On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Michel Stempin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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;)
Someone has put them into a 1,000 boxes. Address and mail each one, deal with returns and lost packages, credit cards that bounce, change of address emails, email over order confusion, etc...... neither group is getting rich off this. I suspect they will both lose money. > >> >> >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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
