Comments on: AMD Gizmo Explorer: Taking a piece of Raspberry’s Pi? http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: d3rrial http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-338114 d3rrial Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-338114 Well, the Raspberry Pi also has h.264 hardware encoding and decoding, it also runs FullHD Movies at 30fps and has 10/100Mbit/s ethernet.. Well, the Raspberry Pi also has h.264 hardware encoding and decoding, it also runs FullHD Movies at 30fps and has 10/100Mbit/s ethernet..

]]> By: Jaakko Puisto http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337728 Jaakko Puisto Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337728 don't know if supposed to do this to these articles but... #givemethecardbitch don’t know if supposed to do this to these articles but…
#givemethecardbitch

]]> By: MrWhiskers http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337508 MrWhiskers Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337508 your can buy a HDMI to VGA Active Adapter. for around 25.00 30.00 for the pi. your can buy a HDMI to VGA Active Adapter. for around 25.00 30.00 for the pi.

]]> By: Gtrrg http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337507 Gtrrg Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337507 Raspberry has no vga?fail too.most people are still using it.furthermore no ram upgrades availabe. Raspberry has no vga?fail too.most people are still using it.furthermore no ram upgrades availabe.

]]> By: worldgate989 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337378 worldgate989 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337378 No HDMI? Fail. No HDMI? Fail.

]]> By: Sigrafix Email http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337321 Sigrafix Email Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337321 I really don't see the point in any of these things.. I got plenty of MB's, CPU's, memory laying around to use for whatever.. I really don’t see the point in any of these things.. I got plenty of MB’s, CPU’s, memory laying around to use for whatever..

]]> By: MrWhiskers http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337303 MrWhiskers Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337303 As much as I'd like to say I'm interested in this I'm just not. the pi is designed to be used as a teaching aid. it's software and operating system reflects that. even down to you can just plug the pi into a tv and your good to go shows how it's designed for teaching kids or any novice programer. It can be used as a hobby unit. but that was not it's primary function or goal of the developers. the main goal of the pi is to have a very inexpensive piece of hardware to learn to program on. the rest of the Peripherals build on that foundation. The Gizmo Explorer on the other hand is geared for the hobbyist looking for something to play with or an inventor that needs a bit more kick then the pi can push. It looks like a nice piece of hardware for a hobbyist or inventor, but it doesn't strike me as much of a teaching aid. there doesn't seem to have a tailored OS attached to this. the quick search on Google says that it can run about everything with some tinkering. My final thoughts on this are these target very different goals. both are good for what there designed for. but i wouldn't buy a Explorer to teach programing nor would I buy a pi to build a robot. they could both do it but it would take a lot more effort to reach these goals. *personal note*I got a pi a month ago. I have now been to more then a dozen peoples houses and gotten quite a few people interested in programing and how computers work in general. heck quite a few people have ordered them after seeing mine for there kids to learn and play on. A few of my friends got pi's to stream music/movies control there house locks,lights,heating,cooling etc. is the Gizmo Explorer for me? it's a neat gizmo and i can see lot's of good or not so good uses for it but it's not something i would use. I'm sure many other people will find this a must have though. p.s. I know my spelling and grammar suck please don't rag me on it to badly. Thank you :) As much as I’d like to say I’m interested in this I’m just not. the pi is designed to be used as a teaching aid. it’s software and operating system reflects that. even down to you can just plug the pi into a tv and your good to go shows how it’s designed for teaching kids or any novice programer. It can be used as a hobby unit. but that was not it’s primary function or goal of the developers. the main goal of the pi is to have a very inexpensive piece of hardware to learn to program on. the rest of the Peripherals build on that foundation.

The Gizmo Explorer on the other hand is geared for the hobbyist looking for something to play with or an inventor that needs a bit more kick then the pi can push. It looks like a nice piece of hardware for a hobbyist or inventor, but it doesn’t strike me as much of a teaching aid. there doesn’t seem to have a tailored OS attached to this. the quick search on Google says that it can run about everything with some tinkering.

My final thoughts on this are these target very different goals. both are good for what there designed for. but i wouldn’t buy a Explorer to teach programing nor would I buy a pi to build a robot. they could both do it but it would take a lot more effort to reach these goals.

*personal note*I got a pi a month ago. I have now been to more then a dozen peoples houses and gotten quite a few people interested in programing and how computers work in general. heck quite a few people have ordered them after seeing mine for there kids to learn and play on. A few of my friends got pi’s to stream music/movies control there house locks,lights,heating,cooling etc. is the Gizmo Explorer for me? it’s a neat gizmo and i can see lot’s of good or not so good uses for it but it’s not something i would use. I’m sure many other people will find this a must have though. p.s. I know my spelling and grammar suck please don’t rag me on it to badly. Thank you :)

]]> By: Arcady Trembovler http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2013/pc/amd-gizmo-explorer-taking-a-piece-of-raspberrys-pi/#comment-337301 Arcady Trembovler Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.techoftomorrow.com/?p=3959#comment-337301 This one looks neat, but I guess it wouldn't just run off dual-AA battaries, huh... If you say that this board supports JTAG this means it's completely in a different league, far more pro than the Raspberry Pi! This one looks neat, but I guess it wouldn’t just run off dual-AA battaries, huh…
If you say that this board supports JTAG this means it’s completely in a different league, far more pro than the Raspberry Pi!

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