Give Your Old Electronics New Life with These 3 C.H.I.P. Projects

The electronic guts of a wireless speaker project that use C.H.I.P.

The electronic guts of a wireless speaker project that use C.H.I.P.

If you’re like most of us at NTC, you have a bunch of old electronics that lack Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Here are 3 projects that use C.H.I.P. to upgrade these old dust collecting devices and give them a second, more connected life!

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PocketC.H.I.P. Does Field Repair with C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin

CHIP in the Wild

Does a bear C.H.I.P. in the woods?

We were out in a field taking pictures of C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin –as you do when you have a C.H.I.P.-powered talking bear– and I wanted to get C.H.I.P.py to comment on the weather.

Lacking my laptop and with no clue of C.H.I.P.py’s IP address, what was I to do? Easy. Use three wires to directly connect C.H.I.P.py and PocketC.H.I.P.. With a few commands on PocketC.H.I.P., it’s easy to setup a connection and gain shell access to the bear (or any other device with exposed TX, RX, and ground). Here’s how I did it.

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