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For what would you use the new Raspberry pi module?

camuyano

I love the PI, and the new board seems interesting. But I asked myself for what others may use this board?

 

  • Please comment for what would you use the board?
  • Would this footprint allow you to improve a current project?

 

Shout out your ideas and see how creative everyone is about this. I am anxious to see the projects people do with this board.

  • I would probably go on and make a PCB where multiple compute boards could be mounted as a cluster sort of thing. For example, one board, four compute modules each with their own Ethernet, power, etc.

  • in reply to hawkeyethehacker

    That could be like an open source cheap cluster computer that universities can easily build for labs. Great idea.

  • in reply to camuyano

    Exactly, giving it similarities to a blade system at low cost.

  • Controlling a 3D printer with Raspberry Pi isn't a new idea. However, since the release of the Beaglebone and newer versions of the RasPi, I'm still comparing each and came across the IO board and compute module. With the limited RAM and processing power of each board. So far, only the host software Pronterface has been able to run without problems on the RasPi.  I don't know which one will be able to run the host programs, slicing software, and 3D modeling software such as OpenSCAD.

     

    Also, it's already been done before with a Raspberry Pi, but maybe a more personalized and upgradeable laptop computer.

  • I was thinking of using one for an autonomous multicopter drone "brain". The board it plugs into would have the accelerometers, gyros, speed controllers, power management, etc. The small form factor, light weight, and high processing capabilities would make perfect sense.

     

    I do love the idea of a low-cost supercomputer backplane system, too, but I wouldn't have the funds for more than a handful of modules. Still neat to consider: an ATX case could house an ATX form factor backplane that could hold 3 to 4 rows of modules, with 16 to 20 modules per row. As short as they are, a second plane with a riser wouldn't be out of the question, so a simple looking desktop computer case could be holding around 160 modules. A base plane would have the physical ports for USB and HDMI, and an integrated ethernet switch, one special socket is the "master". The risen plane only has the integrated ethernet. There might even be room for a third plane... renderfarm in a single case. :-)

    I'd just use network attached storage, but USB hard drives would be easy to have mounted in the case if desired.

     

    If only I could win the lottery and build all the cool things I dream up.

  • For a low cost medical device. Can't tell anything else image

  • You could use one as the processor for a checkout as it's small and the GPIOs mean that it could connect to a scanner, a receipt printer, a camera for security or things that don't scan, a small display for the person shopping and a big one via HDMI to the worker, not sure how it could control draw but the main idea's there!

  • in reply to Former Member

    Interesting - however I don't see the benefit over other systems that may end up being cheaper. Any ideas?