Discussion on the feasibility of some Uconsole expansion

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Discussion on the feasibility of some Uconsole expansion

  1. Can Uconsole realize the construction of the local model by adding modules in the current shell?

Two. Does Uconsole have some more mature schemes to add sdr modules?

  1. Can Uconsole be flashed into Arch Linux or Kali, and if so, is it really supported by any hardware?

Four. Uconsole’s internal space is now arranged in a waste. Is there any transformation plan to communicate, such as replacing the battery with a large-capacity lithium battery (after all, the battery life of Uconsole is not very long-lasting).

  1. I want to implement some siri-like voice operations (such as opening the map to help me navigate) through Uconsole. Are these too difficult for Uconsole?

  2. Cm5 has been launched, but there is little information about using it on Uconsole. Can it adapt to the adaptation board of Uconsole?

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  1. yes, a few people have made new expansion cards for the uconsole like a usb hub, a rpi pico for gpio, of a sdr/lora card

  2. someone is working on a sdr card.

  3. yes there are both arch and kali images available for the uconsole.

  4. I don’t think there are any plans to rearrange the inside of the uconsole.

  5. I’m not aware of any but I’m sure there’s some kind of voice assistant for linux.

  6. The CM5 is currently working in the uconsole except for audio. Raspberry Pi needs to complete a driver for audio to work.

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  1. I’ve seen uconsole lipo kit on 闲鱼 (local 2nd hand platform), which includes a small battery adapter board and a big battery. Personally I don’t recommend it because the “softpack” battery is too vulnerable in the original chassis.
    (Running time up, safety down)
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I’m currently working on a simple expansion card that’ll breakout most/all of the unused IO and internal usb ports to be accessible from outside the case and into a more “standard” connector.
Mostly just waiting on actually receiving my uConsole to finalize the design.

I think you’ll see alot more expansion boards as more people receive their uConsole. In the short time I’ve been in this community, there appears to be more people developing software and hardware each month. It’s just a matter of actually getting the hardware into developers hands.

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This type of expansion was something I was considering doing myself. I just want to be able to access the available GPIOs easily and USBs.

I was pondering on making one of the USBs internal or adding a USB hub to the design to give me one or 2 internal and one or 2 external USBs and also adding a ADC. I have bought some of these CY USB Splitter DIY PCBA,USB 2.0 Ports HUB USB 1 to 2 Splitter with SR Cover for DIY OEM Parts & 3.0mm Cable: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories and these AZDelivery ADS1115 ADC Analog to Digital Converter 16bit 4-Channel Module compatible with Arduino and Raspberry Pi including E-Book! : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science which I was intending to hard wire to the included extender PCB. My thoughts were an expansion card could included a header for these for simplicity, but still more complicated than a simple extender for the unused items.

I too await the delivery of my uConsole to get going on this.

Really looking forward to seeing your design, please keep us posted on your progress.

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Most I wanted are a Lan port, a ‘usable’ type C instead of only for power. To save space the type A can be replaced with type C, but I still want the cellular, I must be asking for too much !

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One can only dream of a multi-function USB-C, unfortunately. None of the Compute Module boards I’ve seen so far offer that feature. And another big clue is that the regular Raspberry Pi boards don’t offer a useful USB-C either. I guess we can all look in envy at the top-shelf devices having the feature all to themselves.

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I’m working on creating an AI model, but since my Uconsole hasn’t arrived yet, I want to confirm whether the Uconsole has a built-in microphone module. If I need to add one myself, do you have any recommendations?

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I’ve said it elsewhere in the forum. But, USB microphone is the best solution. Take what you will of that. The input function of the audio jack (microphone in) only works with the Clockwork A-06 module (which is already phased out because support is discontinued officially). Raspberry Pi’s have never supported built-in audio input since its creation, far as I can remember.

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I think about general uconsole architecture. And I see some weird features.

  1. adapter board. Now adapter board is grate solution for compability with different boards, but this solution use more space for nothing
  2. not compability with true PCIexpress
  3. no touchscreen, need test this but I wish resistive touch screen will be work fine with this case
  4. no dual boot, i found some intresting solution for using two sdcard TXS02612

My plane create own version of mainboard. Yes it’s very dificult, because I don’t have experience with raspberry pi

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Now with the CM5 hopefully becoming my main CPU board: What I would want most is an adapter board that has several USB-C ports, and most importantly, a USB DAC / amplifier driving the internal speakers. The CM5 currently does not support audio output through the GPIO pins, as used with the CM5. Or someone can please get the GPIO audio working on the CM5. :wink:

Currently I have no time to deal with either option unfortunately, maybe in the future. So if anyone thinks he can do that, it might be a good thing, as probably more people will switch to the CM5.