QuoteEven just a board with USB3 would do the job without SATA. Okay. You then might be interested in the Ainol Novo7 Venus Quad Core 7 Inch tablet, or its 10" bigger brother, or the Ramos W31 10" tablet. They all contain the new Actions Semiconductor ATM7029 SoC (a competitor to the much delayed Allwinner A31, which reportedly STILL has kernel issues that need to be resolved). Theby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Looks like the Wandboard comes very close to meeting the specs of this thread. It even has the SATA connector! Unfortunately the low-end i.MX6 SoC models which it uses do not support SATA ??? :( Come on guys. Give us a real Dual or Quad i.MX6 model that has SATA! We don't need the case. We do need the SATA. . .by gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteaxlAlso: I don't see the prices for these drop at any time. The i.MX6 quad based Zenithink C94 Quad core 10 inch tablet w/ 8GB ROM has dropped $10 now in less than a month on the market. Undoubtedly it will drop further, as will the other tablets and TV sticks. The i.MX6 quad based tablets, and the TV sticks, meet all the specifications of this thread except for the SATA. No need tby gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteDoes it perform comflagging etc without choking streaming performance? Flagging the commercials is fine, although we don't get too many here. Just don't try to transcode ;) It is probably best to commflag at at a time when you are not watching, but I never noticed any hiccups from the GoFlex when streaming to an x86 PC even when the flagging was in progress (I did, however, gby gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuotemongrolI'm actually looking to replace my Myth "backend" with an ARM device, hence the interest in GB Ethernet and SATA Oh! Sorry. I thought for sure you said a frontend. FYI, I have been using Seagate GoFlex Net's for my Myth backend's for a couple of years now with no issues. They work perfectly and have GB Ethernet and SATA. QuoteaxlAlso: I don't see theby gnexus - Allwinner A10
@ äxl: He is trying to use the rescue image. His post is relevant to the thread and does not need to be separated. Cobalt is saying that he has no LCD output when booting from SD using the rescue image. That is very common and usually due to a bad script.bin or an improperly written SD card. You've been around here long enough that you know that already and likely just did not think abouby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Cubox is semi-interesting. . . It almost fits the requirements. But €99 is USD$135. So it exceeds the limit on cost. The SoC is single-core at only 800MHz. The SoC is Marvell, but Armada 510 is not a Kirkwood core, which is ARMv5te, it is Armada core which is ARMv7. That is a plus. But, as noted, the SoC is a slow single ARMv7 core. It is actually slower than an A10. That alone removes it fby gnexus - Allwinner A10
CNX has done a review of the GK802/Hi802 A couple of the comments from the article: QuoteI found that opening Hi-802 is easier than other mini PCs, and you have less risk to break the small clips. All you have to do is remove the 2 screws on the side of the HDMI connector, and push the HDMI to take the board out, then you just have to unclip the PCB from the rest of the case. QuoteThe maiby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Thanks very much for the link! That board looks really sweet! It has all the right specs. - except the main one: Unfortunately the article says: QuoteBIS-6332A (and BIS-6332B) are available now at an undisclosed price. That likely means they are too embarrassed to say the price. It would be nice to know the price. But since it is a "digital signage platform" it undoubtedly includeby gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteThis board comes directly from Freescale Sorry, you are wrong. Actually that board is made by Boundary Devices. It is available directly from them and several other sources besides the ones you have linked. Unfortunately it is also one of the boards that includes the "development board (TM)" or "industrial board(TM)" license fee in the price tag. There are also manyby gnexus - Allwinner A10
VIA has announced the latest version of their APC board - the APC Paper $99 and the APC Rock $79 The boards are similar to the Raspi and the Cubieboard, and will be available in March, 2013. My question is how could anybody be interested in these devices? They are way obsolete, with even lower specs than the Cubieboard, which is cheaper. They don't have SATA. They are way more expensiveby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Quotetry to backport the new driver into the 3.0.36+ kernel Current kernel version is 3.0.57. . . Latest 8192cu linux driver is 3.4.4_4749. . . I would try latest kernel first. If you want the latest Realtek code for your driver you would need to d/l it and compile it yourself. Others have said power-save works with existing driver. But 8192cu is still crap.by gnexus - Allwinner A10
Stable? For the A10???? I don't have any A10 devices anymore. Thus I can't comment on the current stability of the kernels. But the linux-sunxi main sunxi-3.0 branch is usually the "stable" one. The 3.4 branch is likely still useless. The others are all some type of development branch. Current kernel version is 3.0.57 according to the commits. SATA seemed to work okby gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteIf here's some moderator - dagoo's concerns should really be split into another thread please. dagoo has made a good thread here for Eken T-01 serial port at the end of the A10 specs thread. That should be split off and his posts here added to it. Jeff - could you please split off that section of the thread to a new topic, and add his posts here to it? It would not take muchby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Quoteto use it on a Cubieboard Cubie sells it. . . Ask him! He's the one