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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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