{"id":748,"date":"2011-01-04T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T10:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/?p=748"},"modified":"2011-01-04T21:40:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T11:40:06","slug":"3-generations-of-naked-chumbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Generations of Naked Chumbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just got my 3 Insignia Infocasts (3.5&#8243;) today, so I immediately tore one apart for a quick tear down. \u00a0Photos ahead along with side-by-side comparisons to the Chumby One (PCB), and I found a naked Chumby Classic lying next door too&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03616.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-762\" title=\"Non-naked vs Naked Infocast 3.5&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03616-450x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03616-450x299.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03616-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Non-naked vs Naked Infocast 3.5&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had pretty low expectations of the Best Buy Insignia Infocast, considering the price (It was on sale for $39.95 over Xmas!) and the photos from Billy&#8217;s Tear Down (<a href=\"http:\/\/billyzelsnack-robotics.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/insignia-infocast-35-teardown.html\" target=\"_blank\">Link here<\/a>). \u00a0Bunnie&#8217;s (the hardware guru\/designer) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bunniestudios.com\/blog\/?p=1435\">blog<\/a> had fantastically detailed photos which showed the main PCB with dodgy connectors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My actual first impression is that the Infocast actually bests the Chumby One at least in industrial design of the case, if not the build quality. \u00a0The shiny plastic does make it lose a few points as it won&#8217;t age as well as the Chumby One, but overall it is very well built.<\/p>\n<p>Read on to view the gallery of pics!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Noticeably different things between Infocast 3.5&#8243; &amp; Chumby One :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Different LCD &#8211; Different Ribbon Cable, different ZIF connector on the main PCB.<\/li>\n<li>Different connector orientations (one is even on the reverse side) &#8211; means my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/02\/temporary-chumby-casing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Temporary Chumby Casing<\/a> doesn&#8217;t quite fit&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Missing Lithium Battery Compartment, connectors and some components which should be&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>P100 &#8211; JST B3B EH A (Connector)<\/li>\n<li>L100, L101 &#8211; BLM18PG121 (Chokes)<\/li>\n<li>U300 LM2621 (Step Up)<\/li>\n<li>U301 TPS2113A (Auto Power Mux)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Missing Chumbilical&#8230;replaced with good nice DIL pin outs of DIO, I2C and USB \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>Infocast is clearly marked with &#8220;Falconwing MP2d 07\/10&#8243;&#8230; wonder where the schematics are&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The Chumby One PCB has an extra USB-A connector footprint as an option for the &#8216;squishy&#8217; casing, missing on Infocast.<\/li>\n<li>Infocast comes with just US power plug \ud83d\ude10 Chumby One came with a suite of US\/Japan\/Australian\/European plugs on the plugpack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Otherwise all the goodness of the Chumby One seems to be on the fantastically priced [at least on Weekends&#8230;] Infocast \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to the Infocast replacing the Chumby One as the brains for the Mecanum Wheel Rover (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cB-6qN8dbVQ\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a>)!<\/p>\n<h2>Gallery (Full resolution pics!)<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-748 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-32\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03616-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-762\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-762'>\n\t\t\t\tNon-naked vs Naked Infocast 3.5&#8243;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-31\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03617-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-761\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-761'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast 3.5&#8243; Insides Spilling Out\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-30\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03618-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-760\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-760'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast 3.5&#8243; Naked Insides!  Full Frontal!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-29\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03619-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-759\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-759'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast 3.5&#8243; Naked Insides!  Full &#8230; Backal&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03620-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-758\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-758'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast 3.5&#8243; PCB &#8211; Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-27\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03621-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-757\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-757'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast 3.5&#8243; PCB &#8211; Front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-26\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03622-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-756\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-756'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast vs Chumby One PCB &#8211; Front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03623-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-755\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-755'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast vs Chumby One PCB &#8211; Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-24\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03624-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-754\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-754'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast vs Chumby One LCD &#8211; Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03625-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-753\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-753'>\n\t\t\t\tInfocast vs Chumby One LCD &#8211; Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03626-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-752\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-752'>\n\t\t\t\tDoesn&#8217;t quite fit the temporary case&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-21\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03628-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chumby Classic - Back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-751\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-751'>\n\t\t\t\tChumby Classic &#8211; Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/3-generations-of-naked-chumbies\/sony-dsc-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC03629-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chumby Classic - Front\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-750\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-750'>\n\t\t\t\tChumby Classic &#8211; Front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just got my 3 Insignia Infocasts (3.5&#8243;) today, so I immediately tore one apart for a quick tear down. \u00a0Photos ahead along with side-by-side comparisons to the Chumby One (PCB), and I found a naked Chumby Classic lying next door too&#8230; I had pretty low expectations of the Best Buy Insignia Infocast, considering the price &hellip; 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