Americans are challenging Raspberry Pi Linux computer for 80 crowns – IDG.se

Cheap enkortsdatorn Raspberry Pi suddenly seems less affordable. American Next Thing namely working on a competing computer that will cost as little as 80 SEK, less than a third of the price of a new Raspberry Pi. The computer is simply named Chip and run just like Raspbery Pi an ARM processor and according to the Next Thing, the work with a whole range of different Linux distributions, but the company behind working on a Debian variant.

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 Unlike the Raspberry Pi as the chip embedded circuits for Wifi and Bluetooth to connect your computer to the network and to various types of computer peripherals. It also board circuits to manage battery. In contrast, lacks the HDMI connector for connecting to a monitor, the one who wants to get away with a computer for 80 crowns to settle for an old-AV connector to connect a monitor. Chip sold however with additional card for either HDMI or VGA, but then climbs the price to 210 and 166 crowns.

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Just like Raspberry Pi Chip also number of so-called GPIO pins to connect or control sensors or other electronic devices.

Next Thing planning also a number of other interesting accessories Chip. With Pocket Chip transformed the small computer to a laptop computer that is reminiscent of an old Game Boy or why not on the recently launched got synthesizers from Swedish Teenage Engeneering.

To keep price on the chip down collaborate Next Thing with

Chinese Allwinner Technology, which develops chip package used in really cheap tablets. According to the newspaper Father is the Next Thing is also closely linked to the incubator Haxlr8r taking fledgling hardware business to Chinese Shenzen in order to be able to establish contact with the hardware manufacturers. Next Thing has previously built a camera instead of the usual images produces animated GIFs. The project resulted in a successful Kickstarter and, of course, is also Chipping now a Kickstarter project.

To develop new hardware and mass produce it is not easy and it takes time. According to the Next Thing, the first chip computers shipped in about one year.