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It is being compared to the Raspberry Pi Zero, which costs about $5 and it is closer on concept to this VoCore2Lite.
by NetStrikeForce 10y ago
It is being compared to the Raspberry Pi Zero, which costs about $5 and it is closer on concept to this VoCore2Lite.
- gambiting 10y agoYes, but the zero already has all the connectors. You plug in the power and hdmi, and it's a fully working machine. This is a board that requires some soldering skills, and it's a really high barier to entry I find.
- pantalaimon 10y agoThis isn't intended as a replacement for your desktop computer - most applications don't even require hdmi and afaik the VoCore doesn't support one anyway. This computer is intended for integration in another device that you want to control via WiFi any maybe some more. It's neither a Workstation nor a Mediacenter.
- gambiting 10y agoSure, but my point is that you can't use this without taking out a soldering iron. It doesn't matter how you want to use it - you just can't, until you solder on some connectors/cables to it. Pi Zero is one dollar more expansive and it doesn't require any soldering. As someone who really hates soldering things, it's a big barrier to entry.
- zgramana 10y agoThe makers of this product would even tell you that you aren't in the target market. This is a System On Module, not a Single Board Computer. The later is a "unbox, boot up, and play" experience. The former is "unbox, wire into my existing circuits, standup the board, start coding" experience.
- gambiting 10y agoSure, absolutely, but the title of the linked article is literally "Move over Raspberry Pi, here is a $4, coin-sized, open-source Linux computer", so comparisons to the Raspberry Pi are inevitable.
- Symbiote 10y agoAt the time of my comment, this was also the title of the HN post. It's only in the headline, so we can probably blame the editor rather than the writer.