Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 6

@fast_code_r_us You have any recommendation for a tiny, HDMI-driven screen that does at least 800*480p60 or an #eInk screen like that?

Cuz I want to try some #FrugalComputing with a #Pi0 / #Pi0W and @OS1337 and that only suppirts #MDA…

Kevin Karhan Dec 6

When #Gamers go to #war, they don't forget their #SteamDeck...

https://www.pcgamer.com/ukraines-army-is-experimenting-with-using-steam-decks-to-remote-control-gun-turrets/

  • Bad jokes aside: the Steam Deck is a good controller & UMPC for it's price and #Linux support just works.

After all, all it needs to do is recieve images and send commands - even a #Pi0 with a #VuFine Head-mounted Display and a cheap #Xbox360 #controller could do that.

#UApol #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UMPC #military #ModernWarfare #Warfare #Drones #DroneWarfare

Ukraine's army is experimenting with using Steam Decks to remote-control gun turrets

A video showcases Valve's hit handheld being used in a very unexpected way.

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Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 17

@0x47df I still think the OG #RaspberryPi is good.

  • OFC the #Pi0 / #Pi0W & #Pi0W2 are way better options unless one needs Ethernet but even with a USB-Hub integrating it they're smaller...
Dendrobatus AzureusOct 27

Another important note is that piCorePlayer can run smoothly on a Raspberri Pi Zero!

Link https://lyrion.org/getting-started/beginners-guide-lms-on-raspberry-pi/

#Raspberry #Pi0 #Zero #SBC #technology #piCore #Player #Linux #OpenSource #programming #audio #RetroMusic #NowPlaying

Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 9, 2025

@tobias_kleine aww... it's cute.

Reminds me of those classic portable CD/Tape/Radio combo units and the #Tonies-like functionality to select content besides a (presumably touch-)screen is nice.

  • I wounder if a #Pi0 / #Pi0W is enough to drive it or if it needs like the onboard audio out of a regular #RaspberryPi Model A(+) / B(+)…

Still, very nice...

Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 1, 2025
Personally I'd just get one of those old TVs, and instead of doing the dangerous fiddling inside I'd just add a Composite Video Out to a #Pi0...
Hack an Analog TV Into a Geek TV With a Raspberry Pi Zero W

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Kevin Karhan Oct 1, 2025

Anyone else remember those tiny B&W mini tube TVs that @vwestlife did present?

"What if we copy the idea, but take the worst screen [320x480px] we can get and slap a USB-C Dock under it?"

  • At least the seller is honest about the specs and it can do both USB-C & HDMI-In, so if someone wants to make something to play #NES & #GBA games on a #Raspberry #Pi / #Pi0 they propably can make this one work for themselves...

But for me anything below 640x480px is useless and anything below 800x600px not interesting at all...

  • Espechally since one can get like the 640x480px screen of the #Ambernic #RG35XXSP for < €25 and that'll be way more useful if one wants do DIY something...
Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 27, 2025

@r @fluffykittycat @flower Obviously people have used the #RP2040 for many projects and given it's ease of programming, low price, excellent documentation and easy availability it's no wounder it does put pressue on #ATmega / #ATtiny, #Arduino, #Teensy, etc.

  • At least for low volume productions and prototypes as proof of concept.

#RaspberryPi shure are more and more targeting #embedded & #industrial clients given they do in fact disrupt the market as one can get proper #documentation and #tools without paying $$$$ upfront (AND sign NDAs) just to be able to boot #Linux on it.

  • And competitors fail at understanding that this makes #Broadcom look good and is their entry-way into acquiring new clients. Because selling hardware purely off specs may work in #amd64 land where shit's legacy and the way things work is so entrenched that basic stuff just works as in booting. #ARM and even #ARM64 fail at having that level of #standardization.

OFC the #Pi0 / #Pi0W / #Pi0W2 doesn't need to innovate since every competitor isn't even trying to compete but merely farting out boards with 0 documentation and some halfassed boot images and no post-sales support so they keep dominating by virtue of being the only ones that just work...

Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 27, 2025
@r @fluffykittycat @flower the only reason noone takes an #RP2040 and tries to build a new #Retro-Style #Microcomputer with it is because it's way more effort and hassle than the $5 (/ $1 / $10) discount compared to a #Pi0W (/ #Pi0 / #Pi0W2) - which already come with USB, HDMI & microSD - is worth it.
Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 11, 2025

@krutonium @landley @geerlingguy IDK but I also didn't knew that #32bit #ARM (i.e. #AMRv5r11 as used by the #RaspberryPi #Pi0 / #Pi0W) is out of patent protection...

Killing non-#64bit support in Linux would be a death sentence for many #EmbeddedSystems.

Rob Landley (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Arnd Bergman is lobbying to remove all 32 bit support. (He works for arm and 32-bit arm is going out of patent.) If he succeeds, or they make it so you can't build a usable Linux kernel without rust, I will be doing another "stay on the last GPLv2 release" thing and either retire or start caring about BSD or something. (Seriously, the Aldi's down the street is hiring. My commute would be like 2000 steps and I'd get cardio and maybe even dental.)

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