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Re:Intel Releases the Arduino 101 Source Code by dekhn on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:59AM (#11542165)
Why don't you just buy 101's and remove the curie chip from the 101?
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Re:Intel Releases the Arduino 101 Source Code by jhpankow on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:04AM (#11542677)
Once you've got the chip removed (which is non-trivial) you then have to prepare it to be resoldered, which would require re-balling in the case of a BGA pinout. This is beyond the scope of what a maker/hobbyist could do.
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Re:Intel Releases the Arduino 101 Source Code by justinclift on Thursday April 21, 2016 @12:45PM (#11543491)
Don't people do that with converted toaster ovens?
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Re:Intel Releases the Arduino 101 Source Code by dekhn on Thursday April 21, 2016 @01:04PM (#11543655)
Yes. This sort of thing is classic maker, and if you bought the chips from Intel directly you'd still have to integrate them onto a board.
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Re:Intel Releases the Arduino 101 Source Code by Gracana on Thursday April 21, 2016 @01:48PM (#11543989)
Re-balling is possible for hobbyists, but it's an extra tricky step that you'd need to do. Why bother when you can buy a nice ARM SoC?
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