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Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi Ventilator
- To: Roland Tarver via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi Ventilator
- From: Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:08:16 +0100 (BST)
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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
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