[Arm-netbook] Raspberry Pi Compute Module

[Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross]

a news item:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-product/

hmm, I guess more people will get emotional attached to rpi. :(

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-product/
hmm, I guess more people will get emotional attached to rpi. :(

well, the good news there is that the hardware design files will be
available under open license. and broadcom *is* actually getting
witth the picture (under pressure) and has been releasing the source
code of what was previously proprietary show-stopper binaries.

l.

[mike.valk]

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-product/
hmm, I guess more people will get emotional attached to rpi. :(

well, the good news there is that the hardware design files will be
available under open license. and broadcom *is* actually getting
witth the picture (under pressure) and has been releasing the source
code of what was previously proprietary show-stopper binaries.

The bad news is that I'm now getting visions of TV,NAS,Router,PVR "RPi SOM"
compatible devices. Making the RPi SOM SO-DIMM interface a sort of
standard. Where these should have been EOMA-68 compatible.

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
l.
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[Christopher Havel]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross <

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
hmm, I guess more people will get emotional attached to rpi. :(

...is it just me, or is the idea of a $35 (ish) computer that requires a
$100+ monitor (or some *really* clever jiggering and something that can
receive blurry ugly composite video) in order simply to have a display...
well, doesn't that seem a little stupid? Above all else, the Pi is
(theoretically) supposed to be a hacker/maker-friendly, hobbyist-friendly,
super-low-cost computer. There really aren't many display interfaces in the
world that are *less* hacker/maker- and hobbyist-friendly than HDMI.
Besides, all my displays are VGA only -- and I'm not in a hurry to change
that. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you know? As far as I'm concerned,
HDMI can go play a nice long game of Hide And Go **** Yourself.

tl;dr I'm buying a RasPi if it doesn't have a VGA port or some otherwise
native support for VGA.

@Luke -- I remember you're particular about etiquette -- I hope I'm not
screwing it up -- I'm a little rusty :(
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[Alain Williams]

Post by Christopher Havel
...is it just me, or is the idea of a $35 (ish) computer that requires a
$100+ monitor (or some *really* clever jiggering and something that can
receive blurry ugly composite video) in order simply to have a display...

Errrm, who said that a computer needs a monitor/keyboard/mouse ?
There are plenty of uses where it just talks to non-human interacting devices,
eg: broadband router, process control (central heating, weather station, ...)

Post by Christopher Havel
well, doesn't that seem a little stupid? Above all else, the Pi is
(theoretically) supposed to be a hacker/maker-friendly, hobbyist-friendly,
super-low-cost computer. There really aren't many display interfaces in the
world that are *less* hacker/maker- and hobbyist-friendly than HDMI.
Besides, all my displays are VGA only -- and I'm not in a hurry to change
that. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you know? As far as I'm concerned,
HDMI can go play a nice long game of Hide And Go **** Yourself.
tl;dr I'm buying a RasPi if it doesn't have a VGA port or some otherwise
native support for VGA.

I bought this HDMI -> VGA converter for my R-Pi, it cost #8.05 when I got it in
Jan (they seem to have back to back special offers):

http://www.cellphoneshop.net/hdmivga.html

This looks neater:

http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/hdmi-male-to-vga-converter-hdmi-to-vga-cable/166351175.html