On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Michel Stempin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Le 30/05/2014 15:58, [email protected] a écrit : >> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Zoltan HERPAI <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is roughly the same as the VoCore, which seems to be more successful as >>> of now. (I understand that the campaign started just two days ago for the >>> AsiaRF.) >>> >>> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vocore-a-coin-sized-linux-computer-with-wifi >>> >>> I like both, though. >> >> AsiaRF module has been in commercial production for several years. >> Support is already in checked into OpenRT - it is option under RT5350. >> The new bit is the tiny dock board and selling low volumes. I suspect >> they won't missing the July ship date. > > I confirm, I have been using the AWM002 for some time now. > >> >> Did you catch the offer to make 10 custom RT5350 boards for $5,000? >> That really interesting. We've been paying $30K plus for similar >> design work in the US. > > Yes, and it's Taiwan, you can get even cheaper in Mainland China. > > What makes me wonder is this sentence: "After 5 times modifications reaches > the low operating temperature.", and a link to: > <http://www.asiarf.com/blog/mtk-ralink-wifi-ap-router-module-with-low-temperature/> > > It looks like they found a way to reduce the RT5350F dissipation, but it > doesn't tell if it is a hardware or software modification.
That is AsiaRF's secret sauce. They do run a lot cooler than other RT5350s I have here. I don't know what they did to achieve it. Those older designs worked, they just ran hotter. > > As for a comparison between VoCore and AsiaRF, I would say that the VoCore is > done by a hobbyist as Open Hardware through experimentation, while the AsiaRF > is a professional design. > > And I can tell you that the AsiaRF board is fully working! > > But the VoCore success might have triggered the AsiaRF Indiegogo campaign;) > > They are still making money from these RT5350F-based cheap boards, as you can > get them in small quantities for ~7.50USD. Consider that they are including free shipping and lose about 15% to Indiegogo fees. > >> >>> >>> Regards, >>> -w- >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 30 May 2014, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> What do you think about these new Linux systems in a cubic inch? I >>>> think they are pretty neat. This one is RT5350 based and running >>>> OpenWRT. Cheap too. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/asiarf-tiny-linux-computer-with-wifi-and-ethernet/x/1575657 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jon Smirl >>>> [email protected] >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> openwrt-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >>>> >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel -- Jon Smirl [email protected] _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
