Posted on 05/10/2015 3:56:53 PM PDT by ShadowAce
With the sizes slimming down, it is certainly not a huge surprise that we have a Chip sized computer amidst us. What is really astonishing is the fact that this chip sized computer costs only $9 and can do literally everything for you. The Chip as it has been named runs on Linux and includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well.
In fact, CHIP from Next Thing Co. also offers a VGA or an HDMI post for monitors, adding immense versatility to it. To be true, this is certainly one invention that all of us might just have been looking forward to.
CHIP has already raised over $566,200 (as of writing) from the Kickstarter campaign with the help of nearly 11,300 backers. Their initial goal was $50,000, and they still have 26 more days to complete the campaign. Experts believe that the campaign would raise over $1 million through the Kickstarter campaign.
The Chip comes with a 1GHz processor, 512 RAM and a storage of 4GB. In fact, you can easily load a lighter version of Debian on it. All of this at just $9 makes the Chip – $19 with the VGA adapter and $24 with the HDMI adapter – certainly one of the most interesting computers on hand. You can easily add PockectChip to it, allowing your small computer to have its own touch panel and a keyboard. The god thing is that you can always add on various features to the Chip.
According to some of the experts, the Chip is one of the best innovations in the field of Computers. The fact that the whole system operates on Linux, there will be a lot of features available to you. In fact, some people having critically analyzed the Chip also claim that having a complete computer while on the go may well lead to a rise in notorious mentality among individuals.
But all of this is just talks currently. The company has stated that the Chip will see the global market in less than a year and will cost $19 with a VGA adapter and $24 with an HDMI adapter, which is still extremely cheap. As Next Thing Co.’s CHIP is backed by a well established Haxlr8r company, the device’s mass manufacturing will not be any problem for the developers.
Love the Galt reference! You and me..hang in there, there are many here in the same circumstance but plugging away as you are! We may be the past but we also see the future.
Well, by means, tell me the truth? Let all of us here hear your wisdom.
Sounds like Chinese.
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I have fun, and get paid for it, with all kinds of scientific advances.
My point is that global events tell us that we are on the brink of that change that has been discussed for 2000 years.
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Sounds biblical rather than scientific, please elaborate.
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Sounds dismissive.
Have it your way.
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No problem, I expected as much...
How’s that working for you? Besides a browser, what else are you running? LibreOffice, perhaps?
The base system is $9. Throw in another $10 - $15 for video support. If you have an embedded system that does not require a local video monitor, then the entire system costs $9. I have been thinking of using something similar to monitor the temperature in the freezer out in the garage that will notify me via email if it gets too warm.
I bought a couple of Raspberry Pi 2 kits from an outfit called Canakit (canakit.com). I already had a USB keyboard from a prior project.
My needs so far have been met by a Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian ( a version of Linux for the Pi). I run "headless" which means I access the Pi from my laptop PC over the "internet" using a router for connection, using a free program called Putty for remote shell login, and a free program called VNC for remote access to the graphical desktop environment.
I then use the Free Pascal compiler or the free object-oriented windows development program called Lazarus which utilizes the Free Pascal compiler. All of this is supported directly using the free Raspbian operating system.
So far it's been tons of fun if you're the kind of guy who likes this sort of thing. My approach would not be suitable for playing games as the VNC connection would no doubt bog down badly.
I hope to interest my two grandsons in this but that may be a bit premature as they are only seven and five. We spent the day today building an electromagnet and playing chess. Software development is still slightly out of reach.
NewJerseyJoe said: “I’ve been interested in trying something like this for a while.”
I forgot to add that there is much information at the Raspberry Pi web site, https://www.raspberrypi.org/.
The Raspberry Pi was developed by a British non-profit to encourage school kids to learn about computers. The boards are available from several sources.
I made a living creating customized controllers for process equipment and could only dream about having such a powerful tool. Even if one decided not to use such a thing in the final product the ability to create rapid prototypes would have been invaluable.
Adafruit has a ton of add-on boards that can be used with the Pi, such as temperature sensors, inertial sensors, GPS, cameras, and touchscreens. I'm contemplating how I can replace the various Honeywell controllers on my furnace with a single Pi and a handful of sensors right now. I look forward to buying a Pi2 for a little extra horsepower.
I think the Pi concept is an important step in giving students STEM skills and exposure. To steal someone else's point, a basement-dwelling future is most likely if you ask a student who's keen on game design/programming what his home setup is and he/she reels off a list of game systems. If the same student has a Raspberry Pi and learns how to write code that manipulates the Internet of Things, the student will be far more successful in a future workplace.
I think it might make an interesting headless media server, or webserver for around the house.
I’ve beem watching this on kickstarter. It looks pretty cool.
There was an article in Linux Journal several months back where a guy did almost exactly that with a Rasberry Pi. Though, he was actually brewing beer and wanted to monitor the temps for that.
And on the later end, HD-DVD and BluRay.
Note for all:
Contributing to the (already over-subscribed) Kickstarter campaign will yield one of these machines ($9, or more for options).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/
$24 gets you the CHIP plus the HDMI add-on. USB is already integrated on the CHIP. VGA add-on is less, and many TVs already have VGA ports as well as the HDMI ports.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/
Oh, and there’s a built-in composite video out, for use with old-school CRTs.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/
DVDs are still around but the thing seems to be Blu-Ray. I have a Blu-Ray hooked up to my 1982 Zenith and 1984 VCR.
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