[lug] Similar to Rasberry Pi?

stimits at comcast.net stimits at comcast.net
Sat Apr 27 01:46:28 MDT 2013


This looks like fun, probably is even a good price...but I'm trying to keep price down. So far it seems the 2-USB-port Rasberry Pi is winning...until this thread I didn't know there was such a thing.

----- Original Message -----
From: Davide Del Vento <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
To: Alex samide <absamide at yahoo.com>, BLUG <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:59:05 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [lug] Similar to Rasberry Pi?

How about the Adapteva $99 66-core "supercomputer"?
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-23/adapteva_shows_off_$99_supercomputer_boards.html

It has started shipping but it has not a "buy now" button yet, just a
"waiting list": http://www.adapteva.com/products/eval-kits/parallella/

Man, this field is moving fast!

Cheers,
Davide

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Alex samide  wrote:
> I know that Sparkfun has come out with a slightly different version.
>
> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11712
>
> Called the pcDuino board and it has a couple of USB ports on there, but I
> don't know if they are separate the way you are looking for.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ken Weinert 
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [lug] Similar to Rasberry Pi?
>
> The model B has 2 USB Ports. Of course they've added more than that so it
> runs a bit more.  Here's an example:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813142001
>
> You might be able to get it for less elsewhere but I didn't look :)  $50
> from them.
>
> On 4/26/2013 11:30 AM, stimits at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been toying around with all the fun things one could with the Rasberry
> Pi SBC. It's astonishing how useful this little, inexpensive device could
> be. However, what I was thinking of doing requires two separate USB ports
> (not a hub), and Rasberry Pi has only one. I don't even need all of the
> features of Rasberry Pi, I could live without video display (though one
> output which works with a computer monitor would be nice). I don't need
> networking...although it would be nice. The RTC would be good, but Rasberry
> Pi does allow adding this through the GPIO pins. Looks like Rasberry Pi can
> use a 2.6 kernel, which I would need. Audio would be very useful to tinker
> with, but not mandatory for what I'm thinking of...nice to have, but not
> mandatory. So...Rasberry Pi has everything except that second pesky USB
> port.
>
> I went looking for similar single board computers, and found several which
> might work. Except these are from manufacturers uninterested in publishing a
> price, or the price is in euros or pounds. Those that do have a price are at
> minimum more than $200 beyond the price of Rasberry Pi, even when they lack
> features to compete with Rasberry Pi. More ram would be nice compared to
> Rasberry Pi, but not really needed, and certainly not worth $200 dollars.
>
> So...is there a specific SBC to Rasberry Pi which someone here has worked
> with, having two separate USB ports...maybe even some audio or
> networking...and running a 2.6 kernel...in the $100 range? If not, what are
> the SBCs people here have used which are closest to Rasberry Pi and having
> the 2.6 kernel and dual USB ports?
>
> Thanks!
>
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