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Screw up, or perhaps the engineers understood how many of the people like themselves would want to use it.
by dpeck 13y ago
Screw up, or perhaps the engineers understood how many of the people like themselves would want to use it.
- bigiain 13y agoPerhaps not just the engineers either. I'm working with these people: http://dev.moorescloud.com/ http://dev.moorescloud.com/ Check out the text on the pcb mask just between the bottom row of pads and the microSD card here: http://dev.moorescloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Holiday-PCB-front.jpg http://dev.moorescloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Holida... We're going to a lot of effort to ensure these are "secure" for regular users – but it's an iMX233 ARM Linux device with a ATmega328 "Arduino" hanging off it – it's eminently hackable, and at least at the current introductory price it's very cost effective compared to, say, a RaspberryPi with a power-supply/case/wifi-adapter/Arduino (which is almost exactly what the prototype was). While we're working hard to ensure your Christmas tree lights aren't remotely exploitable – if you've got it in your hands and have a screwdriver handy – it's yours to do what you want with. You can pop that SD card out and load your own OS to play with the software, and you've got a bunch of GPIO pins from both the iMX233 and the ATmega328 if you want to play with the hardware. I'll be a little disappointed if no-one's got one controlling a quadcopter or a laser cutter or a 3d printer within a few weeks of them shipping…