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)

spooky links:      TWITTER       FORUM      DOCS      PRE-ORDER        ADDRESS CHANGE 

Ari wastes the last of the super 8 film.

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

 

C.H.I.P. Does Computer Things!!! (aka Debian on C.H.I.P.)

With December deadlines in sight, it’s about time C.H.I.P. does computer things!

Debian means we are go for GUI (graphical user interface).  GUI means we are go for computer things!  (and super slick projects like C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin too)

Wynter shows off C.H.I.P. GUI which is an excess of acronyms.

Our Software Doges, Alex, Wynter and Andrew, have been hacking away to flash Debian to our tiny little 9 dollar computers. And now it’s here, in all its flashable glory!

Calling all Kernel Hackers and CHIP-SDKers! Start your adventures with Debian on C.H.I.P. at 42.nextthing.co or GitHub.

Love release notes? Check out the Debian release notes here!

Alex and Wynter both love flashing and talking about flashing

NAME YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM!!!

What’s in a name? A C.H.I.P. OS by any other name would boot just as sweet…right?  We say why the heck shouldn’t we give it a sweet name?!

We’re calling on you C.H.I.P.sters!  What should we call your Debian on C.H.I.P.?  Tweet us your suggestions at @nextthingco using #CHIPDebian! (there may be a super secret prize for the winner…)

The software team, an important part of the jury, waiting to be impressed.

THE C.H.I.P. COMMUNITY

They Live!  The forums are frothing with knowledge, know-how and nonsense (of the kind most fun!).  Shout out to our SuperHackers renzo, mrIowaIowa,soderstrom & nbastin, who collectively and successfully hacked Debian onto C.H.I.P. before our flashing tools were available!  Join them and the growing conversation at bbs.nextthing.co!

For documentation, including new Debian tutorials, visit 42.nextthing.co.

Stalk us on Twitter!  We love sharing C.H.I.P. progress and showering tweeters with GIFs.  We’re @nextthingco and we love hearing about your C.H.I.P. plans(and your suggested C.H.I.P. OS names!)

A sample NTC tweet, full of encouragement.

SHIPPING UPDATES 

Currently, we’ve only shipped Alpha C.H.I.P.s to those who backed at the kernel hacker reward level (we call them KHBs – Kernel Hacker Backers). Stand alone C.H.I.P. pledges begin shipping in December (soon. very soon) and continue through March with PocketC.H.I.P.s and display adapters shipping by May of 2016.  We are still on track to meet our estimated shipping timelines!

If you’re curious when your reward is estimated to ship, check your pledge on Kickstarter. 

Moved recently? Moving soon? Update your address anytime atchip.backerkit.com. Forgetful? No worries! We’ll send an address confirmation email 2-3 days before we ship your C.H.I.P.(s).

Jonesing for another C.H.I.P.? Sign up for the preorder announcement atnextthing.co!

mmmtc (much much more to come)

(⌐■_■) – everyone at NTC (especially Alex)

Alex flashing C.H.I.P.s, as he is all out of bubblegum.

 

 

Alpha C.H.I.P.s 2: The New Batch!

Alpha C.H.I.P. Batch 2 is flashed and en route to our Kernel Hacker Backers! What adventures would befall Gus in China this time?  Find out below!

THE C.H.I.P. COMMUNITY

It’s Alive!!!  Alpha C.H.I.P.s in the wild has been a lightning strike on the NTC forum. Join the growing conversation at bbs.nextthing.co!

For documentation and answers to all things NTC, head to 42.nextthing.co.

Follow along on the twitter! We’re @nextthingco. What are your C.H.I.P. plans? Let us know!

A sample NTC tweet. Vault Boy tested, Vader approved.

SHIPPING UPDATES

Currently, we’re only shipping Alpha C.H.I.P.s to those who backed at the kernel hacker reward level (we call them KHBs – Kernel Hacker Backers). Stand alone C.H.I.P. pledges begin shipping in December and continue through March with PocketC.H.I.P.s and display adapters shipping by May of 2016.  We’re on track to meet our estimated shipping timelines!

If you’re curious when your reward is estimated to ship, check your pledge on Kickstarter.

Moved recently? Moving soon? Update your address anytime atchip.backerkit.com. Forgetful? No worries! We’ll send an address confirmation email 2-3 before we ship your C.H.I.P.(s).

Alpha Packaging for Alpha C.H.I.P.s

Jonesing for another C.H.I.P.? Sign up for the preorder announcement at nextthing.co!

mmmtc (much much more to come)

\(•◡•)/Everyone at NTC (especially Gus)

Alpha C.H.I.P. 2: The New Batch. No bright light. Do not get it wet. Do not feed after midnight.