On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Arun Venkataswamy <arun289 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi,
I need some information on Linux SBCs available in India. I have done my
homework on the web:
? 1. Beagle Board : 10,500/- and above
? 2. Hawk Board : 6,000/- and above
? 3. Friendly arm and clones / Mini 2440 with 3.5" LCD : 8,000/- and above
? 4. Samsung ARM cores : 5,500/- and above (I don't want to build the
? Mother board for this)
? 5. From abroad : Sheeva plug, a lot of others at around 99 USD.
Most of these boards are a bit of over kill for my application. I need a
linux SBC to do SSL connection over PPP on GPRS. I would have even settled
for an 8 bit micro, but SSL is too much for those devices.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
One another approach is to take a phone and run yor application on the
phone's processor. Most phones have a 120-150Mhz ARM processor and can
run all you need. Furthermore, phones come with good amounts of memory
too.
I remember seeing a BREW phone from BSNL at 6,500/=. I'm suggesting
this as you anyway need GPRS. Added advantage is that your appliance
will run on battery.
I'm certain you can get Android phones @$100 in China. Smartphones
start at $75. G'Five has a 3.5" screen smartphone retailing at 2,500/=
with a touchscreen in India. You cannot beat cellphone volumes and
they will come far cheaper than the options above due to the volumes
the industry has.
