Note to viewers: think about the work MM puts in to getting us helpful data on stuff. AND, adds a fresh entertaining delivery. AND, adds that charming Aussie flavor. Mightn't we consider he deserves a few $$ for barbee charcoal OR the shrimp to put thereupon? Is PayPal an option?
Yup, a couple of extra prawns would go well! There's now many ways you can support me: Via Patreon - www.patreon.com/MickMake Or even direct transfer - paypal.me/MickMake There's also affiliate codes in some of the products, (mostly Amazon), so if you purchase something off my website then a little goes back to me. Even if you can't give financially, you can also support me by tweeting, Facebooking, Pinteresting, GooglePlussing, Redditing, (are they even words?), any of my posts there or even posting links to forums sites. But, glad you're getting a lot out of these videos. Nice to see!
Nice roundup. I was slightly puzzled though by the "funky things" statement about conditional execution per instruction on the propeller chip - I mean this has been a feature of the ARM processors for three decades now...
+Phil B ;-) Or else we'll start to see quad core Arduinos. Actually that would be nice. Some sort of bigLITTLE architecture with an ARM CPU that provides a ultra low quiescent current but can power up the grunts CPU on demand.
Just some clarification: The µduino (pronounced "micro-duino") from Roundup 31, and mentioned here, should not be confused the Microduino. A small, stackable board on Kickstarter that measures about 27cm squared. The Arduino PICO on Kickstarter should also not be confused with the PicoDuino on Tindie.
Aaron DC mediA and you shouldn’t trust Libre because they have ridiculous lies to explain not delivering boards to Kickstarter backers. Untrustworthy company.
ah too bad The Amazing Shortcut Keypad didn't reach their goal in time - it was a neat, useful idea. A few DIY-friendly silicone keyboards / keypads are out there.
+Howard Pautz Yeah it is sad. Was a great idea. If it had a touchpad and maybe jog shuttle, then it might have had enough features for it to be attractive to more people.
Forgot to mention things about that P8X32A, like the fact it's 3.3V, or that it runs at 80MHz, or maybe the 8-core design that you can do THINGS in parallel.
Please, consider putting QR code with URL of website you are presenting to overlaying video. Than one could just pause video, QR scan it e.g. with tablet and watch website :). (Also you may be albe to annotate this qr code to be a clickable link on youtube ... )
+Grzegorz Wierzowiecki Now that's a great idea! I'll trial it in the next video and see how it goes! Unfortunately TH-cam removes all the annotations. Real shame, it would have been perfect for these types of videos.
There have been several over the years. Compatibility and low volume are the main problems. Some keyboards have allowed very good customisation of their F keys and some have additional buttons. The problem I have often found with these keyboards is price, poor customisation and the actual keyboard might be crap.
I had that same question and a brief Google showed up the age old problem... Volume. Volume is why we can get an SBC for $9. Volume is why the Pi is so dang good. Volume is why an Android tablet costs $99. And volume is driven by demand. If there's no demand, there's no volume and so price increases to accommodate development costs. This is a perennial issue for engineers. Should I use XYZ IC which is more expensive, but can replace 2x ZYX other components? Can I move to two layer PCB manufacture if I use XYZ components? When you are making a board as complex as an SBC there's a lot of thought, (or should be), into what components are selected. Components that aren't used often will have a higher price and so, (catch-22), don't get used often. So, manufacturers are *only* concerned about volume. They are only interested in what sells for the most profit.
ok, I guess that will change in near future. I would love a nice thermal cam. But I cant put up with anything less than crappy FPS. I heard that the Yank Gov are the ones that are restricting frames per second to non-military people. That shits me so much.
I can't see more than 10 FPS happening anytime soon. The restriction is to stop them being used in IR guided rockets, drones and missiles. I think one of the other reasons thermal cameras are so expensive is the issue of a sensor that can detect signals in some sort of calibrated way below the ambient and much lower than the electronics around it.
I just don't get it. If I need a really really small arduino, I would go with some ATtiny board and there's bunch of them in the market. 32u4 is quite a cool chip but too few IOs and kinda expensive, comparing to the ST arm core.
