Hi,
On Fri, Aug 08 at 02:22, Stuart Matheson wrote:
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> I just saw this development board (http://www.opencircuits.com/Linuxstamp) and
> was thinking I'd like to get one. Is anyone else placing an order? If not I
> suppose I could investigate getting a few.
...
Hi,
[1] On Fri, Aug 08 at 02:22, Stuart Matheson wrote:
...
> I just saw this development board (http://www.opencircuits.com/Linuxstamp) and
> was thinking I'd like to get one. Is anyone else placing an order? If not I
> suppose I could investigate getting a few.
...
Interesting board/project, thanks for pointing it out. I have a few questions/
observations but probably should declare an interest first. I $work with two
similar ARM based boards. The Balloon board[1] (we are the g in 2.05g) and
Compulabs CM-X270[2], neither are suitable for home projects in my opinion
due the the high density connectors requiring a host/motherboard to be
constructed.
Looking at the Linuxstamp board it's a compact minimalist design but to my eye
it has a couple of quirks. Why put the serial console through a convertor to
USB, better to go direct to a serial port. If you host PC doesn't have a
serial port then you and always use a USB conversion cable but you don't loose
the option of the board controlling other serial devices. Secondly I find the
lack of a realtime clock a little limiting, I like to know the time even when
detached from the network.
So I guess my real question is: what are your plans for the board that makes
this particular one better than the others ?
In my own background search for a board suitable for a home project two that
have stood out are the Acme FOX Linux Boards[3] and the Olimex[4] CS-E9302
development board.
The Acme looks suitable for home experiment with connectors on an easy 0.1
inch pitch. I'd have to add the ZigBee/RS485 add-on board or a bit of home
wiring to get my RTC.
The Olimex board also lacks the RTC but has two already buffered serial ports
in addition to two USB, Ethernet and SD/MMC slot.
[1] http://balloonboard.org/
[2] http://www.compulab.co.il/x270cm/html/x270-cm-datasheet.htm
[3] http://www.skpang.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=83
[4] http://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html
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Bob Dunlop
