NextThingCo CHIP

CHIP (C.H.I.P.) was a single-board computer crowdfunded by now-defunct Next Thing Co. (NTC), released as open-source hardware running open-source software. CHIP and related products are discontinued.

= Identification =

On the back of the device, the following is printed: CHIP v1.0

= Sunxi support =

Current status
CHIP has some support in mainline U-Boot and kernel (defconfig and device tree). CHIP's SLC NAND is not supported by Mainline U-Boot.

Manual build
You can build things for yourself by following our Manual build howto and by choosing from the configurations available below.

Sunxi/Legacy U-Boot
Chip is not supported by Sunxi/Legacy U-Boot

Mainline U-Boot
Use the CHIP_defconfig build target.

Sunxi/Legacy Kernel
Not supported.

Mainline kernel
Use the sun5i-r8-chip.dtb device-tree binary.

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
Shorting out the FEL and GND pins before connecting power will cause the device to boot in FEL mode.

Locating the UART
= Pictures =

= Variants =


 * Alpha CHIP
 * CHIP Pro
 * Chip v2

= Also known as =


 * C.H.I.P.

= See also =


 * NextThingCo Chip Pro
 * PocketChip
 * C.H.I.P. Single-Board Computer Wiki
 * C.H.I.P. (Wikipedia)
 * Kickstarter project page