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Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by aboringusername »

syntheticnature wrote: post #15
aboringusername wrote: post #11

Looking at the specs [1], I can't help but feel for $200 getting Wifi 4 (N, from 2008) and BT 4.0 (from 2010) leaves me underwhelmed. Maybe it was a cost decision, maybe licensing? Maybe due to power constraints? But damn, Wifi 4 is just objectively terrible and needs obliterating, it's borderline unusable and leaves me worried about the longevity of using such old standards in 2/3 years time (if that's the expecting…

Worth noting that WiFi 5 is 802.11ac, which only applies to 5Ghz; any WiFi 5 gear is using 802.11n for 2.4GHz. (Edit: Pi 4 can do 5GHz) One wonders if they skipped doing a 5GHz antenna for cost/space/other reasons.

I'm kind of confused but by research [1] says the CM4 they've selected does indeed support wireless AC and BT 5.0 LE

[1]: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-Compute-Module-CM41...

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by terramex »

Is the rear-facing camera connected using standard CSI interface and can it be swapped for RPi HQ Camera?

I sometimes use HQ Cam in the field and for now I use RPi 4 with 7" touchscreen and external power bank so this tablet would be great usability upgrade.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by warp »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #14

I’ve been following this project for a while. I truly hope they succeed, but as always some caution is warranted about crowdfunding projects. They ran a Kickstarter last year with a target ship date of late November, but I’m not sure how many orders they’ve filled. None of my friends who ordered have received theirs. Their open source repositories are available here: https://github.com/cutiepi-io Note this isn’t a ta…

The reason they're late is because they switched from the Raspbarry Pi 3 compute module to the (then recently announced/released) Raspberry Pi 4 compute module very late into the project.

I would have preferred if they had shipped what they had, instead of delaying the project for that upgrade, but it seems most backers preferred to get the shiny new thing, even if it meant the project was delayed.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by mattowen_uk »

geerlingguy wrote: post #7

Just wanted to drop a link here to a page I maintain tracking as many Pi CM4-based projects as I've found: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards_cm (including the CutiePi). The Compute Module 4 is the first revision (similar to the regular 4 model B) that is fast enough to actually be a practical/sensible replacement for a great deal of use cases where traditionally low power PC hardware would be preferred (though of…

Jeff's YouTube channel is also a delight[1], totally worth subscribing to!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg

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[1] Red Shirt Jeff did not make me say this, honest.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by kingosticks »

lupire wrote: post #8
warp wrote: post #6

This was a Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspb... (I am a backer, but I haven't received mine yet, so don't yet have an opinion on the product)

> EVERYTHING, from the hardware design, firmware, enclosure, all the way to the user interface, is open source.

The cutiepi-enclosure/CutiePi_ID_spec.pdf file is marked as "confidential". Isn't that a little odd?

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by onesun »

aboringusername wrote: post #21
syntheticnature wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worth noting that WiFi 5 is 802.11ac, which only applies to 5Ghz; any WiFi 5 gear is using 802.11n for 2.4GHz. (Edit: Pi 4 can do 5GHz) One wonders if they skipped doing a 5GHz antenna for cost/space/other reasons.

I'm kind of confused but by research [1] says the CM4 they've selected does indeed support wireless AC and BT 5.0 LE [1]: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-Compute-Module-CM41...

I wonder if they just recently decided to go with the CM4 module and failed to update the specs to match. The video shows them using the CM3 module, which does have lesser wifi/bt specs.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by opencl »

aboringusername wrote: post #21
syntheticnature wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worth noting that WiFi 5 is 802.11ac, which only applies to 5Ghz; any WiFi 5 gear is using 802.11n for 2.4GHz. (Edit: Pi 4 can do 5GHz) One wonders if they skipped doing a 5GHz antenna for cost/space/other reasons.

I'm kind of confused but by research [1] says the CM4 they've selected does indeed support wireless AC and BT 5.0 LE [1]: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-Compute-Module-CM41...

There was a previous version of this tablet using the CM3 with wifi/BT hardware on the carrier board, they probably just forgot to update that part of the specs page. The new carrier board does not have wifi so they are definitely using the CM4's onboard wireless hardware.

Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by [deleted] »

aboringusername wrote: post #21
syntheticnature wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worth noting that WiFi 5 is 802.11ac, which only applies to 5Ghz; any WiFi 5 gear is using 802.11n for 2.4GHz. (Edit: Pi 4 can do 5GHz) One wonders if they skipped doing a 5GHz antenna for cost/space/other reasons.

I'm kind of confused but by research [1] says the CM4 they've selected does indeed support wireless AC and BT 5.0 LE [1]: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-Compute-Module-CM41...

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Re: CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

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Post by hosteur »

aboringusername wrote: post #11

Looking at the specs [1], I can't help but feel for $200 getting Wifi 4 (N, from 2008) and BT 4.0 (from 2010) leaves me underwhelmed. Maybe it was a cost decision, maybe licensing? Maybe due to power constraints? But damn, Wifi 4 is just objectively terrible and needs obliterating, it's borderline unusable and leaves me worried about the longevity of using such old standards in 2/3 years time (if that's the expecting…

> But damn, Wifi 4 is just objectively terrible and needs obliterating, it's borderline unusable

Care to elaborate a bit on why ? I have been using n for years at home and at my office without any problems. It seems much faster than b and g which I had before.

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