On Apr 15, 2013 7:05 PM, "Wookey" <wookey@wookware.org> wrote:

+++ Renato Golin [2013-04-15 16:24 +0100]:
>    On 15 April 2013 15:36, Jonathan Aquilina <[1]eagles051387@gmail.com>
>    wrote:
> >    It seems you won't be using fancy 3D graphics, so the video card is near
> >    irrelevant, here. You should be able to get accelerated 2D graphics with
> >    most SoCs, even if not using open source drivers. Wookie might know some
> >    boards that have decent OSS video drivers, but if you don't care (most
> >    people don't), you should be fine.
> >    There are a number of v7 that you might consider. I would go for anything
> >    that is equal or higher than a dual/quad-core A9 (Pandaboard ES, Odroid,
> >    Tegra3), but there are also newer dual-core A15 (which is at least 2x
> >    faster than dual-A9), on several flavours (Arndale, Chromebook, Odroid,
> >    Tegra4).
> >    You might also try the very cheap "AllWinner A10" which is essentially a
> >    Beagleboard (dual-core A8).

>      My goal is to provide affordable point of sales systems. I was also
>      considering some of the linaro dev boards that are available.

I just updated the Debian RPi wiki page to point people at some
alternatives:

https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi

The Cubieboard is a nice option. mk802's are nice and cheap. The above
page and the freedombox hardware list (linked from there) is a good
place to start to see what boards might suit your purposes.

For anyone looking to make hardware which a linux COM (Computer on
module) plugs into, the EOMA68 spec produced by Rhombus Tech is
something to keep an eye on. That provides standard IO for various
comuter modules (the first is an Allwinner A10-based one, of which
first hardware arrived 3 days ago apparently). So you make your bit of
hardware with a PCMCIA socket on for the COM to go in. You will
hopefully get second-sourcing this way.

http://rhombus-tech.net/
http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/news/

Most of the boards linaro is supporting directly are a bit high-end
for running a POS system, and I'm not aware of any of them being aimed
at low-volume manufacturers who aren't wanting to lay out their own
boards (which sounds like where you are coming from).

Wookey
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