Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Charles Sibbald]

Hi All,

http://db.tt/LEh6kZey a document on the SOC we my use, we are just
trying to confirm volume pricing for this.

Regards

Charles

On 29 April 2012 00:43, Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com> wrote:
> 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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