The 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
That must be an American thing, in Asia it's at least 12 decimal places (jk).
Americans are lazy.. 22/7
CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
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Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say the form factor. The raspberry pi is too thick for a tablet.
If you ripped off the ethernet and usb ports would it still be too thick? Maybe the hdmi also.
Well they used the compute module so that's exactly what they did. And then they added back the ports where they needed.
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#143Not sure if I'm being silly here, but with the article about Talon ( https://talonvoice.com/ ) and coding by voice from earlier this week, I think this could potentially provide an interesting setup for a portable development setup? (I quite dislike typing on touchscreens and being able to develop by voice also seems like a portable skill)
I don't believe the CutiePi has a microphone, or speakers, AFAIK.
Well my initial thought was more along the lines of using some wireless headphones :)
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you ripped off the ethernet and usb ports would it still be too thick? Maybe the hdmi also.
Well they used the compute module so that's exactly what they did. And then they added back the ports where they needed.
I appreciate what they did and why. But no, that's not the exact same thing as the raspberry pi with it's ports de-populated. You need to provide power and ethernet (if required) yourself, I think.
The compute model is the right choice for an actual product (i.e. making more than one), but for someone trying to jam a pi into a thin space, removing the ports is almost as thin. Plus you don't also need a motherboard.
The compute module is also still waiting for it's BCM2711 refresh, another reason it's not the same thing. But when that does arrive, if it's just a case of swapping the modules that'll be a brilliant upgrade for this project.
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#145What I really want is to use the Rasperry Pi as both a computer system and a throw away embedded module. So I would want something like this when I program the Rasperry Pi to say control a robotic arm somewhere. Then I want to be able to pull the rasperry pi out of this tablet and actually place it in the robotic arm module. So if I have several projects going on like auto fish feeder and / or auto plant waterer....…
Wouldn't you be able to use this to develop whatever and then deploy your code to separate Pi module later?
That would require all my modules to be connected to wifi at all times.
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wouldn't you be able to use this to develop whatever and then deploy your code to separate Pi module later?
That would require all my modules to be connected to wifi at all times.
Pi Zero W is $10 including wifi. Even if you don't want to hook it up to house wifi, the zero can run its own hotspot so there's no need to connect/disconnect cables/sd cards to update programming. (Personally, I hate having to deal w/ microsd cards while I'm also repotting plants.)
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#147Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#148I like this project. However, I wish that under the FAQ for "What's the target price?" they had a better answer than "We'll know better in DVT stage, meanwhile please find the bill of materials in design files for detail." Who is going to Google each of the 89 components listed in the bill of materials to get a rough guess (since it doesn't list price info)?
hi, project creator penk here, thanks for the comment, "we don't know" is the honest answer we can give at this moment, since we hadn't ordered any parts. For your reference the first batch (10pcs) EVT boards is about ~90USD a piece: https://i.imgur.com/anUASlT.jpg
Another point w/ looking at a pricing that's in flux: if prices are changing markedly over time, and you're tracking those, showing the plot provides information.
As in: is the trend downwards (my expectation), upwards (would be a surprise), or perhaps varying (market showing major shifts). And by how much.
A comparable concept is the bug burn-down charts the Debian project has produced over the past decade or two, which hugely assist with getting some sense of when "when it's ready" might be.
And sure, wrap the information in all the "this is not a price committment" language you care to.
Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet
#149I am getting a bit overwhelmed - I would like to get a basic level of "maker" capabilities at home for my kids but ... it's not the kit, not the hardware, it's the projects I think I am looking for easy to follow instructions for dads
I would start with arduino, not raspberry pi. I don't think raspberry pi's are very good or fun as "maker" projects and end up being too specialized or overwhelming because of the OS.
I've learned more and had much more fun making little toys, programming basic displays, getting sensor data, etc with arduino and other microcontroller development boards. There is too much already going on in a raspberry pi for it to really be a "blank canvas" for maker projects. Hence you see all of these projects where they are essentially repurposing the existing rpi, not creating their own thing with it. Its not really a "maker" project. Its more like building a computer.
Plus, you will find way more true maker projects targeted for kids for microcontroller development than you would for raspberry pi.
Plus, Arduino has a specialized c/c++ library for it which makes things just awesome for starting out. It's like writing python - stupid easy.