Chipsee’s All-in-one Based on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

The Raspberry Pi and its different boards offer so many possibilities that the difficult thing is not to find one that might interest you, the difficult thing is to make up your mind. Although there are those who go ahead and believe what, perhaps, you were looking for and still did not know. This is Chipsee, an all-in-one computer based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4.

The all-in-one based on Raspberry Pi

Chipsee's All-in-one Based on Raspberry Pi

With the passage of time, it is becoming much more common to see how different manufacturers launch new devices whose base is none other than one of the different boards of The Raspberry Pi Foundation and that require minimal effort when assembling to start working. . So, the user only has to insert the board in question that they use (Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Zero, Raspberry Pico or even the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4) and that’s it.

One of the last examples is this Chipsee, a small all-in-one that is based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 . And the best of all is that, as we said just above, you don’t have to do anything because everything is already perfectly integrated so that you can take the product out of the box as an Apple iMac and start using it.

This Chipsee integrates inside the board and other hardware that allow the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 to work easily and quickly. Well, as you know, this board is a Raspberry Pi 4 with the only difference that it must be connected to a board that can be customized to work with other hardware.

Well, the product with the model name AIO-CM4-101 is an all-in-one that has a 10.1-inch touch screen and a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, a stereo speaker with 2W power, microphone, output 3.5mm audio and even a front camera. It is basically a mini iMac built with a Raspberry Pi.

In addition to all the above, it also has two gigabit ethernet ports, two USB 2.0, microSD card reader, WiFi connection, Bluetooth 5, support for the Zigbee communication protocol and an RS-232 serial port. The latter is because this is really a product designed for the professional environment . Which does not mean that within the home it could also be given different uses.

Chipsee, the all one with a Raspberry Pi and its future sizes

This striking and particular all-in-one can be purchased for a price of around $ 240, although to that we would have to add the cost of international shipping as well as possible additional charges for customs. But if you don’t want to complicate creating your own version, it can be an interesting option if you were looking for something similar.

Likewise, it seems that the person responsible for said product has in mind to launch men with larger screens and resolution, reaching 1920 x 1080 pixels.

New life for an old iMac

With all this new All In One from Chipsee, it is likely that the idea of taking advantage of an old device that stopped working and adapting it to use with a Raspberry Pi has crossed your mind. The idea is very good, but know that you are not the first.

As soon as we saw the product, the odd modification carried out by different users to empty some equipment and place a Raspberry Pi inside it occurred to us. And since we are talking about All In One equipment, we are going to show you this relatively old iMac that achieved a second life thanks to this board and became an Apple Pie .

In this way, taking advantage of certain components, what you can see in images is an iMac running RetroPie thanks to the Raspberry Pi inside. An interesting and very attractive way to reuse the device case and screen. Which would also be great to do with other older equipment. Even old Macs or even 14-inch tube TVs are great for modifying inside to fit a Raspberry Pi with some kind of game emulation software.

By the way, if you are interested in doing something similar to this iMac with RetroPie, here is the post with details published on Reddit.