Make PocketC.H.I.P. Even More Cyberpunk with El Wire, Build a Router with C.H.I.P., & Upcycle an Old Printer with a C.H.I.P. Print Server

Make PocketC.H.I.P. really shine with hot pink El wire!

Make PocketC.H.I.P. really shine with hot pink el wire!

It’s been a busy week at NTC HQ with the launch of C.H.I.P. Pro and GR8, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t make time to keep tabs on the latest C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P. projects!

Here are three great community created projects that you should try: add El Wire to your PocketC.H.I.P., turn C.H.I.P. into a WiFi router, and upcycle your old parallel printer with a C.H.I.P. print server.

C.H.I.P.sters and Pocketeers are always busing making projects, mods, and writing up documentation. To stay up on all the latest content, keep your browser tabs pinned to the blog, forum, Hackster.io, and Chip-Community.org.

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PocketC.H.I.P. and PICO-8: A Dream Team at Dreamforce

Middle School students learning to code with PICO-8 and PocketC.H.I.P.

Jessica Koehler from Sparkiverse teaching students to code with PICO-8 on PocketC.H.I.P.

SAN FRANCISCO–170,000 Salesforce customers descended upon the massive 700,000 square foot Moscone Center for Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference for developers and power users. Tucked away in a corner of Moscone West, 50 of these attendees were middle school students who participated in the first ever Next Thing Co. learn to code camp.

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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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3 Community Tutorials: Install Transport Tycoon, XFCE, and a Command-Line GitHub Utility

Jake showing off OpenTTD on PocketC.H.I.P.

Jake showing off OpenTTD on PocketC.H.I.P.

Become a Transportation Tycoon, bring the C.H.I.P. desktop computing experience to PocketC.H.I.P., and browse the millions of GitHub repositories from the geekiness of the command-line, all on PocketC.H.I.P.!

If you’re working on a cool project, make sure to share it with the community. Tweet about it, write a Facebook post, or join the conversation in the forum. We can’t wait to see what you’re working on.
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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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