Truly impressive. Reminds me of Google’s (failed) attempt at modular devices.
Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
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Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#52So very many applications! One is it will make lashing up an approximately-OK control system easier early in a project. There are five or six machine designs in my past where having a rudimentary control system was needed for initial testing. This would have saved days or weeks on each one.
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#53So very many applications! One is it will make lashing up an approximately-OK control system easier early in a project. There are five or six machine designs in my past where having a rudimentary control system was needed for initial testing. This would have saved days or weeks on each one.
you mean for building ciruits? Could you please elaborate. I thought control systems was necessary for physical objects
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#54Man I so much wish to do something like that, but 40 hour job eats all the time. Can somebody give an advice how to find time to doing such interesting things?
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#55Such modular design is tricky. Some parts require close distance to specific components like clocks. OP did a good job by solving such problems.
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#56As far as I can tell, this is a single individual that has done all of this work. I am floored at the design and intricacy of this project. Really, truly blown away. I'm sure there are plenty of edge cases to correct for but I haven't gotten so excited by a demo in a long time. I've obviously signed up to learn more.
I am floored by the design.
However, the most complex and costly part is the PCB and circuit design. The PCBs used in the blocks are absolutely awesome.
Thanks to 3D printers that are cheap, the casing and other plastic materials are easy to make.
All that being said, this has very low chance of becoming a real world product. Real world is messy, dirty, wet and an absolutely shitty place for snap on electronics.
What would work, is better connector technology. It is obvious that even with all this simplification, this will still be a hobbyist product, rather than a serious mass market product.
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#57Man I so much wish to do something like that, but 40 hour job eats all the time. Can somebody give an advice how to find time to doing such interesting things?
What do you do outside of the 40 hour job?
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#58was hooked as soon as I saw the MIDI out module, for musical applications alone this could be a gamechanger (to my knowledge theres nothing else truly like it out there, outside of complete DIY)
Re: Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]
#59The hardware is very cool. The start of the integration with the dashboard is neat, but I'm not entirely sure how useful it would be other than making a video like this. Perhaps something like OSC or something could help keep it modular from a software standpoint and not so toy seeming. I also think a lot of software has whole knows what layers expecting hardware to not just suddenly disappear. Appear is maybe less a…
Yep, looks great as a toy, but seems not-that-ok for any serious use, because for static setups, all the alternatives are a lot cheaper, because they don't have to be modular (eg. touchscreen display for controlling home automation). But I like the concept for areas such as schools etc., because it makes it possible to try a bunch of different things very fast.
I don't know that I'd go so far as to call it a toy, but I do think that this device is more likely to be used in education or prototyping than anything else - which is still great! Just having a platform that will autoconfigure the array of devices that he's demonstrated is amazing. Being able to snap on two cameras and a TPU and have everything 'just work' so you can focus on your vision processing software is incredible.
I'm betting that it will be cost-prohibitive to have this device as a permanent fixture for any one application outside outside of the sorts of things an rPi4 already does (Home Assistant server, etc). I don't think anyone is going to use it to control an LED with a slider, but for prototyping that sort of thing it has endless possibilities.
Hats off to Anil for the huge amount of work he put into this project.