Raspberry PI ARM Clone

[Charles Sibbald]

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.

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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
>