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] >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
