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Yes it should just be a matter of setting up a COM port ; but I've never done that, and I don't have a DGT bluetooth board to do the tests
Also, since a few minutes, PicoChess also runs on Raspberry Pi devices

PicoChess v0.05 available on [url]http://www.picochess.org [/url] New features : -No more beep when launching search -New opening books : 'Pro' update by gabriel lerperlier and 'Performance' by Marc Lacrosse -Displays computer remaining time i...

Bonjour Nicolas, Je viens de lancer un petit projet qui permet de jouer en autonomie sur l'échiquier DGT (http:///www.picochess.org) grace à l'ajout d'une petite clé ARM. Si ça peut t'être utile :-) Amicalement, Jean-François Bonjour, Merci pour cette réponse rapide :-) Je trouve dommage qu'il n'y a...

USB works fine on raspberry pi...except with some FTDI serial converters. Unfortunately, the DGT board is based on this It seems Matt does not use this converter, so no problem for him
But I have some hope for the future : https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/88

The v0.2 is available on http://www.picochess.org New features : -Fits on a 4GB micro SD card -Stockfish uses 512Mo for hastables (instead of 32Mo in v0.1) -New opening books by Gabriel Leperlier, Olivier Deville, and Marc Lacrosse (https://github.com/jromang/Stockfish/blob/dgt/books/Authors.txt) -T...

I have no plan to get other engines on this device for now - I'm a Stockfish fan :wink: But porting any UCI engine should not be too difficult (why not Hiarcs ? It already runs on the Revelation boards :D ) Yes the project will have to wait someone to fix the USB on raspberry pi to have PicoChess wo...

Thanks Brutus :D I just released the first version of PicoChess (v0.1) for MK802II ARM devices. It's an image file that you need to put on a 8GB micro sd card ; instructions and download link are on the website ( http://www.picochess.org ). 4 opening books by Gabriel Leperlier are included, you can ...

Here is the first video of the little beast playing stand-alone : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt4b85_pichess2_tech And a previous video showing the config modes (running on a desktop computer) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt2eul_pichess_tech Stockfish runs fast on this ARM device (http://...

I have started a little project based on Stockfish, a DGT board and DGT XL clock, and ARM based systems to build a standalone chess computer.