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keithr <keith@nowhere.com.au> 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.

Maybe. But knowing Olimex they probably come up with a product that
actually appeals to people who like to build stuff. Less gadget, more
real world applications. I don't think there is a manufacturer of
embedded development boards with a wider variety. They must be doing
something right.

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