Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Tim Kientzle]

My BeagleBone board here seems to have about 1cm radius corners.

Tim

On Apr 28, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Charles Sibbald wrote:

> Ok will pass that info on dimensions.
> 
> What is the radius of the curved edges on the altoids tin?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 28 Apr 2012, at 22:28, Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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