<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> This is trend is happening evidenced by 1) standardization of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> cellphone chargers...</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Chargers? I'm not following what chargers have do with the Tango PC.</span></font><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">I mentioned chargers, because due to the standardization of cellphone chargers, greater number of devices are using 5VDC and then we are able to share wall chargers among devices..interchange among android, apple, tablets, cellphones, cameras etc.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">As for standardization, there was no mention of the motherboard they</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">used being an open standard. I assume proprietary, with a soldered-on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">mobile CPU. I believe they did say you could user-upgrade the RAM.</span></font><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Yes I would guess the Tango is </font></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">proprietary especially they mentioned patents, but if the ideas takes out, I would guess that the industry would trend towards the same idea of modularity and standardization of the I/O pins between the modules.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#0000ff">Google Ara project</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">yes I agree, the project is pretty ambitious and I am not convinced that the consumer will take to it. </font></div><div class="gmail_default">
But, the concept with certainly pushing into other electronic device designs. This is what got me to think about Arduino/Raspberry and the like. If Ara is able to do this modular design with something as compact and complicated as a smartphone, why could it not happen with much simpler electronics....ie Arduino/Raspberry and the like</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">yes there are some modularity already going on in the maker space, fundamentally these are modular designs as go down to the component level and also with shields and expansion boards. But what if keep standardizing and making it more consumer friendly. The Grove system have done a great job with the number of modules and standardizing the pins to a couple designs. <a href="http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/GROVE_System">http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/GROVE_System</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">my idea is to make the space more consumer friendly, more accessible with kids and lower level experience, and less conflicts in setups.</div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default">My idea is basically Ara for the makers space. Imagine if there was a main board such as Arduino/RPI with standard ports that are PLUG and PLAY, like USB that is acting as a HUB for all modules. So you can plug a LED module or a DC motor module into the same port and the board will recognize the difference. The individual modules, will also have these ports to accept other modules. So each module becomes a part of the greater HUB. Same that can be done with 12C, SP1?, USB protocol, and Thunderbold. Each module will be self identify when connected to the board and appropriate "drivers/scripts" will be loaded.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The IDE will be like Scratch programming, so it is graphics based and when certain modules are plugged, it shows up on the "pallet" of Scratch..</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Finally, the "modules" will be encased by Lego compatible blocks. So that kids can easily build "things" to have form instead of a board and bunch of wires.. The wires in this concept will be cleaner as are one wire with multiple cores connecting to a standardized port..</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Sorry for all the rambling, but as you can tell, I have kinda been playing with this in my head for a while.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">
Comments??</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Ming</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div>