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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Links We Like: Restoring a Xerox Alto, Reconsidering Cyberpunk, & Investigating the Sony PYXIS 360

Xerox Alto Photo by  Michael Hicks

Xerox Alto Photo by Michael Hicks

This week’s Links We Like follow Ken Shirriff restore a Xerox Alto, reconsider the future as told by cyberpunk fiction with Darran Anderson, and teardown the SONY PYXIS 360 portable GPS unit with Dave Jones.

If you’ve found any interesting links this week, make sure to share them in the comments below, or in our forum. We’re always on the hunt for new links to get lost in. Have a great weekend!

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4 New Community Projects to Explore with Your PocketC.H.I.P.

3D print of marjoras_other_mask's first design

3D print of marjoras_other_mask’s first design

The NTC forum is full of Pocketeers pushing PocketC.H.I.P. to its full potential. The hacks are getting more frequent and more ambitions. If you’re looking for hacks to explore, the forum is a great place to start your adventure.

Just this week, Marjoras_other_mask shared a great case hack with a kickstand, FireflyII added a thumbstick-mouse for precision control, and debianUser and emuboy are trying out different window managers to radically change the user experience.

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Community Project: Emulate the PlayStation on Your PocketC.H.I.P.

Yopaz IceStar by Orion_

Yopaz IceStar by Orion_

We’ve already seen the Pocketeer community emulate the NES, SNES, Game Boy, Genesis, and even Virtual Boy on PocketC.H.I.P.! This weekend, limni figured out how to get PCSX ReARMed, a PlayStation emulator, working on PocketC.H.I.P..

Best of all, this is a project that only takes about twenty minutes and doesn’t require the official PlayStation BIOS to work.

Some of you older Pocketeers like me might remember back in 1994 when the PlayStation first launched. But that wasn’t Sony’s first attempt at breaking into the video game market.

In the late 80s Sony worked with Nintendo to develop a CD-ROM add-on to the Super Famicom (SNES). The product never made it out of R&D labs, but it gave Sony a bit of experience in developing a console. For more on the early history of the PlayStation and other Sony consoles, check out PlaystationMuseum.com.

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Learn How the Community Created a PocketC.H.I.P. Cell Phone

Tony using a PocketC.H.I.P. cell phone that Dave built

Tony using a PocketC.H.I.P. cell phone that Dave built

Pocketeers Juve021 and Rob Baruch figured out how to turn PocketC.H.I.P. into a portable cellular device, and they wrote two great tutorials explaining how you too can build the project.

While we love creating PocketC.H.I.P. projects in-house like Jose’s speaker hack, PockulusC.H.I.P., and emulating Apple’s System 7, it’s extra exciting to see community members developing and sharing what they’ve done.

A great place to share your projects and ideas is in our forums. You’ll find daily posts, discussions, and tips on how to get the most out of your C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P.. And if you’re at a loss for what your first PocketC.H.I.P. project should be, it’s a goldmine for inspiration and full of friendly folks happy to help out. It’s a resource not to be missed!

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