Re: Raspberry Pi and Lua

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 3/9/2012 6:10 AM, Alex Bradbury wrote:
> On 8 March 2012 20:16, Jay Carlson wrote:
> > It will be interesting to see if any clones become available. If Broadcom is not selling the chip on the open market, they won't.
>
> I think it would be more interesting to see devices like the Raspberry
> Pi and with a similar price point but using SoCs from other vendors.
> Differentiating factors as you suggest could be availability of full
> documentation and possibility to buy the chip in small quantities.

But these are BGA chips for mobile phones. You also need some 
supporting chips and probably have to send the PCB to a shop to be 
made. Hard to beat mass-produced boards...

Realistically, we'd better work with finished boards. Very few 
people are going to go the "BGA in small quantities" route. :-)

Any long-term project using a Raspberry Pi should plan for 
swapping boards. In a way, it's just like changing mobile handsets.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia