Very cool. I love the concept.

I make RapidCAM.app so have an appreciation for the amount of work Antimony must have been to get to that point.

I read the page but not being an expert on Flipper I am not confident I can tell the difference from the Flipper Zero.

It is a completely different device.

Flipper Zero is for the physical layer: radio, RFID, IR, etc... It is based on a small microcontroller and is mostly "bare metal", think Arduino, ESP32,...

Flipper One is for the network layer: Ethernet, Wi-Fi, 5G, etc... It is a "real computer" running Linux, like a Raspberry Pi.

Interesting. So the model number corresponds to the OSI network layer?

No. There was never an OSI "layer zero", and it's unclear how the OSI model would apply at all to functionality like RFID card reading.

I'm hoping for Flipper 8 and Flipper 9 now.

Jokingly I've always said layer 8 was people, 9 was management, and 10 was budget.

The two that I've heard are money and politics.

RFC 2321 suggests that they are "political and religious" layers. https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2321/

   In this document we introduce a new hardware-based tool for diagnosis
   and repair of network related hardware and software problems. This
   tool is best suited to addressing nondeterministic problems such as
   those described above. This tool has broad areas of application at
   all levels of the OSI model; in addition to uses in the physical,
   network, transport and application layers, it has been used to
   successfully address problems at the political and religious layers
   as well.

flipper zero is just a small device with an SMT32 MCU, flipper one is a whole bloody linux computer, with an rp2350

I suppose the idea is it combines workflows you'd use a flipper zero + pc for into one device. Neat in idea, im not certain who it's truly for in practice. A flipper zero 2 with wifi built in and some minor improvements would have been much more welcome in my eyes.

The wifi board works fine with the zero, integrating it into the device is a pain in the ass, far from a 'minor' improvement.

I used it instead if needing to have a pocketful of access keys and garage/gate remotes. Also the remote control was great for random AC units or muting the sound on the airport lounge newsmax horror television.

but it broke too much and I found a better solution

Don't leave us hanging! What's the better solution for you?

Sorry...for the keys I got a very small chameleon ultra, fits on a keyring, the pocket toy has been replaced with a M5 cardputer which is better at being a real tool than flipper as it has all the sensor options.

The flipper was still a very nice thing to put in the pocket for along time for sure

Thanks. That's https://lab401.com/products/chameleon-ultra and https://shop.m5stack.com/collections/controllers/CARDPUTER as far as I can tell... I might look into those, especially as my f0 wears out. The f1's feature-set doesn't interest me. Nor does it's price point, which I imagine falls into the "ain't cheap" category.

The chameleon can get a clone one on Ali for much cheaper and depending on the revision better hardware. I like supporting the originals but in this case the difference is pretty big (cost/quality)

Cardputer has a new pi zero variant coming out this month that runs full Linux, half GB Ram only, but should be fun nonetheless

Chameleon claims this on their website about clones:

  Why Clones Underperform

  Stable RFID requires accurate timing and tuned antennas for perfect coupling.
  Cloned devices compete on price. Reducing the price means using lower-quality components (less precise, wider tolerance), which results in poor performance. Likewise, lowering testing standards means a cloning factory has fewer rejects - but customers receive devices of unproven stability and performance.

Yeah, they should have included a comparison on the Kickstart page. If you check out the "we need your help" page, that has a chart with "Zero vs One":

https://blog.flipper.net/flipper-one-we-need-your-help/

The two devices are complementary.

Zero does mostly "radio" stuff (RFID, subghz, etc). One does mostly "network" stuff (wifi, 5g, etc).

Yeah, this is just a Linux computer. May as well get a raspi unless you particularly care about the form factor. Zero was the real interesting product.

I don't want to waste tokens on politeness but I'll tell the AI if it is doing a shit job.

Send someone a message with two questions. Almost all people only respond to one of those questions.

RapidCAM.app (https://rapidcam.app) has excellent support for AI. The file format specs are published and open source so AI can easily write an ".rcam" file.

RapidCAM.app is a parametric 2.5D CAD/CAM for CNC and laser with support for rotary axis. RapidCAM.app runs in the browser or as desktop apps. There is no login required. The app is free to use. Privacy is respected. rcamhub.com is the sharing site for .rcam files.

Within the App, you can define your project and then use the built in prompt generator. This creates a prompt with all the details AI could need. Once the AI replies with the file, you can paste it back into the app which will then verify the file for you.

Desktop versions of the app have MCP server built in so AI can control the app directly if that is a route you prefer.

I started RapidCAM for my own use as I found that the CNC was sitting idle simply because firing up a full CAD/CAM package took too long. The idea with RapidCAM is that you can quickly sketch out your job from as simple as you need to as advanced as you want going from unconstrained to full parametric/constrained as required.

Prolong is a legal tactic

But judge! We can't be a monopoly ["Quickly... delete all instances of 'Instagram can hurt us' emails..."]. Email exists. Mouths exist, people can communicate without using Facebook...

(Yeah, 'Book. We know email exists. You apparently don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433)

Well that can't be good.

Rapidcam.app is a CAD / CAM for CNC and laser. The file format is designed for LLMs and for version control. The app has a in-built prompt generator and solver so you can use your own LLM.

https://rapidcam.app CNC and laser CAD/CAM for both quick designs and full 2.5D parametric models. Free and runs entirely client side in the browser with no log in required.

The file format is open source, designed for LLMs and for source control. The app has a visual diff system built in.

I designed RapidCAM for me as none of the available options really met my needs. Happy to see that other people are now using it.

Fuck that shit

Poor guy ahahahaa