Another thought what bout using arm based embedded systems? On Apr 15, 2013 7:20 PM, "Jonathan Aquilina" <eagles051...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wookey I'm trying to weigh all my options before going down the line of > developing my own board > On Apr 15, 2013 7:05 PM, "Wookey" <woo...@wookware.org> wrote: > >> +++ Renato Golin [2013-04-15 16:24 +0100]: >> > On 15 April 2013 15:36, Jonathan Aquilina <[1]eagles051...@gmail.com >> > >> > wrote: >> > > It seems you won't be using fancy 3D graphics, so the video card >> is near >> > > irrelevant, here. You should be able to get accelerated 2D >> graphics with >> > > most SoCs, even if not using open source drivers. Wookie might >> know some >> > > boards that have decent OSS video drivers, but if you don't care >> (most >> > > people don't), you should be fine. >> > > There are a number of v7 that you might consider. I would go for >> anything >> > > that is equal or higher than a dual/quad-core A9 (Pandaboard ES, >> Odroid, >> > > Tegra3), but there are also newer dual-core A15 (which is at least >> 2x >> > > faster than dual-A9), on several flavours (Arndale, Chromebook, >> Odroid, >> > > Tegra4). >> > > You might also try the very cheap "AllWinner A10" which is >> essentially a >> > > Beagleboard (dual-core A8). >> >> > My goal is to provide affordable point of sales systems. I was also >> > considering some of the linaro dev boards that are available. >> >> I just updated the Debian RPi wiki page to point people at some >> alternatives: >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi >> >> The Cubieboard is a nice option. mk802's are nice and cheap. The above >> page and the freedombox hardware list (linked from there) is a good >> place to start to see what boards might suit your purposes. >> >> For anyone looking to make hardware which a linux COM (Computer on >> module) plugs into, the EOMA68 spec produced by Rhombus Tech is >> something to keep an eye on. That provides standard IO for various >> comuter modules (the first is an Allwinner A10-based one, of which >> first hardware arrived 3 days ago apparently). So you make your bit of >> hardware with a PCMCIA socket on for the COM to go in. You will >> hopefully get second-sourcing this way. >> >> http://rhombus-tech.net/ >> http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/news/ >> >> Most of the boards linaro is supporting directly are a bit high-end >> for running a POS system, and I'm not aware of any of them being aimed >> at low-volume manufacturers who aren't wanting to lay out their own >> boards (which sounds like where you are coming from). >> >> Wookey >> -- >> Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM >> http://wookware.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linaro-dev mailing list >> linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org >> http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev >> >
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