That was a fair amount of playful comments regarding fidget spinners, which makes me wonder... Has the "craze"/fad taken over at your house? :P As for some of the other gear.... - Oh my, that 6DOF controller is an interesting one. - I kind of wish the Raspberry Pi ATX board would be able to use an ATX power supply to power a decent amount of Raspberry Pi's, but that's probably me being slightly silly and more of a niche application... - Libre Le Potato is definitely interesting... Such a pity that if you want eMMC it gets pricy quick o_O
Well, I've always been a fidgeter. So in a way I've led the craze, but that can be said about X number of other born fidgeters. I was going to make a spinner project video, but when I had the time to do it, there were 1000s of videos doing the same thing and dozens of Kickstarters.
I backed the Libre Tritium, which was expected in January 2018, but there have been numerous delays (in one of them they said their Chinese factories have been closed for weeks because of the workers all going on vacation, making it sound like Chinese factory workers get leisure schedules on par with Europeans), with completely unbelievable excuses, and very poor communication. I complained and was promptly refunded and received some unprofessional messages, including insults and profanity. Will happily provide screenshots...very poor customer service.
Sadly, this is an all too common occurrence. I backed something almost a year and a half ago... Only just started to ship, but there have been absolute disasters before. Hopefully it won't happen for you.
It's one of those things about crazes. I was going to do a video on it, and really I should have, but prefer to always swim against the torrent. My style is to be different. No good doing the same things as everyone else?
Good to hear man. Im just a little pissed that I could have made a lot of money 25 years ago if I was switched on back then. I 'once' quit smoking ciggy's and and felt the need to do something with my hands, So I started spinning BiC lighters in my finger tips, Try spinning a round smooth lighter held by 1 finger and a thumb and getting 2 or even 3 spins(very rare). At least that takes practice.
Thank you for mention our project.
Absolutely think you are doing a spectacular job! Enjoy your humor and insight! - dropped some Patreon for you.
Thanks mate. Very much appreciated!
Note to viewers: think about the work MM puts in to getting us helpful data on stuff. AND, adds a fresh entertaining delivery. AND, adds that charming Aussie flavor. Mightn't we consider he deserves a few $$ for barbee charcoal OR the shrimp to put thereupon? Is PayPal an option?
no, but patron has support for paying via paypal, and in the description it says:
"
Support Me:
Patreon: www.patreon.com/MickMake
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Yup, a couple of extra prawns would go well!
There's now many ways you can support me:
Via Patreon - www.patreon.com/MickMake
Or even direct transfer - paypal.me/MickMake
There's also affiliate codes in some of the products, (mostly Amazon), so if you purchase something off my website then a little goes back to me.
Even if you can't give financially, you can also support me by tweeting, Facebooking, Pinteresting, GooglePlussing, Redditing, (are they even words?), any of my posts there or even posting links to forums sites.
But, glad you're getting a lot out of these videos. Nice to see!
I'll have to research why PayPal has a problem sending from my chosen funding source (bank account). Thanks though for the PP link.
Nice roundup. I was slightly puzzled though by the "funky things" statement about conditional execution per instruction on the propeller chip - I mean this has been a feature of the ARM processors for three decades now...
haha, you're a keeper. I see what you did there :D
:-D
Thanks for sharing this😀👍
Thanks Asger!
Wow, nice channel! I can get all my info in one spot now!! :) Thank you..
+coyote20000
Thanks mate. Glad you're enjoying it!
thanks for make a lot of fun about spinners-fidgets, Mike! ))) laught alot ))
Ha ha. Yeah there's certainly a lot of them.
I noticed that Kmart in Australia seems to be dumping most if not all of theirs. May be the fad is already over.
"You're a keeper", Haha another fine one Mick! Beehave :-)
With all the downsizing I just can't wait for a 1 I/O pin Arduino module in future :-)
+Phil B
;-)
Or else we'll start to see quad core Arduinos. Actually that would be nice. Some sort of bigLITTLE architecture with an ARM CPU that provides a ultra low quiescent current but can power up the grunts CPU on demand.
