Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:07 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: Charles Sibbald <casibbald@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Raspberry PI ARM Clone Message-ID: <E939AA21-E3D4-453D-A1C6-04EEDF63E7F7@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <F4A8ED1E-F495-4E26-89A8-C5DE0377DC5E@gmail.com> References: <CAKYBmwD6QgZ%2BqUVeSTkSUtO7Rf=iNPXPehA_owjwsa7FUShv2A@mail.gmail.com> <E4F5C48F-E105-4AE1-966B-9535F2C45E15@kientzle.com> <2FED907D-D5FF-44E5-A2DC-62957C7904F4@gmail.com> <3F8A354F-1FA6-4923-A678-2102F8CDC0BA@kientzle.com> <F4A8ED1E-F495-4E26-89A8-C5DE0377DC5E@gmail.com>
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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@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@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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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