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There are boards with all that. The fastest low-cost networking board right now (that I can find) is the espressobin, built around the Marvell Armada chipset.

by api 9y ago

There are boards with all that. The fastest low-cost networking board right now (that I can find) is the espressobin, built around the Marvell Armada chipset. It's got three full-duplex GigE ports that can actually run as such as well as pci-E and SATA. Unfortunately it's oriented toward routers and stuff so it lacks HDMI, so no good for home entertainment.

silasb 9y ago
Never knew about this board. Might make for a pretty nice home router.
- eltoozero 9y ago
  Soekris[0] and RouterBoard[1] are specifically for Routers too but at least Soekris is a more general purpose SBC. Also Pine64[2] is supposed to be suitable for HTPC (Kodi) usage but I haven’t tried it and YMMV. I <3 RouterBoards + MikroTik. [0]: http://www.soekris.dk http://www.soekris.dk [1]: https://mikrotik.com/products/group/routerboard https://mikrotik.com/products/group/routerboard [2]: https://www.pine64.org https://www.pine64.org
  - giancarlostoro 9y ago
    I tried to get a Pinebook from those Pine64 guys but never heard back from them. Not sure I'd recommend them since they didn't even send a confirmation email or anything of the sort.
  - ac29 9y ago
    Sokris effectively went out of business about 9 months ago [0]. The danish company you linked to doesn't seem to sell any of their SBCs. [0] http://www.soekris.com/ http://www.soekris.com/
mschuster91 9y ago
> There are boards with all that. Problem with these: I can never be sure what level of acceleration for video playback is supported - and in what quality. The Pi is pretty rock solid in that department. Also, the Pi has by far the biggest community and extensive documentation, and I can rely on there still being Pis available in years, compared to the Chinese outfits where no one knows how long they'll stay in market.
- heegemcgee 9y ago
  Concur. I've played with the ODroid C2, Beaglebone Black, and the three "full flavor" Raspberry Pi models. The RasPis have, far and away, the best supportability. The ODroids are great when they work - love that GigE, but they aren't maintaining an OS distribution with the same care and man-power that Raspbian is getting.

by api 9y ago

silasb 9y ago

Never knew about this board. Might make for a pretty nice home router.

eltoozero 9y ago
Soekris[0] and RouterBoard[1] are specifically for Routers too but at least Soekris is a more general purpose SBC. Also Pine64[2] is supposed to be suitable for HTPC (Kodi) usage but I haven’t tried it and YMMV. I <3 RouterBoards + MikroTik. [0]: http://www.soekris.dk http://www.soekris.dk [1]: https://mikrotik.com/products/group/routerboard https://mikrotik.com/products/group/routerboard [2]: https://www.pine64.org https://www.pine64.org
- giancarlostoro 9y ago
  I tried to get a Pinebook from those Pine64 guys but never heard back from them. Not sure I'd recommend them since they didn't even send a confirmation email or anything of the sort.
- ac29 9y ago
  Sokris effectively went out of business about 9 months ago [0]. The danish company you linked to doesn't seem to sell any of their SBCs. [0] http://www.soekris.com/ http://www.soekris.com/

mschuster91 9y ago

> There are boards with all that. Problem with these: I can never be sure what level of acceleration for video playback is supported - and in what quality. The Pi is pretty rock solid in that department. Also, the Pi has by far the biggest community and extensive documentation, and I can rely on there still being Pis available in years, compared to the Chinese outfits where no one knows how long they'll stay in market.

heegemcgee 9y ago
Concur. I've played with the ODroid C2, Beaglebone Black, and the three "full flavor" Raspberry Pi models. The RasPis have, far and away, the best supportability. The ODroids are great when they work - love that GigE, but they aren't maintaining an OS distribution with the same care and man-power that Raspbian is getting.