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New kid on the block - meet OLinuXino

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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 image

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    Former Member over 13 years ago +1
    preliminary HW design at https://github.com/TsvetanUsunov/OLINUXINO Updates promised on Monday, looking ahead what comes out of it. Meant to be real open source hackerboard capable to run Linux and still…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 13 years ago +1
    and now Yahoo group is open too http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/olinuxino
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to fustini +1
    unfortunately those are Mbits and not MBytes (in MBytes that translates to 64MB) i.MX233 in LQFP package does not support more than that and chosen package is LQFP just so that design is replicatable by…
  • YT2095
    YT2095 over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    any news on the porting over of DM Basic to this platform yet?

    I plan on buying a few when it`s ported over image

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to YT2095

    Not that I know of. But now that board is out in wild I think more people will get involved with it and eventually you will get what you want image

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    YT2095 over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    That would be fantastic! I have a Robot here, that would certainly benefit from having a 1 Million Bips front end image

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  • fustini
    fustini over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Excellent!  Thanks for the heads up.  I just mailed them an order request.  We live in good times for Linux SBC's image

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    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    And the Micro is looking very cute indeed! image

     

    http://olimex.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/imx233-olinuxino-micro-doube-side-design-works-at-full-speed/

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    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

    Extending my earlier post summarizing Olimex's price list http://www.olimex.com/dev/pricelist.html and the count of USB + network interfaces for these OLinuXino boards :-

     

    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Micro         - 19.95 Euro -  1 x USB
    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Mini           - 29.95 Euro -  3 x USB
    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Mini-WIFI   - 44.95 Euro -  3 x USB + Wifi
    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Maxi           - 44.95 Euro -  2 x USB + Ethernet

     

    Outside of the Linux arena and on the bare metal microcontroller front, the other Olimex board that attracts me is their forthcoming STM32-E407 -- http://olimex.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/stm32-e407-prototypes-are-ready/ .

     

    That's a step up from their very nice OLIMEXINO-STM32, effectively creating a new category of "networked ARM microcontroller board with Arduino compatibility" which hasn't existed before at low prices.  It's effectively an STM32F4-Discovery with an Ethernet PHY and Arduino headers added.  Of course whether it appeals will depend on its price.

     

    They sure have an amazing range of boards! image

     

    Morgaine.

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

    yes, Micro is adorable and besides at that price point it is a throvie, one can build Linux computer into his/her project just like Arduinos are built into projects now.

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  • morgaine
    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/VIA-APC-8750-WonderMedia-ARM-Neo-ITX,15721.html

     

    Now I'm hungry. image

     

    More bananas here -- http://apc.io/

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    fustini over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

    Aw, I was excited when I just got an email that pre-order is open, but the shipping for EU/USA/Canada is $38.  That makes it $49 + $38 for a total of $87.  I'd like a dedicated Android media center, but I think I'll wait a different distribution option.

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  • morgaine
    morgaine over 13 years ago in reply to fustini

    You know, I think there's still one product slot missing from the iMX233-OLinuXino lineup:

     

    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Micro-Server     - 24.95 Euro -  1 x USB, no video, 1 Ethernet

     

    Maybe even go further down the price range:

     

    • iMX233-OLinuXino-Pico-Server       - 19.95 Euro -   no USB, no video, 1 Ethernet

     

    That would be ideal for The Internet Of Things, where you want the minimum possible cost (because you'll be buying a whole pile of them to put Things online), and where you can lose the video hardware to offset some of the cost of RJ45 and magnetics.

     

    OTOH it may become obsoleted by whatever they do with the A13, we'll have to see.  A rock-bottom A13-based board might be better for The Internet Of Things, since it could rival the Raspberry Pi on cost in a Micro-Server version without any graphics capability (that's the cost tradeoff).

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