Own Your Own Cloud with C.H.I.P.!

Not a cloud in the sky, except owncloud on C.H.I.P.

Not a cloud in the sky, except owncloud on C.H.I.P.

Take back ownership of the cloud with ownCloud, a USB thumb drive, and C.H.I.P. on your home network. It’s easy to setup on C.H.I.P. with ownCloud and you’ll be able to share files, photos, address books, and even calendars all from hardware that’s yours.

Chris Watterston’s sticker popularized a common jab at all the cloud computing hype: “There is no cloud, it’s just somebody else’s computer.” Maybe. But with ownCloud and C.H.I.P. the cloud is yours!

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Community Made: Sumo Robots, Airplane Tracking, and Even More PocketC.H.I.P. Case Customization

PocketC.H.I.P. with a software defined radio attached.

Ethan Rose’s PocketC.H.I.P. with a software defined radio attached

This week the community is using C.H.I.P. as the brain of a competitive robot, PocketC.H.I.P. and software defined radio to decode and track airplanes, and 3D printing and old consumer electronics to personalize their PocketC.H.I.P. enclosure.

No matter what you’re doing with C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P., share it with the community. Snap a photo and share it on Twitter, message us on Facebook, or join the conversation in the forum. No matter how you decide to participate, C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P. are more fun when you share.

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3 Great Community Created Tutorials: Install Quake II, Fluxbox, and MachineKit

Get Quake II on your PocketC.H.I.P. today!

Get Quake II on your PocketC.H.I.P. today. Crunch, Jerick, and Tina did!

Battle back an alien invasion in Quake II, customize your PocketC.H.I.P. desktop with Fluxbox, and control enormous machines with MachineKit on C.H.I.P., all thanks to the work of the community!

Community members Anthk, Bilejoni, and Machine Koder have you covered with all the details on how to install, configure, and use Quake II, Fluxbox, and MackineKit on C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P.!

Don’t wait until the next blog post, see it before it happens in the forum! It’s a vibrant community committed to sharing their knowledge of C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P., plus everyone is always happy to help when you have questions.

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Community Made: a C.H.I.P. Book, a DIY Telephone Switch, & a MicroSD DIP for PocketC.H.I.P.

Enough DIPs to make a stand!

Enough DIPs to make a stand! JKW’s Queso, and new TzatzikiDIP attached to C.H.I.P. & PocketC.H.I.P.

Another week, another batch of awesome C.H.I.P and PocketC.H.I.P. projects from the community. And this week there’s an extra special surprise –Neil Kolban released a C.H.I.P. book!

If you’re working on a cool project, make sure to share it with the community. And don’t feel like you have to wait to share until the project is finished. A lot of great collaboration is taking place in the forum and it’s the perfect place to brainstorm your next build.

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On the Road with Dave & PocketC.H.I.P., Plus PICO-8 Live Coding with The Verge

Dave on the set of The New Screen Savers pretaping

Dave on the set of The New Screen Savers before taping

Every product has a story and it’s always exciting to get opportunity to tell it. Recently, Dave was invited on the O’Reilly Hardware Podcast and The New Screen Savers to share C.H.I.P., PocketC.H.I.P. and the stories behind them.

From C.H.I.P.’s origin story, to how the $9 price point is possible, and why all the pink, these interviews answers some of the most commonly asked questions about the company. And, as a bonus, check out Paul Miller from The Verge and Circuit Breaker programming a PICO-8 game live on PocketC.H.I.P.!

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