My kickstarter project. is the pi a good fit?

[smartsensing]

http://kck.st/1cy9OLX

this application needs some computing power.
I currently use Freescale i.MX6, how is the pi? I seriously consider two things:

1. broadcom is not doing well now. >>> they will threw away the product based on the product line performance, I didn't see too much industrial application using this chip.

2. the pi has a good number of users. >>> easy to find some codes as reference codes.

[jamesh]

1. Broadcom is doing fine - what do you mean? The 2835 is still selling well, as is the 2836.

2. Yes the Pi has a lot of users, but you will still need a software engineer or two to make it all work.

You probably need the Compute module, should do what you want.

[MarkHaysHarris777]

I think Broadcom is doing great! What do you mean?

I also think the RPi will be fine for what you're doing, but you may also want to take a look at the Intel Edison SoC and take a look at the Pyboard and micro python!

I am working on a project that will marry the Intel Edison SoC with the Pyboard; also have a version that will marry the Raspberry PI with the Pyboard.

The pyboard and micro python are *very* impressive... the cost of the board is still a tad high.

[ShiftPlusOne]

How is that different from the TellSpec scam*?

* My personal opinion, not fact. Please don't sue me, TellSpec people.

Edit: Hm, taking a closer look at the page, you don't seem to be making wacky claims like being able to determine the composition of food with it, so... fair enough.

[MarkHaysHarris777]

Yeah, the jury is still out (so to speak) on near infra-red spectroscopy... there is something to it, but still way too expensive and way to inaccurate IMHO. It may be a scam, totally. Not much to go on so far... and most people can not get their hands on the 'stuff' to experiment.

I have been working on a gizmo similar to try and use light (near infra-red) to detect sugars in blood serum. I am a boarder line typeII diabetic of late, and I'm looking for a better way to monitor blood sugar/ this technology, if real, might prove to be the answer.