Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:53:27AM +0100, Erik N?rgaard wrote: What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I'm using the Intel DQ77KB Thin Mini ITX board and it almost meets all of your criteria. The heatsink has a fan but it is silent (even after 12 hours of Prime95). This board has AMT so when used with a vPro capable CPU (I'm using an i7-3770S), you get all sorts of nifty OOB features. I'm using ESXi 5.1 right now but I'm pretty sure it would boot FreeBSD fine. -- Jason Fortezzo forte...@mechanicalism.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:53:27 +0100 Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: Hi! What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I have tried VIA boards but found they were flacky... Any suggestion regarding ARM vs Intel based? I'm playing now with GK802, an arm based one. Freebsd don't run on it :( and LAN is wifi b/g/n + bluetooth https://www.miniand.com/products/GK802%20Android%20Mini%20PC The advantage over similar ones is that internal flash memory is a micro sd card, so you can build your os on other machine plug it in Thanks, Erik -- M: +34 666 334 818 T: +34 915 211 157 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org --- --- Eduardo Morras emorr...@yahoo.es ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On 03/08/13 23:53, Erik Nørgaard wrote: Hi! What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I have tried VIA boards but found they were flacky... Any suggestion regarding ARM vs Intel based? Depending exactly how small you want it, how about a Raspberry Pi Model B? Dirt cheap, 1 LAN, but you can add others via USB if you want (although it will never be high performance), 2 USB, HDMI output, GPIO, boot from SD card. Even runs FreeBSD (although still being developed). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org wrote: On 03/08/13 23:53, Erik Nørgaard wrote: Hi! What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I have tried VIA boards but found they were flacky... Any suggestion regarding ARM vs Intel based? Depending exactly how small you want it, how about a Raspberry Pi Model B? Dirt cheap, 1 LAN, but you can add others via USB if you want (although it will never be high performance), 2 USB, HDMI output, GPIO, boot from SD card. Even runs FreeBSD (although still being developed). Hello, Been running Freebsd on an intel D525 as suggested by a mailing list user over a year ago. This box has been running great with the exception of 9.1 not detecting the onboard ethernet. Currently running jails on it, http, mail, mincraft server for the kids, and some others. FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz (1800.10-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0x106ca Family = 6 Model = 1c Stepping = 10 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0x40e31dSSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE AMD Features=0x20100800SYSCALL,NX,LM AMD Features2=0x1LAHF TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics I also have a raspberry pi B which I use to stream video and music from a jail on my 525 but it is not freebsd. OpenBSD-current on soekris 5501 has been running flawless for years too Lastly I have a beagleboard system which I won that is not doing anything but I do hear that netbsd guys can boot on it. Haven't tried atm. There are options out there for sure. The D525 was under 100 USD , not including case and some misc. parts. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:53:27 +0100 Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: Hi! What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I have tried VIA boards but found they were flacky... Any suggestion regarding ARM vs Intel based? Can't think of any off hand in that small of form factor, but I strongly suggest looking to see what you can find running an Intel Atom. I've been very happy with those and their related chipsets so far for microATX boards. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: What is your favorite board for a micro system?
On 8 March 2013, at 15:53, Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: Hi! What is your favorite mini/micro/nano/pico-itx platform for home projects? I currently run a home server on an Intel mini-itx board but was looking around for something fun to play with with the following specs: - mini-itx or smaller, low profile - fanless - low power 12V external PSU - 1 LAN, preferably 2 - 2 USB2/3 - Flash bootable, but with option for hdd boot - GPIO would be fun - hdmi out would be nice I have tried VIA boards but found they were flacky... Any suggestion regarding ARM vs Intel based? Look at the Mac Mini. Only has one LAN though. It does have a fan but I have never had it come on. Runs 9.1 (amd or i386) although booting is currently a challenge. I am working on that. It does require 120 VAC though. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
