Will the GPIO pins include the hardware SPI, I2C, or UART pins?
I'm excited about the extra compute available from the RPi4, but obviously the CM4 isn't out yet.
CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
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Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#102I always wondered why nobody had release a tablet / laptop type system that accepts the compute module... I guess it's finally happening!
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#103Call me dull, but why don't you just build an android app and buy a Fire Tablet to power your project. A Fire Tablet is probably on par for power and is fully integrated with a touch screen and battery, and with discounts it costs almost or cheaper than a bare Pi. I feel like we bend over backwards to try to use the Raspberry Pi to do cool things, but a lot of these projects can be developed more easily and powered b…
I'm guessing you've never tried to modify a Fire tablet. It's an exercise in extreme frustration. I will never "buy" a Fire tablet again. I say "buy" in quotes because the way Amazon locks down the tablet means I clearly don't own it. It's just a long term pre-paid lease.
Can't you just install a regular android app? Why do you need to unlock it to do anything?
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#104Call me dull, but why don't you just build an android app and buy a Fire Tablet to power your project. A Fire Tablet is probably on par for power and is fully integrated with a touch screen and battery, and with discounts it costs almost or cheaper than a bare Pi. I feel like we bend over backwards to try to use the Raspberry Pi to do cool things, but a lot of these projects can be developed more easily and powered b…
Because the boot loader is locked, so does its launcher, unless LauncherHijack installed and abuses Accessibility feature to draw Overlays on top of your screen.... Speaking of modifying existing hardwares, Nexus 7 is my personal favorite: http://i.imgur.com/8H9LH9U.jpg
What projects do you need a tablet and you need it unlocked?
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
"we don't know" is not as good as "we don't know, but it won't be less than the material cost, which is currently X" would go a long way towards taking the people you want to get excited about this product seriously. We understand how "things cost money" works, but going "we don't know, figure it out yourself" is not a nice thing to tell people who are actually interested in what you're making =) Even updating it to…
Fair point, will update accordingly. I hesitate to say anything because we are getting mixed signals from Chinese manufacturers....
Would you be willing to work with US based companies for hardware?
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#106I've been really meaning to see more devices taking advantage of raspberry pi compute module and selling it as ready to ship packages. I wonder how much this is being sold for.
What I'd really love to see / make is a pre-packaged raspberry pi robot with wheels, cameras, microphones, simple LIDAR, IR lights for night vision and a simple grabber arm. Cheap, nicely built, durable robot.
I'm not a hardware guy but if someone wants to partner, I wanna do a kickstarter someday.
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#107The name of this reminded me of an 8th grade math poem.
>Roses are red.
>Math is pretty fly.
>I like your smarts.
>So why not be my cutie 3.14159
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#108Pardon if this is a dumb question, but does this thing look like it could decode and play MP3 files? With a little power left over for a simple user interface? I'm interesting in making a specialized MP3 player of sorts.
This is entirely the wrong product for that. The SoC on the Raspberry Pi is a somewhat high-powered graphics processor; if all you need is MP3 decoding, your needs will be much better met by a mid-range microcontroller. There's even ASICs (like the VS1011) that'll do most of the work for you.
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#109In case anyone is looking for a similar project with a bit more definition, check out the PineTab[1]. It'll probably be pretty cheap (PineBook Pro will go for $200, PinePhone will go for $150), and I'm guessing it'll be available before this project is. I really like all of these independent tablet/laptop/phone projects! I'm just a little worried that people will pick them up thinking they'll be just like an Android/…
"This item is not yet available for purchase from the PINE64 store."
Neither is the CutiePi, but it does seem significantly farther along the process of becoming a purchasable product [1]. But I do like the idea of using a Pi compute module for the basis of a tablet.
[1] https://www.pine64.org/2019/08/05/august-update-london-meetu...
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#110Looks promising. The one thing I wish this had was some design files or something for the case, so that I could screw it in to a VESA mount.