[Hamara-devel] Just Got Raspberry Pi Delivered

[Vikas Tara]

On 31/10/15 13:06, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 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/
According to our research the boards are considered components and so do 
not attract import duty
>
>
>> 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
Thanks for the pointers - will get in touch with them.