New kid on the block - meet OLinuXino

Former Member over 13 years ago

Looks like certain berry-constant named device has opened Pandora's box, Olimex Ltd. just announced another low cost Linux SBC, but this time it is going to be OSHW and they are looking for developers that could help them round up the device for general use. Ok, enough talk, here's announcement - http://olimex.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/imx233-olinuxino-development-started-today/

PS read the article comments, this is not going to be the last OSHW SBC by Olimex

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Former Member over 13 years ago

just an update http://olimex.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/imx233-olinuxino-first-10-prototypes-are-ready/
hope to get the board this week and make Linux run on it.
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fustini over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

Thanks for the update - that is great news!
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morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to fustini

This could be an interesting two-horse race ... which will appear ex-stock at Farnell first, the Raspberry Pi or the Olinuxino?
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

Target is beginning of May, which sounds quite realistic, now that first boards are being sent to testers. Surprisingly few HW problems, but then again, that was probably to be expected with company like Olimex.
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morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I have a couple of their Olimexino-STM32 boards -- http://www.olimex.com/dev/olimexino-stm32.html -- which are really tiny and cute, as well as being Arduino header-compatible, and they only cost 17 pounds in UK from Farnell -- http://uk.farnell.com/olimex/olimexino-stm32/board-dev-olimexino-stm32/dp/2061325?Ntt=OLIMEXINO-STM32 .

The board can charge a 3.7V Li-Poly cell directly too, and the ultra-slim 2000mAh pack I use has almost exactly the same footprint as the board, so the two together make a very compact standalone package.

I'm currently considering whether to use this board as an I/O expander for Raspberry Pi, or whether to use STM32F4-Discovery -- http://uk.farnell.com/stmicroelectronics/stm32f4discovery/board-eval-stm32f4-discovery/dp/2009276?Ntt=STM32F4-Discovery . The latter has the edge on cost (just 10 pounds UK), speed, memory, and even expandability. The Olimexino-STM32 might win for standalone applications (non-HDMI) if the Rpi can be powered from the Li-Poly cell.

Yes, a very interesting company.
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morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I have a couple of their Olimexino-STM32 boards -- http://www.olimex.com/dev/olimexino-stm32.html -- which are really tiny and cute, as well as being Arduino header-compatible, and they only cost 17 pounds in UK from Farnell -- http://uk.farnell.com/olimex/olimexino-stm32/board-dev-olimexino-stm32/dp/2061325?Ntt=OLIMEXINO-STM32 .

The board can charge a 3.7V Li-Poly cell directly too, and the ultra-slim 2000mAh pack I use has almost exactly the same footprint as the board, so the two together make a very compact standalone package.

I'm currently considering whether to use this board as an I/O expander for Raspberry Pi, or whether to use STM32F4-Discovery -- http://uk.farnell.com/stmicroelectronics/stm32f4discovery/board-eval-stm32f4-discovery/dp/2009276?Ntt=STM32F4-Discovery . The latter has the edge on cost (just 10 pounds UK), speed, memory, and even expandability. The Olimexino-STM32 might win for standalone applications (non-HDMI) if the Rpi can be powered from the Li-Poly cell.

Yes, a very interesting company.
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