CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet

Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by owenversteeg on Thursday August 15, 2019 @08:28AM (#20704536)

Looks very cool, for sure.

But am I the only one who is confused why they created a main board instead of just using a Pi model B? Most of the things on their board (usb, hdmi, wifi, Bluetooth, card slot, etc) are already there in a Pi. Especially since the boards are about $90 each...

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by penkia on Thursday August 15, 2019 @08:37AM (#20704594)

Form factor is one, also proper power management is very hard to get right with Pis.

Of course we made our first prototype with Pi3, and it ended up looking like this: https://i.imgur.com/gqUAdDa.jpg :P

Oh by the way we're not using HDMI display so it'll be cheaper (and thinner) too.

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by elcomet on Thursday August 15, 2019 @08:30AM (#20704545)

I'd say the form factor. The raspberry pi is too thick for a tablet.

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by kingosticks on Thursday August 15, 2019 @09:03AM (#20704771)

If you ripped off the ethernet and usb ports would it still be too thick? Maybe the hdmi also.

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by penkia on Thursday August 15, 2019 @09:07AM (#20704800)

Ohh we did exactly that! https://i.imgur.com/QTRagEP.jpg

But it's not scalable, and I'm not particularly good at soldering. ;-)

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by elcomet on Friday August 16, 2019 @04:19AM (#20713146)

Well they used the compute module so that's exactly what they did. And then they added back the ports where they needed.

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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by kingosticks on Friday August 16, 2019 @05:28AM (#20713493)

I appreciate what they did and why. But no, that's not the exact same thing as the raspberry pi with it's ports de-populated. You need to provide power and ethernet (if required) yourself, I think.

The compute model is the right choice for an actual product (i.e. making more than one), but for someone trying to jam a pi into a thin space, removing the ports is almost as thin. Plus you don't also need a motherboard.

The compute module is also still waiting for it's BCM2711 refresh, another reason it's not the same thing. But when that does arrive, if it's just a case of swapping the modules that'll be a brilliant upgrade for this project.

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