Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Tim Kientzle]

Of course, 90x55 with rounded corners would fit in an Altoids tin. ;-)


On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Charles Sibbald wrote:

> We are aiming at 60 x 90 or 60 x 100.
> We may ditch the Audio/RCA as both those could go out HDMI.
> 
> Will find out about the gig Ethernet.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 28 Apr 2012, at 20:35, Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Charles Sibbald wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any comments on this idea, what would be the interest
>>> in such a spec board?
>> 
>> I know a few folks who have been eyeing RPi, Beagle's, etc,
>> to use as general-purpose micro-servers:  File servers,
>> email, web, etc.
>> 
>> Your proposal works well in some respects:
>> * fast CPU
>> * plenty of memory
>> * USB 3 for external drives
>> 
>> But no GigE. :-(  A single GigE port would be much more
>> valuable than 2 x 10/100 ports.
>> 
>> Things I could do without (if you're trying to figure
>> out how to cut cost):
>> * Bluetooth
>> * RCA video
>> * 512M memory instead of 1024M
>> * GSM/GPRS
>> * Audio
>> 
>> Q: Are you looking at a single-cable dev setup
>> like the BeagleBone?  It is awfully convenient.
>> 
>> Any thoughts on the likely form factor?
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
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