Stripped version of Raspberry Pi

Hi,

Is there a possibility to buy a stripped version of the Pi model A? I need only the board with the processing power on it, 1 usb port, the power connector and the GPIO. So I could spare the audio jack, s-video, hdmi connector, camera connector, etc. If so, how much does it cost and where can I get it?

Thanks,

Razvan

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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago

This summer element14 will start shipping the RasPi Compute Module: Introducing the NEW Raspberry Pi Compute Module

It's basically a Model A with no external connectors in an SODIMM form factor, and is intended for integration into products instead of being a stand-alone "GNU/Linux Box" as the RasPi site used to say

However, at US$30 (quantity 100, according to http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-morphs-into-30-dollar-com/), you're probably better off with a US$25 Model A
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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago

This summer element14 will start shipping the RasPi Compute Module: Introducing the NEW Raspberry Pi Compute Module

It's basically a Model A with no external connectors in an SODIMM form factor, and is intended for integration into products instead of being a stand-alone "GNU/Linux Box" as the RasPi site used to say

However, at US$30 (quantity 100, according to http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-morphs-into-30-dollar-com/), you're probably better off with a US$25 Model A
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0 mconners over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

I'm a little bothered by the new form factor. To make something the size and shape of an industry standard part, but not implement the interface seems like a bad idea. I have not read enough about it though to know if there will be anything useful coming out of the connector, such as high speed I/O so that if you ganged a few(or a bunch) of them together you could build a really powerful cluster for a fairly low price.

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0 Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to mconners

So basically they seem to have moved from been an educational charity to been a provider of industrial computers. I was hoping they would correct the problems in the original PI before diversifying !
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0 Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

The only problem here John is that they don't exist yet and when they do you'll need to buy the baseboard making it bigger than the original PI.
Only if you are doing a volume would you find it practical to do your own mother board with Power etc. I hope they do some more interesting peripherals with this design it may make it useful for certain projects.
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