Chumby up and running! I'm working on the case, received a missing part at no cost from the makershed. Product is a bit outdated if you compare it to an ipod touch but it works and is a good start for prototyping embedded electronics.
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Chumby Guts
October 4, 2010
Reviewer:
Hugh O'Hare
from Mount Penn, PA United States
I am in the process of building a cabinet for the Chumby. So far it has been a great project. But I needed a longer mother daughter cable. I found three at Mouser with the part numbers 1M-1010-26-3365-006. These cable are not keyed so installation requires some care.
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Great fun
December 30, 2009
Reviewer:
Dan
from Maynard, MA United States
The kit was exactly as advertised. I had a problem with one of the components, but thanks to some spectacular support from both Chumby Support and Maker Shed I'm up and running!
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Fun Project
December 21, 2009
Reviewer:
William L
from Toronto, ON Canada
Watched the Video before attempting assembly. Connected the small four pin wire to the riser card before the motherboard (much less fighting for finger space) Also note that the wire soldering must be on COM (the metal connector on the side by itself) and NO connector on the bottom. Leave the last connector empty. Like other I now must come up with a creative but workable enclosure.
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I've changed my mind! (And apologize for my rant)
December 14, 2009
Reviewer:
Patrick Wiseman
from Atlanta, GA United States
I wrote: "Shame on you. Chumby 'guts' for $139 when Chumby One (with the same guts) was about to be released for $100? There's no way you didn't know that was coming."
I ordered the guts anyway, and have had fun assembling. On first try, apparently I screwed the panel in too tightly because it was in 'pressed' mode. I relaxed the screws and it worked fine. Then I took the chumbilical apart and replaced the 3" cable with 18". (I was frankly amazed when that worked on first try, but it did.) I'm in the process of designing the housing - something suitable for our kitchen. The only glitch, probably because I'm an infrequent solderer, was the top switch, but a quick touch of the terminals with a small screwdriver gets me the control panel! (And I'll fix the switch.)
I apologize for my earlier rant. This has proved to be a fun project, and, because Chumby is a Linux device, I can hack it too. (See http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index.php/Chumby_tricks)
It's a good product 
Chumby Guts 