makin' money off the old things. . . You need an updated image and not the one from this thread. Many things have been updated since this old thread was started. It is best to use a script so that you get the latest kernel, video drivers, and all the latest Debian packages.by gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteI'm now able to see the bootlog of my Eken T01a !! Congrats on getting the serial port working! If I still had my T-01 I would be very interested in your work. QuoteThe only working pads are those near the Soc (rx/tx) Figured as much from the IRC discussion I had. . . Quotei'm now going to investigate the SDcard boot thing, That would be the opposite way most people haby gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteMixed feelings to be honest, considering the A10 support. Well. don't expect any non-Android Linux support for the A31 quad-core. . . it has a very very closed GPU. I would, however, expect linux-sunxi support for the A20, at the current level that you now so much enjoy :(by gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteCould you please send me a link to the IRC logs please? Below is a link to all the arm-netbook IRC logs: http://ibot.rikers.org/%23arm-netbook/ I forget the exact date of the T01 serial conversation, but it was right about the time of the very first posts I made to this forum. You may also be able to do a Google search of something like "gnexus + Eken T-01 + serial + rikers.org&by gnexus - Allwinner A10
Quotecan i configure a single pin alone for a function Yes. That is correct. Each pin can have multiple functions that are configurable in the hardware initialization config (script.bin) file. The guys on IRC should be able to help if you have trouble with a particular pin configuration. BTW this is one aspect of the AXX that I very much like. It would give more functionality and reliabilitby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Here's another new and quite relevant device, since it is getting down into the ARM price range of under $200: time echo "scale=2000; 4*a(1)" | bc -l > /dev/null real 0m5.783s user 0m5.694s sys 0m0.013s uname -a Linux cb01 3.7.1 #4 SMP Mon Jan 7 16:14:30 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_idby gnexus - Allwinner A10
According to CNX the Linaro Ubuntu 11.10 which is now working on these has full 2/3D hardware graphics and 1080p video decoding using the graphics driver blob from Freescale. We finally now have a confirmed HTPC SoC that works! Just another reason why the now-obsolete Allwinner A10 devices are now selling for $20. The A10 has finally made it near the Rhombus target price!by gnexus - Allwinner A10
There's now a TON of these on AliExpress with free shipping. One seller has them for 1/2 price if you buy 10! I might even be interested in one for $50. . .by gnexus - Allwinner A10
QuoteNot a single board so far is even a little step closer to release a working Linux-XBMC stable I don't know about XBMC as I don't use it. I use MythTV. But, supposedly according to Freescale, the i.MX6 dual and quad-core SoCs already have an accelerated Vivante GC200 GPU blob available which works with any GNU/Linux distro such as Debian, Ubuntu, etc. If that is the case then a deby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Quoteperhaps this may give u what u want Been there. . . seen that . . . Cost is $135, shipping is $45! Much thanks for your post, but the previously stated requirement is a cost of under $100, which includes the shipping cost, since a bare ARM board should be priced at significantly under $100. Anything else is just a plain ripoff. The Armbrix is sadly just another item which includesby gnexus - Allwinner A10
I just checked Samsung website and saw a block diagram of Exynos 4. Exynos 4 does not have SATA. That is why the ODROID does not have SATA. Exynos 5 does have SATA, but is dual-core. It is dual Cortex-A15, however. So WAY faster than the Cortex-A8 in iMX6q. We need either an iMX6q or Exynos 5 device to satisfy our requirements. I would be happy with either one. Use of an Exynos 5 for an HTby gnexus - Allwinner A10
The GK802 is also known as K802 and HI802. They are now listed on Alibaba for $65 -85 there. Specifications Freescale I.MX6 Qual Core CPU 1GB RAM 16GB NAND Support TF Card WiFi n support Keyboard mouse supportby gnexus - Allwinner A10
No need to stack Chromebooks. I only need one HTPC, not a cluster. But I don't need the laptop screen, battery, etc., or a big mainboard. I like the small footprint of the GoFlex devices. But they need more power so I can use them to transcode MythTV. I am also STILL looking for something to use as a low-power HTPC. The Mele was worthless for that. So it's gone. The Acer C7 Chromebookby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Quotethe A20 has 2x Mali400 ? Yes. That is correct. It has two Cortex-A7 cores which, according to ARM, "should" each be about as powerful as the Cortex-A8 core in the A10, if the new cores are clocked appropriately, i.e. much higher than the Cortex-A8 cores. It has a Mali400 MP2, which is dual-core Mali 400. Allwinner has not yet released the clock speed details, AFAIK. Theirby gnexus - Allwinner A10
Engadget has more details. The A20 is pin-compatible with the A10. So expect the boards using it to be updated soon. A10 is now obsolete. New tablets using the A31 are already shipping. Looks like that will be a closed chip, however. Don't expect to see kernel source or linux boards using it.. If somehow linux gets working with it don't expect graphics.by gnexus - Allwinner A10
I was just reading Slashdot post on "another" Raspi vs MK802 (is not that LAST year's News for Nerds topic?). One post was good enough to list a few of the better alternatives to the MK802. Here's my take on that for a new year: Cubieboard.org - good price, no case, "leaked" kernel with not-so-great Linux support, obsolete single-core SoC Gooseberry board.orgby gnexus - Allwinner A10