Raspberry PI 3 on sale

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canta

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Consider canceling that one and ordering from their Northern Calif-based US distributor, ameridroid.com. Supposed to have them in stock as of today and significantly less appalling shipping :)

Edit: from what I'm reading on the CNX-software blog and Armbian forums, Odroid is shipping 16.04 alpha with a 3.14 LTS kernel, and the Amlogic S905 used in the C2 does not currently have mainline support, although Amlogic/Hardkernel have agreed to begin contributing to that beginning in May(?).
I believe ameridroid is NO ETA too.
try to order one from their website .
 

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OK - I just got a notification that I have a package arriving tomorrow from Hardkernel!
 

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OK - I just got a notification that I have a package arriving tomorrow from Hardkernel!
Awesome! If they used Fedex, then I guess the shipping isn't really a ripoff. Do let us know how "mature" the 16.04 beta distribution is.

Yea I saw the Qualcomm board. No ethernet though!!!!
Well, didn't you know all IoT devices SHALL be located at least 50 feet from any wired network? :p

There is excellent out-of-the-box support for ASIX USB-to-gigabit ethernet adapters though, like this one,
in that boards's Ubuntu images. The chipset (AX88179) has excellent built-in support in Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions for embedded devices.
 
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Awesome! If they used Fedex, then I guess the shipping isn't really a ripoff. Do let us know how "mature" the 16.04 beta distribution is.

Well, didn't you know all IoT devices SHALL be located at least 50 feet from any wired network? :p

There is excellent out-of-the-box support for ASIX USB-to-gigabit ethernet adapters though, like this one,
in that boards's Ubuntu images. The chipset (AX88179) has excellent built-in support in Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions for embedded devices.
Hardkernel used UPS. So it is not that bad.

Any tips on powering that Snapdragon 410c from Arrow?
 

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Any tips on powering that Snapdragon 410c from Arrow?
The input jack is a weird 4.75mm/1.7mm diameter (to some EIAJ-03 standard). But one of these $3 adapters will let you power it with any 12V/2A supply you have lying around with the more common 5.5mm/2.1mm jack (external hard drives, routers, mini-PCs, etc.).

The nice and somewhat unique thing about the 410c is that it accepts 6.5V-19V input and has an onboard buck regulator, so it'll run fine off lithium/lead-acid batteries too.
 
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IMO it would be a good impulse buy even with all the fluff if it was at least the 2GB RAM version.
 
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No, that's 4mm outer dia. instead of 4.8mm and there's an explicit warning on 96boards about not using those. This is the only thing I could find with Prime: Amazon.com: 4.8mm x 1.7mm 18.5V 3.5A 65W Power Supply AC Adapter for HP Compaq: Computers & Accessories (18.5V is well within the max specs of both the Arrow & Lemaker regulators)
 
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Retropi already has a build for the RP3. Waiting for mine to get delivered here and then fire up the emulators.

Looking at getting some heatsinks for the SoC as heavy CPU usage means these Pis get HOT HOT HOT, in the upwards of 80C hot.
 

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Retropi already has a build for the RP3. Waiting for mine to get delivered here and then fire up the emulators.

Looking at getting some heatsinks for the SoC as heavy CPU usage means these Pis get HOT HOT HOT, in the upwards of 80C hot.
heatsink is a must ..

my pi 2 is hot too. I need to lower down the clock since this is the easy way.
my other old pi B does not generate heat much when overclock .
 

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speaking of qualcomm

I have two board inforce 6410 boards that has snapdragon 600
Bought in 2014 when they releasesed the first SBC.
the spec:
Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor
Adreno 320 graphics
2GB of RAM
4GB of built-in storage.

the price was $75 after coupon, and they limited only two boards.
their shipping is $$ via fedex. 2X$75 and $20 fedex shipping!. well total $170 for two board, not bad

they have 6410Plus, this board basically the same board with different layout and their own homebrew IO slot. GPS is added on this plus model.
they sold the first batch in 2015 for $98 after coupon, do not know on how many quantity order. their shipping is expensive...
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now the question on ARM board,
please add native sata and pci express too, 600 has pci express 1 lane that drive 1Gb ethernet on inforce 6410

and the board is damn fast!! on networking performance ans sata (3Gb) too. those are good in the spec, and reality:)


6410 or plus can run android and ubuntu linaro (Boards/IFC6410 - Linaro Wiki).
I do not know GPS on 6410plus is supported or not in ubuntu linaro since do not have 6410plus board

I believe, they sell orginal 6410 to OEM only now...
 
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End of day update -

The 2x Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c's arrived today. I got a ship notification from MCM electronics on the Raspberry Pi 3 but my order status there says the case and power supply shipped, not the Raspberry Pi 3 (and only 1 of the 2 I wanted).