Banana pi $29.99 computer
The new batch of banana pi boards are available now
The manufacturer is selling them direct it seems. No middleman.
So all the money goes into the pocket of developers which is good.
But price is more than expected. $50 + cost of shipping
Plus $7 for a US/European power supply
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... o_detail_a
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The company also manufactures some other equipment
http://sinovoip.en.alibaba.com/?tracelog=store_top
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The manufacturer is selling them direct it seems. No middleman.
So all the money goes into the pocket of developers which is good.
But price is more than expected. $50 + cost of shipping
Plus $7 for a US/European power supply
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... o_detail_a
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The company also manufactures some other equipment
http://sinovoip.en.alibaba.com/?tracelog=store_top
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The developers have set up a git account to encourage individuals to
make small improvements to the compatible distros.
https://github.com/LeMaker
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make small improvements to the compatible distros.
https://github.com/LeMaker
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The price has dropped in recent days.
There is free shipping however some sites that offer free shipping from
China actually go to Hong Kong and mail from there using regular
HK mail which takes about one month to deliver. So watch out!
Read feedback comments.
www.aliexpress.com
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There is another German distributor 60,40 EURO
(apparently free shipping and VAT )
www.reichelt.de
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There is free shipping however some sites that offer free shipping from
China actually go to Hong Kong and mail from there using regular
HK mail which takes about one month to deliver. So watch out!
Read feedback comments.
www.aliexpress.com
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There is another German distributor 60,40 EURO
(apparently free shipping and VAT )
www.reichelt.de
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Walmart in the USA is heavily advertising on TV a $100 10 inch screen
computer. I think this is the one they are referring to ---> Android OS
Walmart.com
It probably has the Allwinner A10 (or A13) processor.
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There's a quad core processor model for $199.
From RCA site chip is from Rockchip.
http://rcatablets.com/tablets/rct6103w46
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computer. I think this is the one they are referring to ---> Android OS
Walmart.com
It probably has the Allwinner A10 (or A13) processor.
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There's a quad core processor model for $199.
From RCA site chip is from Rockchip.
http://rcatablets.com/tablets/rct6103w46
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Actually, RCA's quality is not bad, either. I have one of their portable video players from about 12 years ago and it still works well. It's an old, square brick looking RCA Lyra. Kingsoft office might be a good choice, too. Personally, I would have went with Libre Office (seems more compatible with MS stuff) but Kingsoft is decent.
I like the tablet description: "Tablet PCs function as a secondary device for casual entertainment purposes, and are not meant to replace a computer."
That statement is the complete opposite as to how MS is trying to sell its tablets.
I'll probably throw down $100 to play with this one....
I like the tablet description: "Tablet PCs function as a secondary device for casual entertainment purposes, and are not meant to replace a computer."
That statement is the complete opposite as to how MS is trying to sell its tablets.
I'll probably throw down $100 to play with this one....
I bought a couple of similar tablet from Amazon along with separate usb keyboard/cases for around £40 each in total.
Only a single core rockchip, 7inch screen, 512mb ram and 4gb storage.
They work quite well especially with the keyboards but they are a little too slow especially from a cold boot you can't really use them for the first couple of minutes.
Only a single core rockchip, 7inch screen, 512mb ram and 4gb storage.
They work quite well especially with the keyboards but they are a little too slow especially from a cold boot you can't really use them for the first couple of minutes.
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The latest news from banana pi
-now supports BERRYBOOT
i.e. multiple operating systems on card or USB drive
-camera module is available similar to Raspberry pi
- lemaker has written a STATEMENT explaining who they are
'about 30 people'. Well worth reading....
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Q13: WHO IS LEMAKER? COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON YOUR TEAM?
A13: LeMaker consists of passionate and creative young PhDs and Masters students who are focusing on Education, Robotics, the Internet, smart homes, LEDs, and many other exciting science and engineering projects. It was founded earlier this year. LeMaker hopes to become a new and great manufacturing team, an open source community and a sharing platform. The name LeMaker, is a combination of Le + Maker. “Le
-now supports BERRYBOOT
i.e. multiple operating systems on card or USB drive
-camera module is available similar to Raspberry pi
- lemaker has written a STATEMENT explaining who they are
'about 30 people'. Well worth reading....
[quote]
Q13: WHO IS LEMAKER? COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON YOUR TEAM?
A13: LeMaker consists of passionate and creative young PhDs and Masters students who are focusing on Education, Robotics, the Internet, smart homes, LEDs, and many other exciting science and engineering projects. It was founded earlier this year. LeMaker hopes to become a new and great manufacturing team, an open source community and a sharing platform. The name LeMaker, is a combination of Le + Maker. “Le
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I just bought my first arm board, a raspberry Pi B+, but it hasn't even arrived and i'm already starting to regret it a little. This Banana Pi or the $45 Hummingboard-i1 is a much better option.
Before I became interested in these boards I knew nothing about arm processors. Now that i've done some research i'm wondering why on earth the Pi foundation skimped on the most important piece, The CPU. It contains an outdated Armv6 processor when they should have used an armv7 cpu like the Banana.
