[HH] eSATA on an ARM board

[Federico Lucifredi]

Looks like the Cubieboard will have to do! Thanks for the pointer.

As an aside, you were looking into the iMX.53 and SATA port splitters, did you ever find out if they are compatible?

Best -Federico

On Jan 20, 2013, at 2:39 AM, Tom Metro wrote:

> Federico Lucifredi wrote:
>> I am looking for the cheapest ARM Linux board that includes an eSATA connector.  
> 
> The $50 VIA APC is the first thing that came to mind, but in a prior
> posting I noted it had no SATA port. They released a new $80 model, but
> it too lacks SATA.
> 
> Checking the list archives I find the CuBox, but it doesn't meet your
> price target.
> 
> Best I see is a Mele A1000 for $70:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/hardwarehacking@blu.org/msg00641.html
> 
> The product in the linked article is actually a packaged computer
> (enclosure) and instead of an eSATA cable it actually has a SATA drive
> dock on its top surface.
> 
> I've been keeping an eye out of low cost boards with SATA for NAS or AoE
> projects, but as I noted in the AoE thread:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/hardwarehacking@blu.org/msg00429.html
> 
> I haven't really seen any yet.
> 
> The not-yet-available cubieboard:
> http://www.indiegogo.com/cubieboard
> 
> has a SATA port and looks like it'll sell for $50 or less.
> 
> If you can stretch your budget to $55, Micro Center has an mITX board
> with a bundled AMD Fusion APU:
> http://www.microcenter.com/product/401560/A68I-350_Deluxe_Socket_BGA_FT1_mITX_Motherboard_with_Fusion_APU_350D_Dual-Core_Processor
> 
> -Tom
> 
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