Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

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AHarvey said:
unless you've got a serious terminal illness that's rather a silly statement seeing as they are saying that they are waiting for the first sales batch to come back from the factory.
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I've been following this BS for almost 2 years. The hardware has been sitting there for that long ! Either they're stalling or waiting for a new platform.

Just getting tired of this
 
Subliminal Aura said:
I've been following this BS for almost 2 years. The hardware has been sitting there for that long ! Either they're stalling or waiting for a new platform.

Just getting tired of this
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2 years isn't that long really in the development of a new platform, even if it uses current technology. There's a crap load to do and by the looks of things it could be on sale within a couple of weeks depending on the delivery dates from the factories.
 
AHarvey said:
2 years isn't that long really in the development of a new platform, even if it uses current technology. There's a crap load to do and by the looks of things it could be on sale within a couple of weeks depending on the delivery dates from the factories.
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Can you explain what needs to be done ?

I think you really have no idea as to how simple this is.
 
To be fair, this isnt the day-job of the guys who are working on this. They are working on this in spare time while paying the bills from other roles.

Having said that I'd say the actual hardware is pretty simplistic. If these are successful we could see Chinese clones knocked up in days\weeks rather than years. :p
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Can you explain what needs to be done ?

I think you really have no idea as to how simple this is.
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Well if you think it's so simple pull your thumb out of your ass and show us how it's done!

From the inital idea to design specs, business models, building contacts, getting funding, trying to get prototypes made, testing, redesigning and tweaking, more prototypes and testing and when you finally have something that works you need to start looking in to such things as where to get it manufactured while taking in to account delivery costs and further funding. All the time you've got to be working on

I've been involve in developing a couple of products in the past and it's not as easy as you might think it is. In fact, in some cases it can be a complete arse!
 
Subliminal Aura said:
What? Like in this thread ? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18233918

It's the exact same principle... Even you could do it
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My understanding is limited when it comes to this type of hardware, however, from what I grasped of the first post the OP was using a pre existing board and not designing from scratch which takes a lot of the development process out of it.

I was under the impression the Pi board was custom made, although if you have been following it for so long you may know better than I do.
 
It is custom made, and the quantities are quite low, compared to what the likes of Western Digital would order. Getting prototypes made, sourcing components and manufacturers and all the behind the scenes stuff takes time and money. Right now the people working on this have other commitments too (like working to earn a wage). RPi might be a non profit charitable company but Broadcom and all the other suppliers are not
 
Looking forward to r-pi, for the price I don't mind trying it out as a first step into the world of "dev-boards"

R-pi re-tweeted a link to http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/orders/ which looks interesting, main features:
Approximately Credit-card size format (56mm x 90mm)
An Allwinner A10, 1.5ghz ARM Cortex A8
1gb of RAM
at least 1gb of NAND Flash (possibly up to 16gb)
Operation as a stand-alone computer (USB-OTG powered)
2160p (double 1080p) Video playback
MALI 400MP 3D Graphics, OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant.
HDMI, Micro-SD, Headphones Socket,
EOMA-68-compliant interfaces (RGB/TTL, I2C, USB2, SATA-II, 10/100 Eth)
Expansion Header (similar to Beagleboard, IMX53QSB, Origen etc.)

Looks interesting for those saying r-pi isn't powerful enough for them, pricing varies on how many orders they can make (see the page I linked)
 
chriscubed said:
Looking forward to r-pi, for the price I don't mind trying it out as a first step into the world of "dev-boards"

R-pi re-tweeted a link to http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/orders/ which looks interesting, main features:
Approximately Credit-card size format (56mm x 90mm)
An Allwinner A10, 1.5ghz ARM Cortex A8
1gb of RAM
at least 1gb of NAND Flash (possibly up to 16gb)
Operation as a stand-alone computer (USB-OTG powered)
2160p (double 1080p) Video playback
MALI 400MP 3D Graphics, OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant.
HDMI, Micro-SD, Headphones Socket,
EOMA-68-compliant interfaces (RGB/TTL, I2C, USB2, SATA-II, 10/100 Eth)
Expansion Header (similar to Beagleboard, IMX53QSB, Origen etc.)

Looks interesting for those saying r-pi isn't powerful enough for them, pricing varies on how many orders they can make (see the page I linked)
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This is essentially an android tablet board
 
Subliminal Aura said:
This is essentially an android tablet board
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A quick google tells me that yes, the CPU is already used in tablets.

I have to say I'm not sure what to make of your reply, a 7 word sentence which doesn't seem to counterpoint or comment what I've said, nor say whether it's a good or a bad thing. Maybe you were just adding information? Who knows.
 
It's not powerful enough, the gou is pretty good, the CPU is terrible. For the price it's pretty good. But people would be far better waiting and getting one of q number of other pcs on a stick from $50-200 that have much better components and official android systems and of course will be able to run things like Bergius, which almost certainly won't run on r-pi.
Edit - oh wait you aren't talking about r-pi, my bad.
 
Glaucus said:
It's not powerful enough, the gou is pretty good, the CPU is terrible. For the price it's pretty good. But people would be far better waiting and getting one of q number of other pcs on a stick from $50-200 that have much better components and official android systems and of course will be able to run things like Bergius, which almost certainly won't run on r-pi.
Edit - oh wait you aren't talking about r-pi, my bad.
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The GPU is better than pretty good for a device of its kind. I hear its significantly faster than Apple's A4's GPU which is already amazing for its size.
 
Yes the CPU will seriously hold the system back. Flash is definitely a no-no. Hopefully another version will turn up at some point with a beefier CPU. On the plus side the h264 and MPEG4 GPU acceleration means that lots of video content should be decoded on the GPU. Most SD content is on XVID and most HD content on h264 so all good.
 
everyone seems to be forgetting that this is a beginners board, to be used for education and for people like me who are just dipping a toe in to the world.

it will have it's limitations, but it's setting people up for advancement onto more advanced equipment and chances are the RasPi team will be releasing it :D
 
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