A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor

Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by colejohnson66 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:42AM (#18015194)

You can run a small touchscreen with an Arduino. You also don’t need a fast processor for a big touchscreen; just enough RAM and a dedicated video chip

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by dcbadacd on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:01PM (#18016359)

Yeah, and that's how you get laggy user interfaces that at least I despise. Spend that 4€ on a better chip.

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by ben_w on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:46PM (#18016840)

How did we manage non-laggy user interfaces back in 1995 when 120 MHz single core/single chip, registers slower than modern RAM, and no dedicated graphics processor was top of the line?

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by pjmlp on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:19PM (#18017774)

By writing lots of optimizations in hand optimized Assembly.

http://www.jagregory.com/abrash-zen-of-asm/

https://www.amazon.com/Windows-Assembly-Language-Systems-Pro...

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by naasking on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @03:39PM (#18018461)

And by using a highly restricted colour palette, low resolution, no anti-aliasing, etc.

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by jjoonathan on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:20PM (#18017203)

By living without 20 layers of middleware.

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by nambit on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:01PM (#18017632)

With physical buttons instead of touch screens?

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by camoby on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:06PM (#18017671)

“Vive La Resolution!”

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by snaky on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:02PM (#18021077)

It appears for world-class 'small-screen' interface you need a couple of Linux-capable SoC chips and a decent FPGA https://xdevs.com/review/dmm6500/

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by blattimwind on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:00PM (#18016982)

It's scientifically proven that almost every post-2000 UI has slower response than a DOS input mask.

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by tossandturn on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:37AM (#18016163)

Displays with relatively simple off-board processing are common, too; you can often run a big display pretty reasonably with a 16MHz Arduino: buydisplay.com

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