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Article #279Re: OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?
From: David
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:44
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:44
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On 08/03/2012 08:21, keithr wrote: > On 8/03/2012 9:00 AM, Don McKenzie wrote: >> OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor? >> >> After talks at the recent Embedded conference in Germany (2012), Olimex >> decided to go ahead with the production of two new boards that were very >> similar to the Rasberry Pi. The first one they should have prototypes in >> the coming weeks. >> >> The second will be 3 to 6 months before production boards will be seen, >> so I won't cover it in this report, however the CPU specs on this second >> board, are almost identical to the RPi microcontroller chip, and board. >> >> Olimex describes this board as a bridge to the linux development >> community and the Duinomite/Arduino/Maple/Pinguino world of developers. >> >> This will be completely Open Hardware / Open Source Project, all CAD >> files will be available so everyone can download modify, and use them. >> Same with the software. >> >> More Info: >> http://www.duinomite.com/olinuxino-a-serious-rasberry-pi-competitor/ > > I suppose that it is the most sincere form of flattery. Looks like > Olimex disagrees with all those on the other thread that reckon that the > Pi is a waste of time. > Hmm, strangely enough there was a link in another thread here where the main guys from Olimex were trashing the R-pi a bit and doubting they could make it for the price. Do you think they have an ulterior motive and not exactly unbiased position?
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