From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 19:55:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 957E3106564A for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:55:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from casibbald@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE288FC14 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi17 with SMTP id i17so535782bkv.13 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:55:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :in-reply-to:message-id:date:cc:to:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=V008rEfXehVm5PfMXifKXp16dyK4oc6vaviDAJsbIx8=; b=uRTNSl3ju9P39ldVqDS0QhtWja0i+Hh6OehNtaAfpCVjVjvq0t1MHAPtqhVbpSoKam e698laDrt76xrhZhEZs9ldBgE5xSTCa6WR4O26qe4+VmZZ+vBwpKc+golQDdy9HAO+dI 8QWbNZdl8rEgyrbA/pEbl65e0e4RdcJqBK3VmV7J4F4AyWZohM7S0/S9BGA0P1gfByoQ C4G3K4kyxL4S1tiRkIUkFq99VauoaKS68/qASj09KYfihZgxgfjAUPc8OAUz47e/ULOI dc01sdix/CJVNepvfZmV08vuCE7vocC8Ygh4pVuJKRRyJhs55d4S0NnqMjsMHME0zc5J a08g== Received: by 10.204.156.79 with SMTP id v15mr299534bkw.45.1335642929067; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.54.209.25] ([212.183.140.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jr13sm18026204bkb.14.2012.04.28.12.55.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:55:28 -0700 (PDT) References: From: Charles Sibbald Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <2FED907D-D5FF-44E5-A2DC-62957C7904F4@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:54:47 +0100 To: Tim Kientzle Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B176) Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Raspberry PI ARM Clone X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:55:30 -0000 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 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 >