Just some clarification: The µduino (pronounced "micro-duino") from Roundup 31, and mentioned here, should not be confused the Microduino. A small, stackable board on Kickstarter that measures about 27cm squared.
The Arduino PICO on Kickstarter should also not be confused with the PicoDuino on Tindie.
Yes true!
I know what it's like to come up with names that haven't been taken before, (having spent a considerable amount of effort dong just that).
Libre looked interesting until you see it ain't got no stinkin' MIPI CSI.
Welcome back!
+Aaron DC mediA
Yeah a bit sad that it lacks MIPI.
Thanks!
Aaron DC mediA and you shouldn’t trust Libre because they have ridiculous lies to explain not delivering boards to Kickstarter backers. Untrustworthy company.
It will be great when there are really cheap LiDAR with 50m range. Even better 100m+.
+Craig Fryer
Yup, it'll be great. I think the thing that'll push the price down is all the driverless cars.
Old Macdonald had a lot of GPIO!
Ha ha. LOL Yup certainly a *lot* there.
🐝 puns 💯
Nice! You're the first person to pick that up... Well first person to pick it up and comment. :-D
ah too bad The Amazing Shortcut Keypad didn't reach their goal in time - it was a neat, useful idea. A few DIY-friendly silicone keyboards / keypads are out there.
+Howard Pautz
Yeah it is sad. Was a great idea. If it had a touchpad and maybe jog shuttle, then it might have had enough features for it to be attractive to more people.
Forgot to mention things about that P8X32A, like the fact it's 3.3V, or that it runs at 80MHz, or maybe the 8-core design that you can do THINGS in parallel.
+Michael Rinkle
True! I've asked for a review board. So I'll defiantly be covering this in the review.
Please, consider putting QR code with URL of website you are presenting to overlaying video. Than one could just pause video, QR scan it e.g. with tablet and watch website :). (Also you may be albe to annotate this qr code to be a clickable link on youtube ... )
+Grzegorz Wierzowiecki
Now that's a great idea! I'll trial it in the next video and see how it goes!
Unfortunately TH-cam removes all the annotations. Real shame, it would have been perfect for these types of videos.
great video mick, have you looked at the iota idea, might be an idea for a future vid
Hi, yup I think I'll be able to get around to it next month.
David Watts did a build and review of that shortcut keypad not too long ago, search for "The Amazing Shortcut Keypad by Robin Hartley".
Yup saw that one. It's a nice professional build the creator has made.
There have been several over the years. Compatibility and low volume are the main problems. Some keyboards have allowed very good customisation of their F keys and some have additional buttons. The problem I have often found with these keyboards is price, poor customisation and the actual keyboard might be crap.
Why are the true IR cameras so expensive. I would have thought it would have been the easiest to make of all kinds of cameras.
I had that same question and a brief Google showed up the age old problem... Volume.
Volume is why we can get an SBC for $9.
Volume is why the Pi is so dang good.
Volume is why an Android tablet costs $99.
And volume is driven by demand. If there's no demand, there's no volume and so price increases to accommodate development costs.
This is a perennial issue for engineers.
Should I use XYZ IC which is more expensive, but can replace 2x ZYX other components?
Can I move to two layer PCB manufacture if I use XYZ components?
When you are making a board as complex as an SBC there's a lot of thought, (or should be), into what components are selected.
Components that aren't used often will have a higher price and so, (catch-22), don't get used often.
So, manufacturers are *only* concerned about volume. They are only interested in what sells for the most profit.
As an interesting note: You can get SMD caps for as little as 4c each. Now if you wanted to try and make one yourself it'd cost literally $100s.
ok, I guess that will change in near future. I would love a nice thermal cam. But I cant put up with anything less than crappy FPS. I heard that the Yank Gov are the ones that are restricting frames per second to non-military people. That shits me so much.
I can't see more than 10 FPS happening anytime soon. The restriction is to stop them being used in IR guided rockets, drones and missiles.
