On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:38:16AM -0800, khg...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
We are a group of people currently trying to come out with a very
low
cost single board computer, by making use of Allwinner Quadcore
1.2Ghz
64-bit A53 CPU. The target costing for the single board computer
is
USD15. The hardware will have a 4K HDMI video output and on board
ethernet connection. Further more, each board will has its own
unique
MAC address. The objective for this project is to allow
individual,
having the opportunity to learn IT knowledge with a friction of
the
cost. Please refer to pine64.com for more detail on the hardware
specification.
Currently, the hardware development on the board is almost ready.
And
with us, is the full Linux BSP with the true 64bit compiler. Due
to
budget constrain and our limited know-how in Linux, We would like
to
request the help from this community to bring up the Linux into a
full
function Ubuntu desktop, thus allow the user to truly owning a
fully
function open source computer with just a friction of the cost.
As for the hardware itself, currently we are in the mist of
building
some sample board to allow any interested developer to work on
it.
Thanks and Regard,
KH Goh
Hi,
Thanks for contacting the canonical source of most things
sunxi/allwinner before actually launching your kickstarter
campaign.
This is the first time since the original cubieboard that such a
thing
has happened. Many companies with similar products only afterwards
find
out to what extent they do depend on the linux-sunxi community, and
then
change their story in either direction. Often the work done by the
people of the linux-sunxi community gets used directly,
cloned/forked,
and nothing is ever given back.
As you can see, we (and while i do not speak for all of us, i know
that
i am not alone here) are sceptical about whoever approaches us like
this, especially when one of the first statements is "budget
constraints". You cannot expect the linux-sunxi community to do
your
work for you for free.
You should however donate boards to many known and active linux-
sunxi
developers, but for that you must not expect anything in return.
Whatever then happens, happens, or it doesn't. The results are
usually
quite positive, especially given the limited cost of said boards,
but it
will hardly ever consist of full support for your product
(especially
when based on a new SoC variant).
If you wish to have more complete support, you can always try to
hire
known linux-sunxi developers directly, or work with those members
of our
community who do contracting. The choice is up to you.
Thanks for reaching out to us before launching your marketing
campaign,
i hope that your collaboration with linux-sunxi ends up being just
as
fruitful as your kickstarter.
Luc Verhaegen.
