Intel must have felt left out of all the fun people are having with hobbyist single-board-computers, and has released an open hardware Atom-based board, The MinnowBoard:
http://www.minnowboard.org/ But at $190, not exactly priced to compete with a BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi (yet they say the product is aimed at "makers"). Some specs: Intel® Atom(TM) 1.0 GHz 32-bit CPU with Hyper-Threading and Technology Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 Generous I/O PCI Express SATA2 3Gb/sec Gigabit Ethernet SDIO UEFI Firmware More specs and block diagram here: http://www.minnowboard.org/technical-features/ Quoting: http://www.minnowboard.org/design-goals/ Board Design Goals: Our goal was to create a customizable developer board that uses Intel® Architecture and can be easily replicated. It is a simple board layout that lends itself to customization. The hardware design is open. We used open source software as much as possible. We used standard (not cutting edge) components that are in stock and affordable, to keep the cost down. Finally, we designed a small footprint with hopes of making it even smaller. Software / OS: The MinnowBoard is powered by the open source Angstrom Linux Distribution, which provides a variety of software packages that are relevant to and optimized for embedded applications. It is easy to install additional software from the Angstrom package feeds. Angstrom is registered as Yocto Project Compatible which is the most flexible build system for embedded Linux on the open source market. [...] Flexibility / Expandibilty: The "Lure" concept, the daughter card capability, has a flexible expansion connector which is chassis-friendly and stackable. We'll offer some open source designed Lures starting with some basic functions. You can also design your own Lures. -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
