[chbot] Got my CHIP computers

[Andrew Errington]

Do you mean home-brewed as in beer, or as in DIY circuitry?

Andrew

On 11 November 2016 at 13:11, Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yesterday I received my order of 3 CHIP boards after a 4 month wait.
>
> At USD9 each, they're supposed to be the lowest cost Linux-capable boards
> out there... Yes, RPI Zero is cheaper at $5, but that has no storage and
> needs an SDCard. The CHIP has 4G NAND flash built in - enough for lots of
> storage
>
> The CHIP is quite small (credit card size) and has 0.1 inch socket strips
> for IO ports etc.
>
> Other main features are built in Wifi, composite video (HDMI and LCD
> capable too).
>
> When I have some time I'm going to use one to re-CPU my homebrewing heater
> controller (which currently uses an ESP8266 running Lua.
>
> Main goal though is  to use these for some Yaffs testing...
>
> -- Charles
>
>
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