[HH] Intel MinnowBoard

[Tom Metro]

Intel must have felt left out of all the fun people are having with
hobbyist single-board-computers, and has released an open hardware
Atom-based board, The MinnowBoard:

http://www.minnowboard.org/

But at $190, not exactly priced to compete with a BeagleBone or
Raspberry Pi (yet they say the product is aimed at "makers").

Some specs:

  Intel® Atom(TM) 1.0 GHz 32-bit CPU with Hyper-Threading and
     Technology
  Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
  Generous I/O
        PCI Express
        SATA2 3Gb/sec
        Gigabit Ethernet
        SDIO
  UEFI Firmware

More specs and block diagram here:
http://www.minnowboard.org/technical-features/

Quoting:
http://www.minnowboard.org/design-goals/

  Board Design Goals:

  Our goal was to create a customizable developer board that uses Intel®
  Architecture and can be easily replicated. It is a simple board layout
  that lends itself to customization. The hardware design is open.  We
  used open source software as much as possible. We used standard (not
  cutting edge) components that are in stock and affordable, to keep the
  cost down. Finally, we designed a small footprint with hopes of making
  it even smaller.

  Software / OS:

  The MinnowBoard is powered by the open source Angstrom Linux
  Distribution, which provides a variety of software packages that are
  relevant to and optimized for embedded applications. It is easy to
  install additional software from the Angstrom package feeds.  Angstrom
  is registered as Yocto Project Compatible which is the most flexible
  build system for embedded Linux on the open source market.

  [...]
  Flexibility / Expandibilty:

  The "Lure" concept, the daughter card capability, has a flexible
  expansion connector which is chassis-friendly and stackable.  We'll
  offer some open source designed Lures starting with some basic
  functions.  You can also design your own Lures.


 -Tom