Honestly... (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-12-01 19:46 (#WB0C) ...it seems like the C.H.I.P. is a much better buy. Re: Honestly... (Score: 3, Informative) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-01 20:23 (#WB4E) The lack of HDMI and SD seems like a big oversight, while being twice the price. WiFi is a nice addition, if you need it for your project, and don't need HDMI or SD. Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by fnj@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 13:57 (#X1CH) Not using SD is hardly a fault. It uses built-in eMMC flash, just like every cellphone and tablet.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire. I always thought micro HDMI on the Beaglebone was a crazy waste. Thankfully they have corrected that on the Beaglebone Green. In the case of something as powerful as the Beaglebone, you just run SSH over ethernet for debugging, and it has a header to attach an FTDI cable if you want to go lower than that.If you want HDMI for some project, you just use a Raspberry Pi 2 B. That one is already almost free, and not much bigger. Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 19:54 (#X2J3) Not using SD is hardly a fault.It is if you want more than those 4GB of storage... or to easily exchange files.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire.These are high-end devices, which are quite capable of decoding HD video, and that's been a very common use of RPi hardware. You may not be interested in that use, but clearly many people are. If everything but a serial port is unnecessary, why does CHIP include composite video output?
Re: Honestly... (Score: 3, Informative) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-01 20:23 (#WB4E) The lack of HDMI and SD seems like a big oversight, while being twice the price. WiFi is a nice addition, if you need it for your project, and don't need HDMI or SD. Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by fnj@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 13:57 (#X1CH) Not using SD is hardly a fault. It uses built-in eMMC flash, just like every cellphone and tablet.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire. I always thought micro HDMI on the Beaglebone was a crazy waste. Thankfully they have corrected that on the Beaglebone Green. In the case of something as powerful as the Beaglebone, you just run SSH over ethernet for debugging, and it has a header to attach an FTDI cable if you want to go lower than that.If you want HDMI for some project, you just use a Raspberry Pi 2 B. That one is already almost free, and not much bigger. Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 19:54 (#X2J3) Not using SD is hardly a fault.It is if you want more than those 4GB of storage... or to easily exchange files.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire.These are high-end devices, which are quite capable of decoding HD video, and that's been a very common use of RPi hardware. You may not be interested in that use, but clearly many people are. If everything but a serial port is unnecessary, why does CHIP include composite video output?
Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by fnj@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 13:57 (#X1CH) Not using SD is hardly a fault. It uses built-in eMMC flash, just like every cellphone and tablet.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire. I always thought micro HDMI on the Beaglebone was a crazy waste. Thankfully they have corrected that on the Beaglebone Green. In the case of something as powerful as the Beaglebone, you just run SSH over ethernet for debugging, and it has a header to attach an FTDI cable if you want to go lower than that.If you want HDMI for some project, you just use a Raspberry Pi 2 B. That one is already almost free, and not much bigger. Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 19:54 (#X2J3) Not using SD is hardly a fault.It is if you want more than those 4GB of storage... or to easily exchange files.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire.These are high-end devices, which are quite capable of decoding HD video, and that's been a very common use of RPi hardware. You may not be interested in that use, but clearly many people are. If everything but a serial port is unnecessary, why does CHIP include composite video output?
Re: Honestly... (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-12-08 19:54 (#X2J3) Not using SD is hardly a fault.It is if you want more than those 4GB of storage... or to easily exchange files.HDMI on something like this would be just brain dead. You debug something like this over a serial wire.These are high-end devices, which are quite capable of decoding HD video, and that's been a very common use of RPi hardware. You may not be interested in that use, but clearly many people are. If everything but a serial port is unnecessary, why does CHIP include composite video output?