[chbot] Got my CHIP computers

[Charles Manning]

I'm perfectly happy with my roll-yer-own thanks.



On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Interesting.  Have you heard of BrewPi?
>
> On Nov 11, 2016 2:32 PM, "Charles Manning" <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As in beer.
>>
>> Laptop power supply powering a heater (coils of nichrome wire) turned on
>> my an opto-isolator and mosfet.
>> Temp is monitored by a 1-wire Dallas temp sensor and the CPU turns on the
>> opto-isolator.
>> Current temp available via wifi web page and shown on an 8x8LED display.
>>
>> Using a Linux SBC for this is a bit like using a chainsaw to cut butter...
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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