3 ms·

The RK3576 is a really interesting/versatile chip and it is awesome to see major effort going into baking full support into the linux kernel. I could see it ope

by h14h 5mo ago

The RK3576 is a really interesting/versatile chip and it is awesome to see major effort going into baking full support into the linux kernel. I could see it opening up a ton of doors for awesome FOSS hardware projects w/ AI accelerated workloads. One idea I have (but realistically will probably never build) is an e-ink notepad with a microphone that I can ask to generate custom note-taking templates. As a niche example, I'm imagining I'm at a baseball game and I can tell my tablet "hey give me a baseball scorecard template" only for it to generate one for me. Then if there are a ton of subs or the game goes super long, I can modify the template in place with follow-up commands like "add more rows for player substitutions" or "make it support up to twelve innings". I imagine having a chip like the RK3576 fully supported in the linux kernel could make building a device like this much much easier.

Caracas288 5mo ago
That’s an excellent idea, single-purpose devices with lots of capability within their domain are ideal. If it were to manifest as a commercial product it might unfortunately just become an app on a souped-up e-reader. But maybe that wouldn’t be so bad either; anything is better than the laptop/smarphone local minima. The success of Flipper Zero was mainly of design, the lineaments of the product being previously understood, but hopefully if the ‘One’ succeeds in its more difficult task it will encourage innovation in more exciting devices.
rkrueger11 5mo ago
I love that idea. You should totally build it! Packing lists, grocery store runs, playing tic tac toe / connect four, taking notes during conferences, etc. Like an old palm pilot, but for the modern era. Take my money ;) but, yeah, let's hope we see more of these chips gain broad usage with low level support added.
reassess_blind 5mo ago
Was thinking of making something like this with an eink board and an esp32.
Schlagbohrer 5mo ago
This type of thing could be an absolutely wonderful assistive tool for people who can't use their arms, or for people in a spacesuit or firefighting gloves or a chemistry lab where actually-functional voice commands would be awesome.

by h14h 5mo ago

Caracas288 5mo ago

That’s an excellent idea, single-purpose devices with lots of capability within their domain are ideal. If it were to manifest as a commercial product it might unfortunately just become an app on a souped-up e-reader. But maybe that wouldn’t be so bad either; anything is better than the laptop/smarphone local minima. The success of Flipper Zero was mainly of design, the lineaments of the product being previously understood, but hopefully if the ‘One’ succeeds in its more difficult task it will encourage innovation in more exciting devices.

rkrueger11 5mo ago

I love that idea. You should totally build it! Packing lists, grocery store runs, playing tic tac toe / connect four, taking notes during conferences, etc. Like an old palm pilot, but for the modern era. Take my money ;) but, yeah, let's hope we see more of these chips gain broad usage with low level support added.

reassess_blind 5mo ago

Was thinking of making something like this with an eink board and an esp32.

Schlagbohrer 5mo ago

This type of thing could be an absolutely wonderful assistive tool for people who can't use their arms, or for people in a spacesuit or firefighting gloves or a chemistry lab where actually-functional voice commands would be awesome.