ESP8266 Community Forum

- Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:08 am #54631

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That C.H.I.P. computer seems like an interesting project; unfortunately, that name makes it impossible to search for information on the internet...

True. You can see their forum also for more info

- Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:50 am #54641

I got few chip boards from chip site as a pre-order in Nov'15.

wow! you have more than one. can i buy from you please.

For my project, you can use any Raspberry-PI board (or any computer with Python 2.7 which is in same WiFi-network (or can contact) as ESP-board)

i made this last 2012. wifi module is from hlk-tech. cant remember though if its RM04 or M03.


(M03 most likely. 'think RM04 is still not out back then)

now, im using openwrt router boards for my ESP local server



C.H.I.P is interesting because its allwinner, has 4Gb memory and power management for batt.

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- Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:52 am #54642

[That C.H.I.P. computer seems like an interesting project; unfortunately, that name makes it impossible to search for information on the internet...

this should be ok: http://docs.getchip.com/chip.html
linked from mahadevan's blog

- Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:54 am #54647

wow! you have more than one. can i buy from you please.

I ordered few CHIPs for multiple IoT projects. This CHIP + ESP8266 is great combo for all lots of IoT projects.

i made this last 2012. wifi module is from hlk-tech. cant remember though if its RM04 or M03.

That is really great. You have done it way back in 2012 !!!

I too initially tempted to use these OpenWRT devices. I bought and tinkdered with devices like DIR-300/DIR-600 (from DLink) and MR-3020 (from TP-Link). OpenWRT based systems are great, but issues I found are:
* You have to tinker the board for GPIO pins
* CPU power is less
* For attaching extra HDD/SDCard, you have to either solder or do some extra work
* Not readily run on a battery
* Overall system cost is crossing 10$ for central controller

Raspberry(pre 3.0 without WiFi/BT ) has some extra issues like SDCard,WiFi dongle, non-battery provision.

Chip solves most of the above issues. Clincher is it's 4GB Flash + Battery-Provision + WiFi + Ready to run (without any SDCard issues)

C.H.I.P is interesting because its allwinner, has 4Gb memory and power management for batt.

That is true.