Most OS's that are being ported to ARM are being ported with the armv7 standard in mind.
I'm sure I'll still have some fun toying with it though, and I can always buy the other boards later
EDIT: The most bang for the buck appears to be the Odroid U3
http://hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php
Before I became interested in these boards I knew nothing about arm processors. Now that i've done some research i'm wondering why on earth the Pi foundation skimped on the most important piece, The CPU. It contains an outdated Armv6 processor when they should have used an armv7 cpu like the Banana.
Most OS's that are being ported to ARM are being ported with the armv7 standard in mind.
I'm sure I'll still have some fun toying with it though, and I can always buy the other boards later
EDIT: The most bang for the buck appears to be the Odroid U3
http://hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php
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A month ago Stéphane Guerreau (ArcadiaLabs) was able
to use a touch screen with the banana pi board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq5Es2s1mrc
He is using the development work of raspberry pi. This is shown in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBcgpWClD8
Note that raspberry pi can't be used with Android OS whereas Banana pi can.
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to use a touch screen with the banana pi board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq5Es2s1mrc
He is using the development work of raspberry pi. This is shown in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBcgpWClD8
Note that raspberry pi can't be used with Android OS whereas Banana pi can.
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A small Chinese seller has put together a kit to attach a display to
banana pi board, however only in Italian
http://it.aliexpress.com/item/Banana-Pi ... 56418.html
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banana pi board, however only in Italian
http://it.aliexpress.com/item/Banana-Pi ... 56418.html
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Using your ARM to touch things
This has some great promise in being able to take advantage of the small form-factor in manners consistent with the development of the smartDevice technology showing up everywhere from our hands to our cars to our homes ...
You can now, touch your ARM ... Officially.
Useful information for any projected use.
You can now, touch your ARM ... Officially.
Useful information for any projected use.
A German web retailer (innet24) says that it will have a router version available
October 31 , but nearly doubling the price 40 Euros to 77Euros
http://www.innet24.de/Entwicklung-DIY/E ... 14153.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8T67TU4Pc
October 31 , but nearly doubling the price 40 Euros to 77Euros
http://www.innet24.de/Entwicklung-DIY/E ... 14153.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8T67TU4Pc
Thanks @Don570. Seems like a port of DDWRT firmware to the ARM platform.
Maybe this may inspire a Puppy packaged solution for a lower cost one from Puppyland. @Rcns51 has a "closed looped" one but it is not made public to community for developer distro builds.
Maybe a full routing-firewall solution might present itself in coming months coming from this community. I think most every forum member sees advantage.
Maybe this may inspire a Puppy packaged solution for a lower cost one from Puppyland. @Rcns51 has a "closed looped" one but it is not made public to community for developer distro builds.
Maybe a full routing-firewall solution might present itself in coming months coming from this community. I think most every forum member sees advantage.
There's a warning message by the factory that produces the banana pi board
called sinovoip. They obviously don't want anything to do with the Banana pro.
http://sinovoip.com.cn/exw_view.asp?id=335
SinoVoip has listed on it's website 3 products
banana pi board
camera module
router Apparently it will
begin to ship this on Nov 12 2014
http://sinovoip.com.cn/exw_list.asp?xwlb_id=1
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called sinovoip. They obviously don't want anything to do with the Banana pro.
http://sinovoip.com.cn/exw_view.asp?id=335
______________________________________________________The clarification of Banana PI fake news:About The Banana PRO in the market
2014-10-30 14:58:50 view:200
1, About The Banana PRO in the market , it is not authorized by Banana PI team, not produced by SinoVoip. It is SinoVoip previous agent Lemaker private Copy Banana PI. Banana Pro not the updated version of Banana PI, SinoVoip have no involvement and support it, we have no produce such related product, we only produce Banana PI, only responsible for the quality and after-sales of Banana PI.
SinoVoip has listed on it's website 3 products
banana pi board
camera module
router Apparently it will
begin to ship this on Nov 12 2014
http://sinovoip.com.cn/exw_list.asp?xwlb_id=1
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Haven't seen pricing just yet, but, this looks rather interesting. A router from the RasPI people that is using Android (old 4.2) for it OS.
- Gigabit on ALL wired ports
- 2.4Ghz Wifi up to "N" speed
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[quote="don570"]The latest news from banana pi
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Q13: WHO IS LEMAKER? COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON YOUR TEAM?
A13: LeMaker consists of passionate and creative young PhDs and Masters students who are focusing on Education, Robotics, the Internet, smart homes, LEDs, and many other exciting science and engineering projects. It was founded earlier this year. LeMaker hopes to become a new and great manufacturing team, an open source community and a sharing platform. The name LeMaker, is a combination of Le + Maker. “Le
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Q13: WHO IS LEMAKER? COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON YOUR TEAM?
A13: LeMaker consists of passionate and creative young PhDs and Masters students who are focusing on Education, Robotics, the Internet, smart homes, LEDs, and many other exciting science and engineering projects. It was founded earlier this year. LeMaker hopes to become a new and great manufacturing team, an open source community and a sharing platform. The name LeMaker, is a combination of Le + Maker. “Le