[HH] Intel MinnowBoard

[Federico Lucifredi]

You should check out the Quark-based Galieleo, also by Intel, shipping mid next month in volume… much more interesting than a $200 Atom board IMHO.

Best -F


On Nov 24, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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