From nobody Tue Aug 03 13:34:16 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-embedded@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D7C211FF20B for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:34:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pyroxene2a.sentex.ca (pyroxene19.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:3::19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "pyroxene.sentex.ca", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GfG7K0056z4SSp for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:34:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:b42a:ca0c:4f68:ab6b] ([IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:b42a:ca0c:4f68:ab6b]) by pyroxene2a.sentex.ca (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 173DYGk7053148 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:34:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Subject: Re: PCEngines alternatives To: Milan Obuch , freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org References: <20210803150502.43bb7adc@zeta.dino.sk> From: mike tancsa Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:34:16 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.12.0 List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-embedded List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210803150502.43bb7adc@zeta.dino.sk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GfG7K0056z4SSp X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 8/3/2021 9:05 AM, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 08:33:46 -0400, mike tancsa wrote: > >> I love these boards a lot, but it looks like availability is going to >> be really tight for some time. Does anyone have any suggestions for >> alternatives? ARM seems to be looking better and better, however, I >> need something with more than one built in ethernet port (3-4 ideally) >> and something with zero fans as the environments tend to be very >> dirty -- hence off the shelf Pi4 is not that attractive. >> > A bit more info would be usefull - price desired, peripherals wanted, > usage scenario etc. Two board mentioned are both under US$ 100, but > should be usable for many tasks. > Hi,     Thanks for the feedback! Use case is firewall router with LTE backup.  Metal case, power supply, SDCard and mPCIE modem / antenna for  ~ $150 USD     ---Mike