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snickerdoodle/snickerdoodle black (really needs a better name)

gdstew

Since this is kind of a crossover I'm not sure it belongs in the FPGA group, however:

 

Has anyone else seen this https://www.crowdsupply.com/krtkl/snickerdoodle ? For a Zynq 7Z010 based board, $60 including shipping is a good price. An extra $10 gets 1 GB SDRAM (512 MB for base unit).

A $149 black version uses the 7Z020 and includes 1 GB SDRAM.

 

I'm not familiar with Crowd Supply so I'm a little hesitant to buy in.

 

Edit: fixed link, thanks Paul.

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  • Hi Gary, one of the snickerdoodle creators here. We've been working with the Crowd Supply team very closely throughout the campaign. They have a different focus compared to KS/Indiegogo in that they more thoroughly vet projects/teams, their campaigns are solely for physical goods (i.e. no Veronica Mars movies), and they directly help creators actually deliver product (packaging, manufacturing, logistics, etc.).

     

    Ultimately you're backing the project, product, and team, not the platform. Hopefully you decide to join us by backing snickerdoodle (even if you hate the name image).

     

    If there are any other questions you might have, please feel free to reach out here or via email at hello@krtkl.com.

     

    -Ryan

  • in reply to Former Member

    Ryan Cousins

    I am confused about the Pi smasher. Why would I need/use it?

    Clem

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  • in reply to clem57

    Clem Martins wrote:

     

    Ryan Cousins

    I am confused about the Pi smasher. Why would I need/use it?

    Snickerdoodle by itself is a small module with high-density connectors.  To do anything useful with it, you have to either make or buy some cables with matching connectors (they have some jumper cables for $15) or plug Snickerdoodle into some kind of base board.  This can be your own design, or one that they offer.  piSmasher gives you physical connectors that are an upgrade of what you get on RasPi: HDMI out and in, Gigabit Ethernet, and USB 2.0.  piSmasher converts Snickerdoodle into a general-purpose computer with integrated FPGA for custom computing and/or interfacing.  There's also a break-out board that routes the high-density connectors to 0.1" headers, and a 5-external-port Gigabit Ethernet switch/router board that lets Snickerdoodle perform custom filtering and other Ethernet fun.

     

    There's lots of detail in the CrowdSupply description.

     

    Ryan may add more if he's monitoring this discussion.

  • in reply to johnbeetem

    , I think just answered the question better than I could have! image

     

    It's essentially a Raspberry Pi on steroids for stuff like real-time image processing, video overlays/heads up displays, robotics/mechatronic systems, advanced motion control, Gigabit networking, general purpose & hardware-accelerated computing, etc.

     

    Hope that helps!