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Massimo Callegari - 2014-12-07

After a few days of research, I ended up doing another experiment to offer you QLC+ users another low cost solution to run your lights.

I have written an extensive article about it with an overview and some techy bits to help you understand the various shades of this alternative.
Hope it helps !

Feel free to comment here if you have questions or opinions about it.

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- Santiago Benejam Torres - 2014-12-07
  
  The pcDuino3 Nano looks great, low power comsumption and more powerful than RPi.
  
  I recently bought this mini-ITX motherboard to make/renew an HTPC.
  There are less powerful boards that are a bit cheaper. These motherboard comes with built in processor, you must only add memory and a case. But are cheaper than many other motherboard + processor solutions. Maybe this motherboards are a good option too.
  I installed Ubuntu 14.04 in a few minutes and all devices are working without problems.
  
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  - Massimo Callegari - 2014-12-07
    
    Hi Santiago, yes, there are plenty of so called "mini PC" alternatives
    (e.g. http://www.solid-run.com/shop/)
    
    But:
    - in general they are expensive
    - the more you get close to the "PC" world, the slower is the boot process
    - they don't usually have the typical IO of embedded devices (GPIO, I2C, SPI, etc...)
    
    Basically the whole point of my research is:
    - stick around $35
    - full support for QLC+ (including Qt5 audio/video)
    - boot as fast as possible for standalone solutions (around 30 seconds is ideal)
    
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Massimo Callegari - 2014-12-11

Wow, I think I have just found the next step after PcDuino3 !

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G141578608433&tab_idx=1

Funny the sentence "Don't put up with the slow single core computer anymore." ... with a purely anonymous reference to the Raspberry Pi ! :)

Start shipping Dec 16th. Gonna see if I can get one soon and then I'll let you guys know how it goes.

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Massimo Callegari - 2014-12-16

Ehm...it's the same one I posted 5 days ago :)

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- Santiago Benejam Torres - 2014-12-16
  
  Oops! Sorry. I had not seen the previous link. ;-)
  
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Zeph - 2015-01-01

Here are my experiences with the new HardKernel ODROID-C1 and QLC+:
ODROID-C1

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David Robarts - 2015-03-10

While the ODROID-C1 looks like it will be a nice upgrade from a RasberryPi for many QLC+ users, for anyone interested in the pcDuino (I could see someone getting creative with the arduino style headers), I did find a page on kernel building for it: http://www.pcduino.com/how-to-build-kernel-for-pcduino/

Also it looks to me like Ubunto 14.04 for pcDuino has been built. http://www.linksprite.com/?page_id=864

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