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Kinda unrelated to the whole Rpi discussion, but the SOC of any phone that runs Android would do. If that is Linux'y enough for you then it could be a solution.

Kinda unrelated to the whole Rpi discussion, but the SOC of any phone that runs Android would do. If that is Linux'y enough for you then it could be a solution. The problem is sourcing the SOCs. Spreadtrum makes some nice chips that include app processor, cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. for ~7$ but they're not for sale if you're not an ODM. This is a great article [1] about how Chinese SOC manufacturers and Chinese IP works. I ended up just ripping out the mainboard of phones to get access to the SOC [2]. [1] http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 [2] http://janos.io/ http://janos.io/

agumonkey 11y ago
I thougth you were thinking of ~dumbphones, but sure enough any smartphone these days is exceptional in most features. Just today I saw a chinese dual core smartphone phone for 34$... The thing is that unless you're already in the know you can't repurpose the board. ps: funny, just an hour ago I was trying to flash an old nexus s with CM*.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago
  > "The thing is that unless you're already in the know you can't repurpose the board." That's why projects like Fernvale are potentially very useful, as they would make it easier to repurpose the cheap hardware used for feature phones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEqDPYtf9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEqDPYtf9s https://github.com/xobs/fernly https://github.com/xobs/fernly
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    I heard Bunnie was a master but the FPGA cpu MITM had me sitting down. Fantasy level impressive.
- moonchrome 11y ago
  On the higher end you have last gen quad core Intel Atom Tablets with Windows 10, 2gb ram, USB, bluetooth, wifi and 8'' touch screen for 80$ [1]. The price of hardware in China is beyond amazing - honestly I could run a laptop off those specs with a slightly larger better screen (assuming I don't need to compile C++ :D) [1] http://www.banggood.com/Cube-iWork8-Ultimate-32GB-Intel-Cherry-trail-Z8300-Quad-Core-1_8GHz-8-Inch-Windows-10-Tablet-p-1009393.html http://www.banggood.com/Cube-iWork8-Ultimate-32GB-Intel-Cher...
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    And even compiling C++... synthetically this thing is 50% faster than my current laptop. In 2008 this would have been a great machine to program in C++.

agumonkey 11y ago

I thougth you were thinking of ~dumbphones, but sure enough any smartphone these days is exceptional in most features. Just today I saw a chinese dual core smartphone phone for 34$... The thing is that unless you're already in the know you can't repurpose the board. ps: funny, just an hour ago I was trying to flash an old nexus s with CM*.

ZenoArrow 11y ago
> "The thing is that unless you're already in the know you can't repurpose the board." That's why projects like Fernvale are potentially very useful, as they would make it easier to repurpose the cheap hardware used for feature phones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEqDPYtf9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEqDPYtf9s https://github.com/xobs/fernly https://github.com/xobs/fernly
- agumonkey 11y ago
  I heard Bunnie was a master but the FPGA cpu MITM had me sitting down. Fantasy level impressive.
moonchrome 11y ago
On the higher end you have last gen quad core Intel Atom Tablets with Windows 10, 2gb ram, USB, bluetooth, wifi and 8'' touch screen for 80$ [1]. The price of hardware in China is beyond amazing - honestly I could run a laptop off those specs with a slightly larger better screen (assuming I don't need to compile C++ :D) [1] http://www.banggood.com/Cube-iWork8-Ultimate-32GB-Intel-Cherry-trail-Z8300-Quad-Core-1_8GHz-8-Inch-Windows-10-Tablet-p-1009393.html http://www.banggood.com/Cube-iWork8-Ultimate-32GB-Intel-Cher...
- agumonkey 11y ago
  And even compiling C++... synthetically this thing is 50% faster than my current laptop. In 2008 this would have been a great machine to program in C++.