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Video Game Module for Flipper Zero
- ClassyJacket 3y agoThis page won't even let me read about the product because it has a popup telling me to go to the Australian store which cannot be dismissed.
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- ambichook 3y agoinput your country as "united states" and it goes away :)
- kej 3y agoA GPIO add-on with a case instead of the original exposed circuit board is cool, but the focus on gaming seems really bizarre to me. If I want to play games I could get a color handheld for a fraction of the price that will run a much larger variety of games.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoYeah, my first thought was that they're trolling.
- redundantly 3y agoThey're catering to their market. The flipper zero already has games on it. This is taking it a step further. Additionally I'm sure people will discover loads of use cases for this add-on that has nothing to do with gaming.
- bassrattle 3y agoYeah, wondering about drone control
- crooked-v 3y agoYou'll have a hard time doing anything with a drone with only a single stick to the work with. Edit: I guess you could use the D-pad and the gyroscope for two sets of axes, but that feels dangerously prone to accidents at best.
- Atotalnoob 3y agoThe game aspect helps try to get around rules against import. “See! It’s just a game console”
- brianglick 3y agoIt’s their inverse Nintendo R.O.B.
- diggan 3y agoContrary to what their marketing says, I don't think this is really meant to be for gaming. It's a cool use case, and useful escape-goat, but for the functionality it packs, using it just for gaming would be a waste, especially considering the flipper's intended audience. Instead, I'd see it as extended platform attached to your flipper, presumably access to much wider software ecosystem (basically anything that can run on a raspberry), new sensors and new connectivity options, all in the name of extending the original functionality. For example, with the new module you can use it as a cheap oscilloscope on-the-go, as mentioned in the blog post. Not sure when I've ever needed that, but I'm sure it's useful to someone. The Flipper Zero is essentially a swiss-knife of portable penetration testing, I'm sure the new connectivity options adds some more features to that concept.
- hifikuno 3y agoFlipper Zero is one of those things that I would love to try, but I can't justify the price when I know I'll get minimal usage out of it before it just sits on the shelf. I still love seeing what everyone does with them though.
- devmor 3y agoI thought so too until it saved me paying $90 for a new garage opener.
- jvanderbot 3y agoIt cost more than 90 but the bragging rights are _priceless_.
- _____-___ 3y agoSounds like they already had one, so they saved $90 by not having to buy another garage door opener by using something they already had.
- dcdc123 3y agoYou can buy a nice rolling code receiver and pair of programmable key fob transmitters for $15.
- rickdeckard 3y agoThat's only an option if you own the garage door itself, not if you're i.e. renting in an apartment building
- sho_hn 3y agoI'd say the Bus Pirate v5 is the more useful device for makers, unless you need the wireless.
- diggan 3y ago
- BHSPitMonkey 3y agoBetter to link the blog post instead of the store listing: https://blog.flipper.net/introducing-video-game-module-powered-by-raspberry-pi/ https://blog.flipper.net/introducing-video-game-module-power...
- slowbdotro 3y agoAs a non American, I was unable to learn what this was about due to a forced Regional Popup which made me to go a local reseller (which of course, did not have any listing for the brand new item) Thanks for the blog post link
- tlhunter 3y agoWhere's the D-pad and action buttons?
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThey are on the flipper zero.
- animex 3y agoI wonder if the flipper zero ban in Canada will mean I can't buy accessories for the one that I don't have. >.>
- arcanemachiner 3y agoThey would have to ban it first.
- bschwindHN 3y agoAwesome that they got 60Hz DVI video output working on the RP2040, presumably via the PIO peripheral. That's one of the coolest peripherals I've worked with in awhile, I love how flexible it is.
- bigiain 3y agoA few years back someone was bit banging DVI and 720p 30fps video straight off the RP2040 GPIO pins with just inline resistors between not and the HDMI cable. https://github.com/Wren6991/PicoDVI https://github.com/Wren6991/PicoDVI
- bschwindHN 3y agoYep, same thing, and also using the PIO peripheral. And after checking the flipper firmware source, it is indeed using that project: https://github.com/flipperdevices/video-game-module/tree/main/lib https://github.com/flipperdevices/video-game-module/tree/mai...
- hettygreen 3y agoIt better not be able to play Grand Theft Auto
- bigiain 3y agoSomeone will have ported Doom to it by the end of the weekend.
- aleksi 3y agoThe existing port (https://github.com/p4nic4ttack/doom-flipper-zero https://github.com/p4nic4ttack/doom-flipper-zero) just works with the game module.
- bigiain 3y agoNice! Those screenshots remind me of my attempt at Doom-style 2.5D raycastinb engine in MacPerl on pre OSX vintage Mac. I wonder if I have any of that Perl4 Quicktime code archived here, and if so, whether I could get it running again?
- ihatetoregister 3y agoI still don’t trust this russian device
- svacko 3y agoThere is also a non-russian alternative called M1 that's being kickstarted https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/16/m1-flipper-zero-alternative-with-faster-stm32h5-microcontroller-wifi/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/16/m1-flipper-zero-alte...
- auguzanellato 3y agoExcept that it looks just like a Kickstarter scam made in hopes of attracting money from people who didn’t jump on the flipper crowdfunding bandwagon
- sschueller 3y agoOver 41% of the web runs on nginx. A web server made by a Russian. With your logic you shouldn't be browsing the web. Both nginx and the flipper zero are open source, many people don't even run the official firmware.
- master-lincoln 3y agoThe beauty of open source is that you do not need to trust. You can verify
- notso411 3y ago[dead]
- aleksi 3y agoIt's a good thing that no one from the team is in Russia then
- potwinkle 3y agoThis is the only comment ever made on this 5 year old account?
- thepaulmcbride 3y agoThe regional popup on that website blocked me from seeing the page. What an extremely hostile bit of UX!
- master-lincoln 3y agoI didn't get any regional popup. What does it say?
- Robin_Message 3y agoOffers you a choice of links to retailers in your country. Blocks interaction and covers up centre of page, although scrolling is still possible.
- grishka 3y agoThat there are no retailers in your country and you need to choose another one. I removed it with uBlock's popup removal tool. https://i.imgur.com/4d0OkDv.png https://i.imgur.com/4d0OkDv.png
- bil7 3y agoyup, very annoying. Open devtools and delete the element and the page functions fine.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoDo we just call everything that misbehaves “extremely hostile” now? Would be keen to see how this relates to any sensible definition of hostility.
- tourist2d 3y ago[dead]
- domh 3y agoI just selected USA and it hid the popup and allowed me to view it!
- markx2 3y ago"Video Out port: DVI-D signal in 640х480 px, 60 Hz. The port supports a well-known video standard that we can't name due to copyright limitations The first letter is H, and the last one is I." "We can’t name the port’s standard due to strict copyright limitations. Getting certified to use the name seemed like too much work. We were too lazy to do it :) "
- unwind 3y agoThe annual fee is $15,000 which might be a noticable chunk of money for a small operation. Not just laziness, necessarily.
- jsheard 3y agoIIRC the bit-banged RP2040 DVI implementation plays fast and loose with the spec in places, so it might not qualify for HDMI certification anyway even if they were willing to pay. It's generally close enough to work but there's compatibility issues with some monitors.
- kanwisher 3y agowebsite breaks if you are in a foreign country, it has a popup asking you to goto another store site, with no way of being able to click to stay on this store.
- stmblast 3y agoWell it looks like I have my excuse to buy a Flipper Zero now
- helboi4 3y agoSeems incredibly useless.
- ceving 3y agoI can not find a "Hello World!" example. How to write something to the screen?