C.H.I.P. Happens! aka Mass Production Has Begun! \(•◡•)/

C.H.I.P.s are flying off the line in Shenzhen!  Tested. Approved.  Ready to ship!

Last month, with our deadline on the line, Wynter and Gus hitched a ride to join Vanessa in Shenzhen to make C.H.I.P. happen.  (Wynter’s first time outside stateside) Wonder what life’s like making C.H.I.P.s in China? View the video!


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The Clear Case for C.H.I.P. (also pre-orders are open)

C.H.I.P.sters!

Hope those of you who celebrate it had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We here at NTC certainly enjoyed the time and turkey with our friends and families.  Thanksgiving in the rearview means today is Cyber Monday! Cyber Monday means C.H.I.P. pre-orders are open! Until 12 am PST, you can #GetCHIP for $8 at getchip.comusing the promo code GETCHIP!

Want more C.H.I.P.s?! Go for it! You can now pre-order up to 5 C.H.I.P.s at once!

A Fistful of C.H.I.P.s

C.H.I.P. 1.0 Design + C.H.I.P. Case!

With PVT (Production Verification Testing) done, we are almost ready to kick off production batch 1 of C.H.I.P. 1.0!  Extra thanks to backers like @rickyroberson and  who made some excellent design critiques which helped improve the C.H.I.P.’s final design. ¡Viva Open Hardware! Check out the (very, very close to) final design!

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Give Thanks. #GetCHIP on Cyber Monday.

C.H.I.P.sters!

You should be the very first to hear some very exciting new news…

C.H.I.P. Pre-Orders Open at getchip.com at 7 am EST on November 30th, otherwise known as Cyber Monday, marking the first time since our Kickstarter campaign to #GetCHIP (and/or PocketC.H.I.P.)!

Rest assured, pre-orders will ship after Kickstarter rewards are fulfilled.  We want our early C.H.I.P.sters to get their C.H.I.P.s first.

But wait, there’s more!

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A C.H.I.P.’s Best Friend is it’s Software

C.H.I.P.sters!

The air is getting colder. December is nigh.  C.H.I.P.’s software is due!

Alexeveryone’s favorite German particle physicist turned software lead, and Ben,PocketC.H.I.P. backer and newest member of team NTC, have been hard at work architecting the official C.H.I.P. operating system. Take a look!

Building an operating system for C.H.I.P. requires some heavy duty driver work.  Maxime from Free Electrons abandoned the French countryside and joined us in sunny Oakland, CA to make sure we’re on-time and feature rich.

Maxime aime C.H.I.P. Alex aime les Free Electrons.

Want the C.H.I.P. OS background? Git it!

 

SHIPPING UPDATES

Meanwhile in China, Gus, Wynter, and Vanessa have spent much time setting up our first C.H.I.P. v1 mass production run (much more later). December C.H.I.P.s are on schedule to be shipped in December.

Want your C.H.I.P. shipped to you instead of someone who is not you?Submit, update, or verify your shipping address through BackerKit at chip.backerkit.com.

January C.H.I.P.s are still on schedule for January. February C.H.I.P.s in February. March C.H.I.P.s in March. PocketC.H.I.P.s and the HDMI & VGA adapters are still on schedule for May. If you are curious when your Kickstarter reward is scheduled to ship, please check your pledge.

Pre-order announcement comming very, very soon!

mmmtc (much much more to come)

\(•◡•)/ – everyone at NTC (especially Alex & Ben) and also Maxime

 

C.H.I.P. or Treat?

DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES? 

What horror boots within the ancient zip disk labeled ‘Occult Archives’?  That question burns inside the mind of Mr. Sharps, and when the NTC crew leaves the office early, he is no longer able to resist its call.  (special thanks toPro8mm)

WARNING: Contents may blow your mind.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

ヽ ( ⁰д⁰)ノ all the zombies at NTC (especially Richard, Michael, and Mr. Sharps)

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Ari wastes the last of the super 8 film.

All work and no play make C.H.I.P. a dull toy.