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@HN: Has anyone here used their modules in a product?

by nom 10y ago

pawadu 10y ago
I have the same question! I don't really understand where this could be usable and I would rather see the pi foundation use their resources to upgrade and sell more Pi Zeros!
- pjc50 10y ago
  Linked through this post is a blogpost about using them in space: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/compute-module-cubesats/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/compute-module-cubesats/ The compute module exists due to customer demand - the regular Pi is not so easy to embed in another device.
  - intoverflow2 10y ago
    That doesn't seem to be the point of these though. They seem to be intended to use in products (and it's still a bit too expensive and unreliable to make that feasible)
- Eridrus 10y ago
  Right? The price difference between this and a Pi Zero or Omega2 is huge!
  - ZenoArrow 10y ago
    The Pi Zero is a lower specced device (comparable to the first RPi rather than the third one).
LeonM 10y ago
Not yet, but I am currently evaluating using the CM in a medium volume (~200pcs) self-service kiosk product. Due to the volume, I still might use a regular Pi3 and off-the-shelf add-on boards, because designing the motherboard (which will need ethernet hardware, PSU, RFID and touch interface) will take a large chunk from the budget. The CM might only make sense for large volume products.
- zokier 10y ago
  > The CM might only make sense for large volume products. I'd also imagine products with hard physical constraints, either from connector placement or size alone. For example these fairly popular diy portable pi projects that seem to pop up here and there http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-computer-build-your-own-portable-rpi-to-go/ http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-... could be a lot smaller or https://n-o-d-e.net/terminal.html https://n-o-d-e.net/terminal.html where the first step is to strip the connectors away to fit the profile
karmicthreat 10y ago
I do. I use regular pi3 boards in products as well.
jsingleton 10y ago
Not personally. The only thing I've seen use a CM is the Slice media player: http://fiveninjas.com http://fiveninjas.com I wonder if it can be easily upgraded to the new CM.
- eddieroger 10y ago
  I hadn't heard of Slice until this, and I watched the video. Have you used one? It was compelling until the part of manually adding content via USB. I assume with network connectivity that media could be loaded like that instead, but the video didn't make it clear, and it seems pretty lame to have to plug it in to load up.
  - jsingleton 10y ago
    No, I've not used one. I believe it's designed to be primarily an offline media player. As the Pi sucks at I/O, the idea is that you mount the HDD directly over USB and transfer files to it from a regular computer. Network transfers would be very slow due to the Pi bottleneck.
  - whiskers 10y ago
    You can load media via the Ethernet connection but it is limited by the performance of the Ethernet interface (10/100). We offer the USB loading method as a faster way especially for the first time when you want to load up your entire catalogue!

@HN: Has anyone here used their modules in a product?

by nom 10y ago

@HN: Has anyone here used their modules in a product?

I have the same question! I don't really understand where this could be usable and I would rather see the pi foundation use their resources to upgrade and sell more Pi Zeros!

pjc50 10y ago
Linked through this post is a blogpost about using them in space: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/compute-module-cubesats/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/compute-module-cubesats/ The compute module exists due to customer demand - the regular Pi is not so easy to embed in another device.
- intoverflow2 10y ago
  That doesn't seem to be the point of these though. They seem to be intended to use in products (and it's still a bit too expensive and unreliable to make that feasible)
Eridrus 10y ago
Right? The price difference between this and a Pi Zero or Omega2 is huge!
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  The Pi Zero is a lower specced device (comparable to the first RPi rather than the third one).

LeonM 10y ago

Not yet, but I am currently evaluating using the CM in a medium volume (~200pcs) self-service kiosk product. Due to the volume, I still might use a regular Pi3 and off-the-shelf add-on boards, because designing the motherboard (which will need ethernet hardware, PSU, RFID and touch interface) will take a large chunk from the budget. The CM might only make sense for large volume products.

zokier 10y ago
> The CM might only make sense for large volume products. I'd also imagine products with hard physical constraints, either from connector placement or size alone. For example these fairly popular diy portable pi projects that seem to pop up here and there http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-computer-build-your-own-portable-rpi-to-go/ http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-... could be a lot smaller or https://n-o-d-e.net/terminal.html https://n-o-d-e.net/terminal.html where the first step is to strip the connectors away to fit the profile

karmicthreat 10y ago

I do. I use regular pi3 boards in products as well.

jsingleton 10y ago

Not personally. The only thing I've seen use a CM is the Slice media player: http://fiveninjas.com http://fiveninjas.com I wonder if it can be easily upgraded to the new CM.

eddieroger 10y ago
I hadn't heard of Slice until this, and I watched the video. Have you used one? It was compelling until the part of manually adding content via USB. I assume with network connectivity that media could be loaded like that instead, but the video didn't make it clear, and it seems pretty lame to have to plug it in to load up.
- jsingleton 10y ago
  No, I've not used one. I believe it's designed to be primarily an offline media player. As the Pi sucks at I/O, the idea is that you mount the HDD directly over USB and transfer files to it from a regular computer. Network transfers would be very slow due to the Pi bottleneck.
- whiskers 10y ago
  You can load media via the Ethernet connection but it is limited by the performance of the Ethernet interface (10/100). We offer the USB loading method as a faster way especially for the first time when you want to load up your entire catalogue!