Polls

Derivative or New Product?

Former Member — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:01:47 GMT

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I am working on making a capacitive touch HID development board, based off another product you may have heard of. (Don't let the word get out) Should I make this be a Derivative of the existing product, or should I design it to be a completely new product?

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Tags: capacitor, openhardware, touch_sensor, touch, hid, oshw, product, prototyping, capacitive_touch, microcontroller, electronics, interface, dev_kit, sensor, opensource

Are any SBCs ready to replace desktop computers?

johnbeetem — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:01:33 GMT

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I would love to replace my power-hungry desktop PC with an inexpensive SBC with no audible fan. However, so far the SBCs I've tried lately (BeagleBone, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard) don't have enough processing power to be a viable desktop PC.

So, are any of the higher-performance SBCs that have been released lately up to the task? I'm looking for a GNU/Linux computer that can do a decent job surfing the Internet (I don't care about video or audio performance) and a decent job compiling C programs. I would say it needs at least 1 GB RAM and SATA for a disk drive. 100 Mb/s Ethernet is adequate, but I'd prefer not going through a USB hub. Reasonable number of USB ports and HDMI output. Wi-Fi is not needed or desired.

Here are some of the SBCs I've been watching and might consider. Feel free to add others! Most of these are OSHW, which is of course preferred.

Banana Pi: Allwinner A20 Dual ARM Cortex-A7, 1 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

CubieTruck: Allwinner A20 Dual ARM Cortex-A7, 2 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC): Intel Atom or other, up to 8 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

MinnowBoard MAX: Intel Atom, 1 or 2 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

Olimex LIME2: Allwinner A20 Dual ARM Cortex-A7, 1 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

PCduino3Nano: Allwinner A20 Dual ARM Cortex-A7, 1 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

RIoTboard: Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9, 1GB DDR3, no SATA, GBE.

Wandboard Quad: Freescale i.MX6 Quad ARM Cortex-A9, 2 GB DDR3, SATA, GBE.

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Tags: sbc, oshw

which OP AMP is better

Former Member — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:01:25 GMT

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Which of these three OP AMPs do you prefer feel free to share your reason for your decision in the comments.

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Tags: op, amp

should I create my raspberry pi kickstarter project as a portable or console emulator?

Former Member — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:01:21 GMT

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Tags: raspberry, emulator, portable, pi, raspberrypi

Open Source Hardware Success Factors

Jeff — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:00:59 GMT

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Which of the following factors are most critical to expanding the open source hardware movement? (log on to cast your vote!)

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Tags: hackerspace, maker, amicus18, makerfaire, hardware, open, embedded, hobbyist, Design, source, arduino

Polls

migration.user — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:55:36 GMT

Current Revision posted to Polls by migration.user on 10/1/2021 5:55:36 PM