Cheap, Debian/NetBSD Compatible ARM Board

Dave Cramer davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org
Mon Jul 4 12:45:26 UTC 2011


http://www.glomationinc.com For a small cheap board


Dave Cramer
VP Software Development
Visible Assets Inc.
www.visibleassets.com



On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:48 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 04:53:50PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
>> Has anyone come across a cheap (less than $50) NetBSD/Debian compatible ARM
>> board?
>> I have been playing around with retro-fitted wyse clients for some time now
>> and have become fascinated with the hackability of some of the ARM based
>> devices on the market.
>>
>> I saw this on dealextreme, and I think all it needs is a serial port
>> soldered to the mainboard to work, as it comes with u-boot.
>> http://www.dealextreme.com/p/standalone-bittorrent-bt-downloader-usb-printer-sharing-network-lan-server-57591
>>
>> Then there are these buffalo nas devices that go for $50 on ebay
>> http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Main_Page that are extremely hackable..
>>
>> I am a bit peeved that it clearly does not cost much to manufacture these
>> devices, and I don't understand why manufacturers insist on locking out the
>> consumer forcing us to take soldering irons to these devices to re-purpose
>> them.
>
> Same here.  I just want to play with ARM motherboard, without having to
> buy $399-$599 tablets.  But, I guess that's what they want, because
> every time a new model comes out, you have to buy the whole thing again.
> I guess, it's like "desktop" vs "laptop" argument.
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