CHIP (single board computer)
| CHIP (single board computer) | |
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| developer | NextThingCo |
| Technical specifications | |
| System-on-a-chip | Allwinner Tech R8 |
| Mass storage | 4 GB NAND flash |
| processor | 1 GHz |
| random access memory | 512 MB |
| Current operating system | Linux |
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32-bit ARM type |
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| Website | |
| http://getchip.com | |
CHIP is a single board computer of the brand "NextThingCo". In May 2015, the CHIP was successfully financed with more than 2 million dollars on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter . A Linux operating system runs on the CHIP . It was specially created for children, embedded systems and hackers; and with it, Internet of Things projects should be realized. This is possible through WIFI and Bluetooth. The microprocessor , an Allwinner Tech R8 , clocks at 1 GHz; 512 MB of RAM are available on the circuit board (outside the processor) and 4 GB of storage space is available on the processor chip of the R8. The processor comes from the ARM Cortex-A8 processor family. The computer can also be connected to an HDMI or VGA monitor using an adapter . The development and the construction plans for the hardware and the software are freely available and open source .
The starting market price of the single board computer was nine US dollars. There is now a revised model on the market that is considerably more expensive than the initial model (as of December 2016).
At the beginning of 2018, the manufacturer of the formerly 9-dollar computer made headlines with delivery problems, a "strange product strategy" and suspicions of being insolvent.
A virtual game console for the PocketCHIP is called Pico-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NextThingCo ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage (English)
- ↑ CHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar Computer. In: Kickstarter. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Allwinner R8 Module datasheet and price. Is the $ 9 CHIP computer selling at a loss? CNXSoft Internet portal, "Embedded Systems News" section, June 7, 2015 (English)
- ↑ End of the $ 9 computer: CHIP is apparently broke . heise.de. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
