Re: Cubit Kickstarter

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 5/13/2015 11:04 PM, John Hind wrote:
> Check this out guys:
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1762626887/cubit-the-make-anything-plat
> form
>
> If you are wondering about relevance, try an in-page search on "Lua".
>
> Kind of expensive though, when you can get a full Linux computer for $9 ...

Perfect for young and 'old' kids who are in the "I can afford 3d 
printers" demographic!!! :-p ;-)

(Good luck to them. Hard to beat Lego at the high end. And among 
the more experienced demographic, there is ESP8266... or pick a 
long-range nRF2401 if you need >100m range.)

On the last bit, there is a problem with most Linux boards though 
-- even Beaglebone needs attention to startup-shutdown. Hard to do 
that on applications that can only count on intermittent power.

Oh yeah, there might be a new player soon, a really big fella. 
Well, good luck to them too. See the following and connect the dots:

  A new psABI for Intel MCU
  https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2015-05/msg00089.html

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia