https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/pinebook-pro-elementary-os

Elementary OS coming to Pinebook Pro.

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@travisdh1 said in SCADA-like process visualization and control:

@thwr said in SCADA-like process visualization and control:

@travisdh1 said in SCADA-like process visualization and control:

@thwr The control code shouldn't be that difficult. Getting some sort of GUI for people to interact with is where it becomes difficult, right? Have you considered just using HTML5? Assign control codes to pictures of the track, trains, and sensors? I don't remember which programming languages you've used before, so I'm just going generic here.

Actually, that's quite a good idea. Maybe node.js?

I'm betting a Pi would happily run that, which is going to be a consideration here.

Indeed. Not because I don't got any spare PCs (...), but I would like to see a ARM Linux in place. Much lower power consumption, no windows licenses...

Anyway. The most problematic part is to get some snap mechanism for the tracks / rails. There are like 20-30 different parts, like junctions, crossings, there are multiple layers, one track might be beyond another and so on. And I'm not exactly a web "developer" 😉

@gjacobse said in AAduino, an Arduino Clone with a AA Battery Form Factor:

Still going over this in some degree... I have a decent project for this. Hope he will manage to offer it for purchase.

You could always solder up your own Atmega328P onto the same form factor. More of a pain sure, but shouldn't be that difficult.

@JaredBusch all true

FWIW I started taking stuff apart (lawnmowers in particular) much younger. This is how it begins, the quest for knowledge! I'm stoked for that kid, he's going to get an enormous helping hand in life now. All at the cost of a day's inconvenience and making new friends at a new school (to whom he'll be a minor celebrity)

I don't see kids liking this thing. This will be mainly for those who played them when 8 bit games were originally out.

I've been hearing a lot about Banana Pi lately. I've been told it's basically just a more powerful Raspberry Pi.
http://www.bananapi.org/p/product.html