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Blaine Hatab@blainehatab · Co-founder, Open Minded Innovations
I definitely like the concept of a super small and cheap board, but you will have to use shields to use hdmi anyway which takes away from the magic. You do get wifi/bluetooth built in but wifi is pretty simple to add to a Rpi for $3 with a usb dongle. I've also never been a huge fan of bluetooth for dev, would rather just connect to the internet and send a… See more
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Eric Ely@eric_j_ely
@blainehatab I am leaning towards agreeing with you. The $9 computer promise loses its charm a bit when I add the HDMI adapter and the price is now $29 (with shipping). It is a cool product, and I still may back, but I already have many RPi's and can't see how this would be more advantageous than those. It is awesome to see prices on hardware continuing… See more
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Sebastien Barrau@sebastienb · Co-founder, htmlsig and passpass
@blainehatab I guess this could be a cheaper alternative to the Raspberry Pi for simple projects where you only need to connect a few sensors to wifi without the need for display out or extra USB ports.
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Tuomo Tammenpää@kimitobo · CCO, Luup Culture Oy
@blainehatab I think Chip is for different use cases than Pi. I'm personally using Pi many times in headless mode, working with sensors, just needing the output to a server or small display max, where HDMI screen would be overkill. The bluetooth + wifi combo in that price point is quite amazing, although with Pi Zero you can probably come pretty close. I th… See more
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Blaine Hatab@blainehatab · Co-founder, Open Minded Innovations
@kimitobo I definitely agree this and the Pi Zero are better for sensor only projects. Also the particle is a pretty amazing tool for something like that as well.
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