Le 30/05/2014 19:02, [email protected] a écrit :
> 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.

Shipping from China is ~3USD, and 15% of 15USD is 3.45USD, so they don't make 
money on the "Early Bird Special", but they make 8USD on the AWM002 1 pcs perk;)

> 
> 
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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]
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