[Arm-netbook] OLIMEX A10 board

[Alejandro Mery]

Hi Scott,

On 26/05/12 14:54, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> On 05/26/2012 05:56 AM, Tsvetan Usunov - OLIMEX Ltd wrote:
>>
>> do not forget we do not target desktop but embedded device, running some
>> web service, Lua, Python, PHP, JS etc scripting, GPIO control, LCD/Video
>> graphics interface, G-code interpreting, etc.
>
> I would buy this board even with only 512MB of memory. I've been keeping
> an eye out for a small system to embed in a DIY 3D printer(*). I need
> some graphics to display the control application, but otherwise it would
> be doing some simply GPIO and G-code interpretation. In the event I need
> a browser, I will find a minimalist one as it will only be going out to
> download 3D models from thingiverse.
>
> At 512MB I would stick this behind each and every one of my LCD monitors
> and run remote X or VNC on a large server as a pervasive computing
> system (**).
>
> I have a friend who builds modular synthesizers who would love a low-end
> EOMA-68 or OLIMEX A1x board to embed in the devices.
>
> What I'm trying to say is that there is a market for these devices that
> doesn't have to pidgin hole them into Desktop land because of browser
> requirements.
>
> As an additional example, at hacklab.to we have a home automation
> terminal running and HTML 5 app in chorme on a thin-client with 1.2GHz
> of speed, 512MB of ram and NFS root. And it preforms fine.
>
> 1GB would be nice, but 512 even now isn't intolerable and move then
> needed for huge raft of non-desktop applications. And there is also no
> reason that 1GB version couldn't be made if and when the price comes
> down or there is sufficient demand (beyond a single mailing list) for
> the 1GB version at a higher price.


in those cases you mentioned where 512M is "good enough", and both A10 
and A13-based boards having 512M, wouldn't the cheaper A13 give you the 
same as the more expensive A10?