Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Charles Sibbald]

I see it as a generic base for affordable embedded computing that covers the most useful corner cases. For example one potential customer wants a vehicle tracking system together with delivery reporting etc. The vision for this board is to do for computers what clone ATX boards provided, a strong general base to build on. I do believe we can get the same volumes as the PI with a more complete board.

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On 28 Apr 2012, at 19:07, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:09:25 +0100
> Charles Sibbald <casibbald at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Folks,
>> 
>> I have had discussions with some friends about the possibility of a
>> high spec 'clone' of the PI and this has brought us to the list at the
>> bottom of the page.
>> 
>> We have been in discussions with a PCB designer and expect we can
>> produce this with a retail price of under US$100.
>> 
> 
> Very cool.
> 
>> Does anyone have any comments on this idea, what would be the interest
>> in such a spec board?
>> 
>> On advantage we have is that we will have an agreement with chipset
>> manufacturers for access to necessary information for the BSD
>> community to develop drivers.
>> 
> 
> Documentation of Samsung SoC is not open?
> 
>> Processor
>> ============
>> Cortex-A8 1.5GHz Dual Core Samsung SOC
>> 
>> Display
>> ============
>> RCA video,
> 
> Maybe better to not add RCA connectors at all to make device smaller?
> 
>> Mini-HDMI,
>> LCD ribbon connector,
>> Sound
>> ============
>> Mini-Audio 2.5mm Mic & Speaker Out ports
>> RAM & Storage
>> ============
>> 1GB RAM on board,
>> Mini-SD card slot,
>> Networking
>> ============
>> LAN 2 x 10/100,
>> 802.11b/g/n onboard,
>> Bluetooth onboard,
>> GSM/GPRS (Single modem)
>> Connectivity
>> ============
>> Mini-USB 3 Ports,
>> Amtel ATxmega Microcontroller 100 GPIO pins
>> Camera pins,
>> InfraRed pins,
>> Sensors
>> ============
>> Gyro sensor,
>> G-Sensor,
>> Digital compass,
>> GPS and Accelerometer
>> Antenna
>> ============
>> GSM Antenna,
>> Bluetooth Antenna,
>> Wifi Antenna,
> 
> Unless it for PDA like device, better to remove sensors, Bluetooth,
> GPS. That will allow lower price and smaller size.
> 
> But anyway, looks very interesting.
> Thank you very much!
> 
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> WBW
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> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net>