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The form factor is similar to the old Onion SBC, but more expensive and less capable. The Onion was $5, and included a proper serial interface, an SD card slot
by reaperducer 4y ago
The form factor is similar to the old Onion SBC, but more expensive and less capable.
The Onion was $5, and included a proper serial interface, an SD card slot and wifi. It might have also had Bluetooth, but I'm not sure as this was seven years ago.
It was a great little machine. Very promising to have an entire Linux machine the size and shape of a 6502.
Alas, the company that made it put out a firmware update that made them act unpredictably, then another that ended up bricking machines. And at a cost of $5, there was no margin for customer support. The last time I looked into it, several years ago, the company appeared to be in pivot mode.
There was a vibrant emerging market of tiny SBCs in the years before COVID. Now everything is Raspberry Pi and Arduino. If you can get one.
- type0 4y ago> The Onion was $5, ... the company appeared to be in pivot mode. Oh, I see, they produce satirical news now