As my family in England might say, they're "cheap as chips", too!
I may look into a CHIP myself to add to my Model 100. I don't have a pressing need to do so, but it might be fun to tinker with... On May 13, 2016 8:20 AM, "Howard Pepper" <[email protected]> wrote: > Raspberry Pi's are like potato chips... nobody can have just one ;) > > > On 05/12/2016 04:41 PM, Shaun M. Wheeler wrote: > > My Pi B is permanently connected to the serial port of my Model 4P. > On May 12, 2016 3:10 PM, "James Zeun" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I recently built a small Pi machine with a 4.5" screen. They really are >> lovely little boards. >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0deDZvdzhvNjUwUk0/view?usp=drivesdk >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0dTEFZWVdRUDhFOG8/view?usp=drivesdk >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0dbXlWQ19tS1N4d0k/view?usp=drivesdk >> On 12 May 2016 8:48 p.m., "Howard Pepper" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Willard, >>> >>> I've got a growing collection of Raspberry Pi units (two RPi "B" >>> models, one RPi "B 2" model, one RPi "B 3" model). I'm currently using the >>> two RPi "B" models on my Broadband-Hamnet MESH network, and haven't built >>> the other two yet. Got to say, I love them! They cost a bit more than your >>> CHIP card, but hey, I've already paid for them ;) >>> >>> I've been thinking about attaching my RPi "B 3" unit to an LCD >>> monitor, and make a stand-alone computer unit out of it. I should probably >>> see if I can get Mono installed (via apt) and run laddiealpha. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> On 05/12/2016 03:26 PM, Willard Goosey wrote: >>> >>>> So, I was given a CHIP (getchip.com) and I've been playing with it... >>>> >>>> CHIP is a credit-card sized computer with an ARM CPU, 512M RAM(?) and >>>> 4GB of flash. For $9... >>>> >>>> Anyway after much apt-get I have a mostly reasonable dev system and I >>>> compiled dlplus on it. With an FTDI usb-to-rs232 adapter it worked fine! >>>> >>>> (I know, I know, laddiealpha. Mono is going to take me *at least* all >>>> night to download. I'll get to it!) >>>> >>>> Admittedly the USB route isn't the greatest for a portable setup, but >>>> CHIP also has 3V UART I/O pins that would only require a >>>> level-converter... >>>> >>>> Willard >>>> >>> >>> >
