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Exynos based quad-core developer boards, starting at $69
- baltcode 14y agoI see it starting at $89.
- sharmajai 14y agoThis is the one at $69: http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135341359084 http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.ph...
- Dystopian 14y agoMake sure you also look at the 5V/2A adapter below if you don't already have one ($9 - not terrible). The unit doesn't power via micro-usb.
- jsumrall 14y agoFree if you use their credit card number
- neya 14y agoJust curious, is this stuff open source? Meaning, I use them for commercial production and I won't be sued for just using these boards(assuming I don't infringe on anything else)? Just curious.
- ajross 14y agoThat's not what open source means. But surely they wouldn't be legally able to sell them if the devices were encumbered somehow; the hardware isn't any different than what's in phones you can already buy. But as far as open source goes: not quite. The Exynos runs linux, but with a driver suite that is partially closed. You'll be able to run whatever versions of whatever distros are supported, and not much else.
- tinco 14y agoYes, it's built using industry standard stuff. But that's not at all what open source means. None of the schematics are freely available or reproduceable without permission, nor is the embedded software opensource. The embedded software does expose 'open' standardized API's so the device works with opensource software.
- donpark 14y agoAll I could find at the site (I can read Korean) was a rather ambiguous statement: "Full Schematics will be publically released on 31-January-2013." Nothing explicitly stating that their circuit board design will be placed in public domain. Also no signs of them having done full IP research. Given that South Korean open source community is still in its infancy, I doubt their schematics will be released like Raspberry Pi guys did.
- trotsky 14y agoToo bad none of these various hobbyist boards come with socs that support gigabit and sata. my $400 512mb single core synology nas is very jealous.
- est 14y agoallwinner a10 does support sata and gigabit. but not all boards have the ports
- lukeck 14y agoInteresting. I'd love a link to a board that has either or both Sara or gigabit eth if someone has one handy.
- trotsky 14y agothe mele stb series has 10/100 and single sata port: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mele-A2000-TV-box-Allwinner-A10-hackable-device/546571245.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mele-A2000-TV-box-Allwinner-A... boxchip/allwinner a10 is just single core though, and the mele series seems only ship at 512mb.
- tucosan 14y agoExactly this. I wonder what the factor is that hinders gigabit ethernet and especially multiple sata ports. My pogoplug actually has an onboard sata port so it should be possible to integrate those without choking the arm board or running up hardware prices.
- pm215 14y agoI think it's simply that most of these devboards are produced by the SoC manufacturers with the idea of popularising/making it easy to develop products for their SoC. So the peripherals you get are the ones the SoC has, and traditionally most of these SoCs are aimed at the mobile space, which doesn't have SATA or ethernet or PCI (ethernet on these devboards is often USB-ethernet). As the A15-based SoCs (eg exynos5) appear I'm hoping to see more SoCs aimed less solidly at the mobile market, and with a wider mix of onboard devices.
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- Luc 14y agoIt's a great way of showing off the size of the board (the VISA number has been 'shopped).
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- sriram_sun 14y agoWouldn't mind a larger board that exposes a number of pins for GPIO, I2C, SPI etc. from the SoC. I'm using the SoCs at www.gumstix.org with OpenEmbedded Linux for rapid work related prototyping.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoThis is the SOC in the Nexus 10 right? Is someone working on a linux port for the N10? How's the video acceleration on this? I need to start a blog. I read like 2-3 hours worth of ARM news once or twice a week trying to track down the best HW/SW/price combination for a simple dumb XBMC-upnp frontend. The Rockchip devices have pretty crap support, though AMLogic released some sources that might help. Allwinner is finally making progress via AW's CedarX, though it's apparently still sufficiently buggy and they're back at the mercy of Allwinner. I've yet to see much about the Samsung setup though. I love the Exynos and would very happily spend another $100 in an attempt to find the right thing. That having been said, there are ~$50 versions of the HDMI stick that have powerful Cortex A9s in them that make these look over priced.
- 18pfsmt 14y ago>trying to track down the best HW/SW/price combination for a simple dumb XBMC-upnp frontend. What's wrong with the Apple TV 2 with XBMC? Does it really need to be cheaper than $100 which includes power supply, and a decent enclosure? I've considered this a solved problem for a while.
- thedrbrian 14y ago>What's wrong with the Apple TV 2 with XBMC? Does it really need to be cheaper than $100 which includes power supply, and a decent enclosure? I've considered this a solved problem for a while. Apple. Some people have an irrational hatred of apple products plus they like having something they hacked together which doesn't work quite as well as a boxed product while also costing a little bit more.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoWhat a uselessly insulting reply. >Some people have an irrational hatred of apple products James Bond is playing on my third Macbook in 3 years, I'm typing on an Apple keyboard and helping my brother shop for an iPad mini. >they like having something they hacked together You got me. >doesn't work quite as well as a boxed product FUD. Keep telling yourself that while I have access to every Android app, plus everything afforded to me in Linux. At worst, you have to know which one to shop for that has decent support. It is annoying but it doesn't diminish the value of XBMC once it is up and running. >while also costing a little bit more FUD. What else can I say, that's just a lie. There are literally dozens of boxes with better specs for much less than the Apple TV.
- coolnow 14y agoCan someone clear something up for me? Are these chips comparable to the one in the Raspberry Pi? And are these developer boards are vastly more powerful than the Pi? I'm not trying to start any arguments, i know the real purpose of the Pi and the usefulness of it, especially with the GPIO pins but i was just curious.