lightningspore on Nostr: I would like to think I am working on a new hardware platform. I have been scanning ...
I 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.
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.