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Are You Ready To Build A Project with the Pocket IO? I Got 5 to Giveaway

rscasny

Back in April, I wrote a blog asking the community what they would build with the PocketIO from Maxim Integrated. Some people responded.

 

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Now, I've learned I am getting 5 of them. And the supplier would like to sponsor 5 projects.

 

If you are still interested and are available, please comment below.

 

If you didn't suggest a project in the original blog, please provide me some idea of what you would build. A summary of the project.

 

For technical information on the Pocket IO, go here.

 

Thanks.

 

Randall

  • in reply to ipv1

    Well, Inderpreet, I agree with you - we could try to hack the Pocket IO and use another small profile platform like Omega 2, BeagleBone Black  or any other, even knowing their difference from Intel's Edison would require some adaptation in code and hardware. But Pocket IO  seems to be a very nice platform to just let it die without trying some kind of "patch" to make it survive... image

     

    We could, at least, give it a try, don't you think?

     

    Regards,

     

    Miguel

  • in reply to ipv1

    IP,

     

    This seemed like the logical place to start: find something else to replace the Edison. But they chose otherwise.

     

    Randall

  • There seems to be a lot of excellent stuff lying around in the storeroom so thanks for the offer

    I feel pocket IO could be given a chance without the inclusion of the Edison since the platform itself is quite able. I am requesting for that TMS570 LP but would love to take the Pocket IO for a test drive. Who knows, maybe we can find a use for the PocketIO without the Edison.

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  • in reply to shabaz

    Ah yes I'd forgotten about the Beaglebone SOC, also I suppose there are things like the Atheros "Wi-Fi System-On-Chip (WiSoC)" that are used in the Yun. I don't know if there is any standardisation of pins on those kind of modules.

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Edison was a really convenient module, I don't know of any easily-available computer for embedding at that size that runs full Linux and has wireless : ( It is really unfortunate it is end-of-sale. The next-nearest seems to be the Beaglebone system-in-packages, but they require a separate wireless module, or the Pi compute module, but both of these options are still a fair bit larger and as you say no similar pinout.

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Andy I agree with you.

    In the range of micro controllers this last choice of Intel I think was a mess not only for these guys but for a lot of other companies. Just for the same and opposite - hopefully - reason I have recently adopted the Raspberry PI Compute Module 3 as the core processor for an industrial product I am leading the electronic side and design as well as software / firmware parts. As far as I read in all the datasheet and documentation specifications, technical news etc. Raspberry foundation grant to keep on the market the production of the CM3 at least until 2023; it is a reasonable time to complete the product and launch it on the market next year. Then we have 5 years (at least) to find a plan B. Maybe sufficient in a trustable world image

     

    BTW I love the very professional and serious choice of proposing a good range of alternative products to the selected road testers. I appreciated it very much but I had preferred to have in my hands one of these objects - maybe just some days after the Intel news - to see what is possible to do trying to replace the dismissed Intel board with something similar. I hope that the supplier will follow the same idea and we see soon a rebirth of this product with another MCU

     

    Enrico

  • End of life for a key component in your system sucks. Which is why industry standards and having parts from multiple suppliers is important.

    They could be in exactly the same situation with a Pi compute module as there are no alternatives with the same pinout.

    There is the 96board standard but in the small form factor there are only 2 boards from Seeed so you'd still be in that single supplier situation.

    https://www.96boards.org/products/ie/

  • in reply to rscasny

    For the automotive and functional safety freaks: there's a Hercules TMS570LS04 LaunchPad in there. Do it image.

  • in reply to rscasny

    WOW ,

     

    That's very generous and kind, that stuff looks pretty cool and useful.

     

    Kas