[Hamara-devel] Just Got Raspberry Pi Delivered

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Vikas Tara (2015-10-31 11:09:07)
> On 30/10/15 23:14, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> Quoting Vikas Tara (2015-10-30 11:48:10)
>>> We have been using raspberry pi because we got to it first - but 
>>> we're not particularly tied to it.
>>>
>>> A more powerful board (more memory than rpi2) would be helpful in 
>>> any case.
>>>
>>> The plan is to have a very cheap pre-installed hamara SBC available 
>>> for people to buy - would be interested in your recommendation of 
>>> what that SBC should be.
>> "cheap" and "more powerful" pulls in opposite directions ;-)
>>
>> Short answer: Use OLinuXino A20 LIME2!
>>
>> More details...:
>>
>> Raspberry Pi 2 Model B:       EUR 32.87
>> Raspberry Pi 2 official case: EUR 7.61
>>
>> OLinuXIno LIME2:              EUR 45
>> OLinuXIno LIME official case: EUR  5
> OK - it's worth us getting some hardware in order to make a build for 
> this board. Gurvinder - do you want to get one in?

An official distributors in India lists the LIME2 but as preorder, and 
price seems too high (oddly same as for LIME2-4GB): 
http://logsunonline.com/LIME2

Might be better to buy directly from Olimex (they deliver worldwide but 
I am unaware if import tax for India requires special caution): 
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2/


> I feel price point is very critical as reaching people that do not 
> have access to computing equipment is high on our agenda.
>
> Equipping a school room for example - the above price difference would 
> matter to some who are on very limited budgets.
>
> Raspberry have just announced the production of customised boards for 
> OEM's - do you know of anything similar from OlinuXIno?

I believe prices are tied closely to production expenses¹, with price 
cuts consequently involving either a) buying in large bulk, b) custom 
build with less or cheaper parts, or c) Olimex dropping their profit.

Simplest way to do b) is, as previously suggested, to buy the A20 LIME.

You might also consider their system-on-module boards, but beware they 
are *not* OSHW: https://www.olimex.com/Products/SOM/

NB! Olimex are friendly people who blogs and hang out on IRC: I dearly 
recommend you to get in touch with them directly to discuss further.

Mail: Click "Make a wish" at bottom of https://www.olimex.com/ :-)

IRC: #olimex at Freenode.net - company owner is Tsvetan


 - Jonas

¹ Unlike Raspberry Pi where the Linux-unfriendly SoC make Broadcom 
apparently made a special deal, hindering fair competition.

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