crankshaft VS cutiepi-board

But, according to : https://github.com/opencardev/crankshaft/wiki/Android-Auto-Wifi

It's pi focused apparently https://github.com/opencardev/crankshaft/wiki

3)The route that I ended up going was to build my own unit with a Raspberry Pi running Crankshaft to run Android Auto and a 7" touchscreen that I mounted magnetically to a phone mount that inserts in the CD player. Doesn't look OEM butif you manage cords it looks pretty clean and works well. Also cost me under $100 and I can remove it easily any time I want. I'm a little techy so it wasn't too hard - there are tons of videos out there that will walk you through the project.

How about this? https://getcrankshaft.com/

Your other option, which I actually use in my R56, is to utilize the Crankshaft project with a Raspberry Pi and a generic 7" touchscreen from Amazon. I mounted mine with a magnetic mount from the CD drive and power it through the aux power port. Mine works both with wired and wireless Android auto, with very few glitches. If you're techy at all it doesn't take long to set up.

I like the CutiePi design.

One decent example I can think of off the top of my head is the CutiePi, which is a cool little tablet with a UI built with QML.

Mistaken.

Personally I've been waiting for the CutiePi to use the CM4, and now they have updated the platform I'll probably get one myself.

Having said that it looks like a missed opportunity here for supplying the masses with a Linux device for learning purposes especially in the developing countries during the pandemic or not. I think the best price for this device is USD$100 as promised by the ill fated OLPC laptop project. Perhaps USD$100 is not much by developed countries standard incomes but in most part of developing countries you are very lucky to have USD$100 disposable income at the end of the month (or year) to buy your children a tablet/laptop/computer.

It also interesting to note that the 2019 Galaxy Tab A (without LTE) with similar specs (8", 2 GB RAM, etc) to the CutiePie is probably cost about USD$100 nowadays [1].

The good news is that since CutiePie is based on open hardware system perhaps someone can use the open design to come up with a cheaper version closer to the USD$100 price point[2].

p/s: RPi 400 costs about USD$100 but the fact it does not has a built-in screen limits it impacts on usability department for children

[1]https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_a_8_0_(2019)-976...

[2]https://github.com/cutiepi-io/cutiepi-board