I think one of the other reasons thermal cameras are so expensive is the issue of a sensor that can detect signals in some sort of calibrated way below the ambient and much lower than the electronics around it.
But were there any spinners this week? ;-)
Alas no. :-)
The Orange Pi i96 seems to have disappeared completely from AliExpress.
+Craig Fryer
Yeah, bizarre!
More crowdfunded vapourware and reused external key est unit with a markup.
Why are you wearing a hoodie in the middle of July? ... Is the aircon set too high?
+jojos08
No, the weather is too low!
You got the pictures on your web page a bit out of place in the Tindie section. Just a heads up.
Thanks mate. Yup was a late night. Fixing it up now.
I have always wonder when you sleep. Either that or the videos are published by a timer.
+Craig Fryer
I've been staying up late recently. Getting out of sequence a bit due to juggling priorities. I'm more of a morning person though.
Not only does the name have a 2 in it :-)
+Nigel Pearson
:-) Wish they'd come up with better names.
wait what? XMEGAs are back?
Back with a vengeance. Nowhere is safe now.
I just don't get it. If I need a really really small arduino, I would go with some ATtiny board and there's bunch of them in the market.
32u4 is quite a cool chip but too few IOs and kinda expensive, comparing to the ST arm core.
Yup, it's the old engineering debate of more or less. All a balancing act. I'm sure it has a place, just can't think of where.
Is there such a thing as a snapdragon 835 makerboard running android 7 with 4gb ram? I need one
That was a fair amount of playful comments regarding fidget spinners, which makes me wonder... Has the "craze"/fad taken over at your house? :P
As for some of the other gear....
- Oh my, that 6DOF controller is an interesting one.
- I kind of wish the Raspberry Pi ATX board would be able to use an ATX power supply to power a decent amount of Raspberry Pi's, but that's probably me being slightly silly and more of a niche application...
- Libre Le Potato is definitely interesting... Such a pity that if you want eMMC it gets pricy quick o_O
Well, I've always been a fidgeter. So in a way I've led the craze, but that can be said about X number of other born fidgeters.
I was going to make a spinner project video, but when I had the time to do it, there were 1000s of videos doing the same thing and dozens of Kickstarters.
The Le Potato is an interesting one. I think it's a case of too little too late, but we'll see.
I'm back mick
+haxhxm
Welcome back!
i couldn't understand most of that stuff. But i don't know why i watched this whole video....
+Gullfounder
Ha ha. Seems I have made another person interested in electronics now!
I dare you to trademark "wiffy".
I think I just might do that. Or name my first product the "Whiffy". Whaddaya think?
lol, a taking alarm clock? my Moto z can already do the same stuff
Yup true, but it's kind of nice to have something that sits there doing one function very well. Not running out of battery, or getting lost.
If you haven't lost your alarm clock yet you're obviously not trying hard enough!
I backed the Libre Tritium, which was expected in January 2018, but there have been numerous delays (in one of them they said their Chinese factories have been closed for weeks because of the workers all going on vacation, making it sound like Chinese factory workers get leisure schedules on par with Europeans), with completely unbelievable excuses, and very poor communication. I complained and was promptly refunded and received some unprofessional messages, including insults and profanity. Will happily provide screenshots...very poor customer service.
Sadly, this is an all too common occurrence. I backed something almost a year and a half ago... Only just started to ship, but there have been absolute disasters before. Hopefully it won't happen for you.
The thing about the tard spinners is there is too many tards in the world :P
It's one of those things about crazes. I was going to do a video on it, and really I should have, but prefer to always swim against the torrent. My style is to be different. No good doing the same things as everyone else?
Good to hear man.
Im just a little pissed that I could have made a
lot of money 25 years ago if I was switched on back then. I 'once' quit
smoking ciggy's and and felt the need to do something with my hands, So I
started spinning BiC lighters in my finger tips, Try spinning a round
smooth lighter held by 1 finger and a thumb and getting 2 or even 3
spins(very rare). At least that takes practice.
ASP = ?
Hi Make,Libre SBC is very similar to Odroid C2. Link to Odroid C2: odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:odroid-c2