTC

lucb1e wrote: post #123

wyager wrote: post #50

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You can use any SoC as the starting point for an open source smartphone. I don't think this is appropriate, though, given the inability to break out high-bandwidth busses from the board, e.g. for a video display or LTE networking.

3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency, and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway. Owning a phone that came out like 3 months before 4g got built into everything (from high-end to cheap stuff), I can say I've never missed it. I'd rather they spend money on improving 3g reception, which is pretty good but could still be a lo…

Post by erickhill » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:50 PM UTC

znpy wrote: post #146

erickhill wrote: post #56

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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?

Post by soared » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

kenOfYugen wrote: post #12

Seems like a good enough prototyping kit for open source hardware. I wonder why the 'no-price-scaling' per unit for bulk orders is considered a feature though.