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New seedsigner embedded Linux architecture and the design goals
quoting note1u3z…8dl7I would like to think I am working on a new hardware platform. I have been scanning the landscape of microcontrollers/embedded Linux devices for a number of years before discovering this particular device:
Luckfox Pico Pro Max
Benefits:
Runs Linux -> porting seedsigner code is significantly easier than a true microcontroller. No micropython needed.
No onboard WiFi -> for whatever reason all alternative embedded Linux boards all include WiFi. This was a really difficult obstacle actually.
Ample memory -> can run Pillow, etc. the code is 99.1% the same!
Camera header -> similarly to the Rpi this board has a CSI camera header
Not a raspberry pi -> an answer to the loudest FUD
Not a microcontroller -> while I support enabling new hardware platforms, I think seedsigner is best if we coalesce around “Linux”. The effort needed to port to micropython is unnecessary. There already exists Krux. Play to our strengths.