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Not very. You can find various systems and modules on a chip at a similar price point and lower. It depends on what you want on chip, if you need it broken out

Not very. You can find various systems and modules on a chip at a similar price point and lower. It depends on what you want on chip, if you need it broken out and if you value documentation, vendor support and community development. I was researching this yesterday for part of a personal project.

iNate2000 11y ago
This is the smallest that I've seen. (I haven't seen much)
zbuf 11y ago
Every time this sort of hardware appears on a news site, somebody always chimes in with "I can't see what the fuss is; you can, of course, get equivalently/more powerful and cheaper devices yadee yadda" but it's never actually with a name, supplier, URL or price. Last time it was the new Raspberry Pi. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm interested so show me the goods :)
- shraken 11y ago
  There are many system on module (SOM) vendors in the market. Many of these SoM's have limited market so they're not going to compete on price. I've used DAVE modules in the past, PHYTEC also makes some great modules for different Silicon vendors: http://phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/ http://phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/ Good break-down here: http://elinux.org/Computer-on-Module http://elinux.org/Computer-on-Module
jandrese 11y ago
This one is mostly notable for being so dang tiny. Just look at how that ethernet port on the hilariously overpriced "dock" dwarfs the board. As far as power goes, it's basically a cheap home router without the plastic case. Don't expect too much from a 133Mhz MIPS chip. The most obvious use case for something like this would be a home grown IoT sensor or automation. Or you could make it a super tiny wireless bridge (but then you'll need to buy that overpriced breakout board or wire up your own ethernet jack), however the built-in WiFi is probably going to suck pretty bad thanks to having a super tiny antenna and being cheap as hell.
- astrodust 11y ago
  Maybe they'll find out a way to squeeze it down even more. There's "computers" that look exactly like a jack since there's really not much else in there. The Xport for example: http://www.lantronix.com/products/xport/ http://www.lantronix.com/products/xport/ Now that's not as great a CPU, but it is pretty much invisible.

iNate2000 11y ago

This is the smallest that I've seen. (I haven't seen much)

zbuf 11y ago

Every time this sort of hardware appears on a news site, somebody always chimes in with "I can't see what the fuss is; you can, of course, get equivalently/more powerful and cheaper devices yadee yadda" but it's never actually with a name, supplier, URL or price. Last time it was the new Raspberry Pi. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm interested so show me the goods :)

shraken 11y ago
There are many system on module (SOM) vendors in the market. Many of these SoM's have limited market so they're not going to compete on price. I've used DAVE modules in the past, PHYTEC also makes some great modules for different Silicon vendors: http://phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/ http://phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/ Good break-down here: http://elinux.org/Computer-on-Module http://elinux.org/Computer-on-Module

jandrese 11y ago

This one is mostly notable for being so dang tiny. Just look at how that ethernet port on the hilariously overpriced "dock" dwarfs the board. As far as power goes, it's basically a cheap home router without the plastic case. Don't expect too much from a 133Mhz MIPS chip. The most obvious use case for something like this would be a home grown IoT sensor or automation. Or you could make it a super tiny wireless bridge (but then you'll need to buy that overpriced breakout board or wire up your own ethernet jack), however the built-in WiFi is probably going to suck pretty bad thanks to having a super tiny antenna and being cheap as hell.

astrodust 11y ago
Maybe they'll find out a way to squeeze it down even more. There's "computers" that look exactly like a jack since there's really not much else in there. The Xport for example: http://www.lantronix.com/products/xport/ http://www.lantronix.com/products/xport/ Now that's not as great a CPU, but it is pretty much invisible.