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CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by penkia »

squeezingswirls wrote: post #30
penkia wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a former Canonical (Ubuntu Phone team) engineer I do like the ideas of indie OS, be it Ubuntu Touch, Open webOS, or even LineageOS Android for Pi. We'll definitely work with communities closely to bring more options to CutiePi. After all, free software is all about choices.

Btw maybe it might be of your interest to know that some people are porting Ubuntu Touch by UBports to Pinephone and Librem 5 phones, and some others are trying to port it to Raspberry Pi 3 /4. https://ubports.com/

thanks, it's definitely on our radar. :-)

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by StyloW »

Not 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)

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by penkia »

StyloW wrote: post #32

Not 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)

Looks cool, maybe you can start building a PoC with parts like this 2-mics Pi HAT? http://wiki.seeedstudio.com/ReSpeaker_2_Mics_Pi_HAT/

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by penkia »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #33

I 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 see you man, we created this project for the exact same reason. Instructions will be posted, with pretty pictures! :-)

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by yitchelle »

penkia wrote: post #8
jasoneckert wrote: post #4

I 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

I find it refreshing and frightening that target price is not known when attempting to build a commercial grade electronics.

Is component selection conducted without any price consideration?

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by penkia »

mlevental wrote: post #12

I would literally kill for a tablet that did nothing but very very very very good active pen stuff. I bought a Dell latitude tablet and while it's good enough (one note is also just good enough) that I don't regret it I've been wondering whether I could put together something that just focused on digitization using something a pi. are there any plans to support an active pen?

Don't know much about that pen thingy so no guarantee, but will definitely look into it.

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by kingosticks »

elcomet wrote: post #18
owenversteeg wrote: post #17

Looks very cool, for sure. But am I the only one who is confused why they created a main board instead of just using a Pi model B? Most of the things on their board (usb, hdmi, wifi, Bluetooth, card slot, etc) are already there in a Pi. Especially since the boards are about $90 each...

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.

Re: CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

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Post by StyloW »

penkia wrote: post #34
StyloW wrote: post #32

Not 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)

Looks cool, maybe you can start building a PoC with parts like this 2-mics Pi HAT? http://wiki.seeedstudio.com/ReSpeaker_2_Mics_Pi_HAT/

If I can find some spare time in between pet projects, maybe I will!
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