Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Charles Sibbald]

FYI the PI clone is piggybacking on some existing work hence us having some initial boards.

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On 28 Apr 2012, at 19:32, Charles Sibbald <casibbald at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>> -- 
>>>> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net>
>> 
>> WBW
>> -- 
>> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at ddteam.net>