Re: OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?

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From: keithr
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:16

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On 8/03/2012 12:10 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
> On 08-Mar-12 11:51 AM, Nico Coesel wrote:
>> Don McKenzie<5V@2.5A> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08-Mar-12 10:23 AM, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hopefully also unlike rPI have mounting holes and a decent power
>>>> connector.
>>>
>>> http://www.olimex.com/about.html
>>>
>>> The company has over 20 years� experience in designing, prototyping and
>>> manufacturing printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies, and complete
>>> electronic products.
>>>
>>> I doubt very much if you will see any of these problems Paul. :-)
>>
>> You never know. I've worked with designers with 20+ years of
>> experience who totally forget about mounting holes, forget about
>> clearance around screw heads or move holes on the next batch while
>> there are 100's of cases in stock with holes that match the 'old'
>> version. Did I already mention small 2mm / 78mil mounting holes? If it
>> where one project you might call it a mistake. On almost every project
>> its a real nuisance.
>
> I just had a look at the RPi videos, and they seem to have mounting
> holes and a DC power input plug.
>
> So I wonder what Paul was referring to.
>
> Cheers Don...

I don't think that it has mounting holes, DC power is via a micro USB 
connector.

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