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Radxa X2l would have made it to my list definitely however I do get that not too many others are so lucky to actually possess one of these beautiful pieces of tech.. 🎉
It seems your references to the MLX90641 sensor are all over the place. The website lists it as "MLX90614", this video's title lists it as "MLX90640", and the video itself correctly states that it is a MLX90641 sensor.
The higher price of official Arduino boards reflects the value of guaranteed quality, development support, and reliable customer service. While cheaper alternatives from AliExpress might be tempting for budget-conscious projects, they come with potential trade-offs in terms of quality and support.
Why should I spend my time on a 10 cent device? That makes sense for an industrial company which needs to bring down the costs of every part as much as possible. For me, the five dollars for a SOC like an esp32 is no problem and it has plenty of pins to work with. Those 10 cent devices a cool idea to play around but way too limited to spend my time with.
Yet another closed source IDE. I hesitate to run such things outside of isolated container. Download link to an archive without any version specified in URL. Doesn't look like mature product.
Oh no, a video on the internet that didn't meet your exacting standards! How will you ever recover? Next time, We will be sure to include a personalized example just for you. And as for the flexing, sorry if Robins's confidence made you feel insecure. Maybe a gym membership could help? 😉 Thanks for the laugh!
For those living in the uncivilized areas of the world that's about 20 feet "Nothing like insulting an entire continent, Linda" Hotel Transylvania 2 😂😂
It would be better if it came with a luminescence sensor with the mmWave Human Detection Sensor. In the real world, we need to activate the light bulb not only by detecting movement, but also the intensity of light in the environment.
The main limiting factor of Pi alternatives is their support. If they get some decent support and community traction then they could be decent competition
They are decent competition, you just need to get enough knowledge and experience to know how to build an OS on them. SBCs originally come from industrial applications, the Pi Foundation developed the Raspberry PI to also be a cheap computer to teach kids programming and to sit on electronic workbenches for hobbyists - the assumption in both those applications is that either you yourself know what you are doing or you have a teacher or tutor showing you what to do. The RPi is an anomaly because the amount of support it has got has turned it into a "near consumer" device - the downside of that is that it has created a large community of "forever newbies" who don't actually know how to build computers or how to do their own independent testing or research ("the scourge of the millennial") - all they can do is use RPi and follow step-by-step videos with someone showing them what to do but without them understanding or learning anything. This explains why so many of these newbies were whining constantly during the pandemic that they could not get hold of RPi's because that's the only platform they know how to do anything with and where there will usually be a video showing them exactly what to do. On the other hand, computer engineers like myself who can build (Gentoo) Linux to run on anything had no shortage of Orange Pi's, Tinkerboards, Nano Pi's etc. to build computing solutions on during that same period - not to mention the countless "lemmings" rushing to upgrade to Windows 11 and dumping their old PC hardware for sale on "your favourite auction site". The fact is that, as of today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and most SBC manufacturers have completely lost direction when it comes to Joe Public users. When an SBC cost $35 back when the RPi emerged in 2011, it was not an issue if you purchased one to mess around with or give to a kid to learn programming and it got broken. Now the cheapest Pi 5 is double that original $35 price, and that's before you've cased it, cooled it and got a power supply for it - that takes it to around $100 yet I can easily pick up a used 3rd or 4th Generation Core i5 or i7 SFF PC with at least 4GB RAM from Dell, HP or Lenovo on an auction site for half that cost. There are ultimately two types of Pi users in the consumer space - the "forever newbies" who aren't interested in learning about computers and can just use a RPi when someone makes them a video showing them what to do, and engineers like me who see every computing project as something to be created from an optimal set of components of which the RPi is just one platform of many that can be used - and which, from a cost perspective, doesn't make a lot of sense to use at it's current price point.
@@terrydaktyllus1320 It's clear that SBCs, including Raspberry Pi, have distinct user bases with varying levels of expertise and different needs. The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s original intent was indeed educational and hobbyist-focused, which has led to a diverse community. Your point about the current pricing of Raspberry Pi compared to older, more powerful used PCs is valid. As prices have risen, the cost-effectiveness of Pi for some applications has diminished, making other platforms more attractive for those with the skills to utilize them.
Nice IDE. I wanted to use it for a RiscV-board we plan using for education. Problem: the WCH chip on it - CH32X035 - is not supported (yet?). With this IDE being closed-source, and in the license the statement "No permission is granted to modify the Embeetle software in any way.", I can also not even try to add support for the platform myself (even if only a config file is missing).
The use of digital twins is impressive. It’s not just about simulating devices, but also managing them efficiently in the cloud. This evolution could significantly streamline IoT management.
Absolutely! The integration of digital twins is a game-changer. By creating precise digital replicas of physical devices, we're not just enhancing simulation capabilities but also improving real-time monitoring and management. Coupled with cloud computing, this technology can optimize IoT operations, reduce downtime, and enable more proactive maintenance. It's exciting to see how these advancements are shaping the future of IoT management!
Similar to the AT Mega 328? You must be joking; the AT Mega is an old 8-bit design. The CH32V series chips are more like the ST32 Arm microcontrollers. Even the on-chip peripherals are copied versions from the ST32 series. A quick solution to the breadboard problem is to solder the SMD chip to a readily available adapter board.
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"enjoyed", not much, and then a very short breadboard os segment, just saying, what do i use the m2 hat for, drumroll : os and storage, tip : get the low cooling fan kit, embedded case fan is obsolete with the m2 hat.
It's been almost exactly 2 years since I won Electromaker's giveaway of an nRF5340 Audio DK, and honestly it's been both a blessing and a curse. Using it at all required learning Zephyr, and since I simply could not let the hardware just sit on a shelf, I dove headfirst down the rabbit hole. Every single step has been insanely challenging; the CMake toolchain and VSCode plugins, the West-based SDK, the bewildering Devicetree abstractions and bottomless Kconfig options, not to mention the RTOS intricacies of multithreading semaphores and mutexes. Zephyr is, without a doubt, the most complicated system I've ever studied, and I've been a college professor teaching live digital audio engineering for a decade! It is an incredibly powerful tool, and one arguably worth learning, but as someone who's been programming since the Apple 2, it is a difficult bootstrap even for the dedicated.
I would like to build a system that supports outside growing of crops. Its core functions are monitoring key parameters needed for optimal growth such as soil moisture, air moisture, air temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of water in tank, ph value of water, etc. The reacting to changes in aforementioned parameters in such ways as: turning on watering system, refilling tank, regulating ph value by releasing acidic or alkalic solution into the tank, taking into account the amount of sunlight so that watering is not done if the sun is at its highest, etc. My goal of this system is to automate as many variables during the growing process and by doing so provide as-close-to-optimal environment for the crops to grow in. All of the desired parameters will be programmable so that you can adapt them for specific needs of different crops Great channel and keep it going on #PI5
