Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi Ventilator

[Giles Coochey <giles@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13/04/2020 21:08, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2020, Roland Tarver via list wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > BBC News - Coronavirus: Raspberry Pi-powered ventilator to be tested in
> > Colombia
> >
> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52251286
> >
> > Thought this was pretty cool. If it can be made to work.
>
> Bloody hell, I hope not.
>
> This is the job for a proper embedded microcotroller designed for the 
> task. PIC or AVR style not some educational computer running a 
> multi-user, multi-tasking operating system vulnerable to 1000 hacks )-:
>
> (And Yes, I have experience of this)
>
> Gordon
Given the choice of life or death and there was nothing else available, 
I would take it.

--
Giles Coochey


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