On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Kristoff Bonne wrote:
>> The Raspberry Pi uses a stripped down, older ARM SoC technology,
>> that's why it's $35. It may not make an iPhone5, but it could go
>> toe-to-toe with the iPhone1. Either way, it's the first "open" SoC
>> for under $50 and that's why it's a huge deal. And a very cool
>> platform to build on. I've got one.
>
> I think that for the hardware-guys and the "maker community" (as it
> seams to be called thesedays) it's exactly this "halfway a computer,
> halfway a microcontroller" appoach that make it very usefull.
>
> We have had small computer-systems for some time now. It roughly started
> with the "plugcomputers" from about two years ago (sheevaplug, guruplug,
> ...) . I also have a couple of pogoplug devices that I have reflashed
> with archlinux and I use them as "generic" computing platforms. They are
> usefull as -say- a router, mini file-server or a webcam server; but if
> you need to have a bit more extensive interfacing with "the real world"
> (read: hardware), a device like the pi or the beaglebone surely provide
> more options.
>
>
>
> The only thing I would like to see on the raspi is access to the GPU,
> also for non-graphical applications. To bad the GPU doesn't support
> OpenCL (a framework to write application that can use all CPUs, GPUs or
> DSP processors, even for generic computing problems).
Now there's a BeagleBone for $45 too. I haven't looked at the specs to see
whether it has floating point, but maybe another possibility?
1GHz Cortex-A8, 2GB on-board flash, microSD, microHDMI, ethernet, $45:
http://goo.gl/SsqE6
I still have a Raspberry Pi I haven't even powered up yet here in my office.
Bad Curt. Bad Curt.
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