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If you would be willing to slightly up your price I've been eyeing up a Cubieboard3/Cubietruck recently.
AllWinnerTech SOC A20, ARM® Cortex™-A7 Dual-Core, ARM® Mali400 MP2 Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1
1GB/2GB DDR3@480MHz (960MTPS)
HDMI&VGA 1080P display output on-board
10M/100M/1G Ethernet
Wifi+BT wireless connection with antenna on-board
SATA 2.0 interface support 2.5' HDD, (for 3.5' HDD, only need another 12V power input)
Storage solution: NAND+MicroSD or TSD+ MicroSD or 2*MicroSD
2 x USB HOST, 1 x OTG, 1 x Toslink (SPDIF Optical), 1 x IR, 4 x LEDs, 1 Headphone, 3 x Keys
Power: DC5V @ 2.5A with HDD, support Li-battery & RTC
54 extended pins including I2S, I2C, SPI, CVBS, LRADC x2,UART, PS2, PWMx2, TS/CSI, IRDA, LINEIN&FMIN&MICIN, TVINx4 with 2.0 pitch connectors
PCB size: 11cm 8cm1.4mm, very suite for installing a 2.5' HDD
Not really what you asked but I've been looking for a Pi with a bit more punch recently too.
Slightly?
The Banana Pi is $55-60ish most places. I guess it is a 200% increase but I still think it's a good, low-cost board.
Some of the ODroids are pretty cool too.
Not a increase, its a decrase, it was around 80EUR last Month/Weeks
It's not a very good machine, better to get a cheap kimsufi atom. Will cost you less and the performance is better
No, I mean the board I suggested is 200%ish the price.
I thought the Banana Pi was more expensive though, just assumed I was wrong when I re-read the OP.
If you do end up buying the Banana though I'd love to see some benchmarks and stuff. Not a load out there right now except a source or two.
I need something what is cheap and uses direct USB or 12Volt and is power efficent.
So i go buy 1/2x Banana PI's i wanted to colocated one thats why i created that thread here or rent one.
The big thing about Banana Pi is that it's supposedly compatible with Raspberry Pi enclosures and other accessories (but not the OS/kernel). So in theory providers which currently offer RPi colocation/hosting, should be able to just drop in a more powerful board into their customized racks/power/remote-reboot arrangements. That's the theory anyhow, no doubt in reality it won't be as simple.
I just read the specs, it says 2A/5V, which is not the same as the Raspberry Pi (only 700mA at 5V). Also the power microUSB connector is on the side, which would be a problem for some RPi colo providers, depending on how they mount it. Also there are many connectors that stick out on the sides, which could be a problem for tight enclosures. So it's not a simple drop in replacement for the Raspberry Pi.
I got one, what do you need
Next thread title "Can I Colo my Samsung s5 please" .
Strange, I've read somewhere that Banana uses less power than Raspberry. Heat is also non-issue, while Raspberry gets pretty hot, Banana is cool as ice all the time.
Yes, but not quite, cases don't fit because it has slightly different layout and the size is not exactly the same.
I don't have a Banana Pi and haven't measured how much it really draws... i just read some specs found online. Perhaps it doesn't really need 2A? Don't know.
If you have one you can measure it
max 2A, as i saw 0,35A when you playing videos etc. I dont think that it uses the 2A it just for additional devices that you can plug them in without problems i guess.
Its quite fast when you using chrome btw:
RaspberryPI needs ages.
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They provide hosting, both dedicated and co-location for Raspberry Pi's and Banana Pi's.
RPI's and BPI's are great for smaller services, like DNS, web hosting for small sites, and alot more.
@volkank 21EUR for a BPI is a joke.
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@Infinity580 Alternatively you could host on playstar.se for FREE;
http://playstar.se/forum/thread/3462
Please email them if you're interested in,; [email protected] and mark the subject with "Pi-Location application" they will respond as soon as possible!
PS. They accept co-location applications from outside of Sweden, They also support BananaPi.
The 2A is probably to account for the extra power draw that would be present if you are having the board power a 2.5" Sata drive as well ;-)
I have a Cubbieboard3/Cubbietruck running debian @ Home, not a bad board although you need to use the sunxi kernel if you want the HDMI/VGA to work the stock linux kernel doesn't have the required drivers. The banana Pi might be the same in that regard.
The banana pi has already been outdone... http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php
Wow!
@sc754 ODROID-U3 is already out, which has 1,7Ghz Quadcore and 2gigs of RAM.
Where have you been?! :P
Pretty busy
I haven't made the raffle 