Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Charles Sibbald]

LCD + resistive touch screen already on the first samples but must be priced seperately, will post some images mid week. We currently have a 7" touch screen on the first samples but the board is too large, costly result of a language barrier with china. :)

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On 28 Apr 2012, at 19:26, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:17:58 +0100
> Charles Sibbald <casibbald at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Then some LCD+touchscreen required also :)
> If I will have some free time, will try to help with porting.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 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>
> 
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> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net>