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<br><div><div>On 13 May 2012, at 12:02, Marco Calamari wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 10:59 +0800, Sandy Harris wrote:<br><br>Dreamplug is top of the line for the ratio feature/cost, but for<br> the ratio reliability/cost Soekris board are the winners.<br><br>We used them in a project quite similar to Freedombox a lot of years<br> ago; current suggested model for reference platform is 5510.<br><br><a href="http://pbox.winstonsmith.info/index-e.html">http://pbox.winstonsmith.info/index-e.html</a><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I searched the Soekris site and can't find a comparable board. The top-of-the-line 6501 (<a href="http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html">http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html</a>) looks great, but expensive.</div><div><br></div>I think a board must include: <div><div><div><ul><li>ARM chip </li><li>512 MB RAM</li><li>boot Flash </li><li>USB socket</li><li>SD card socket</li><li>ethernet socket</li><li>something for a console, such as a serial port</li><li>USB interface </li><li>WIFI IF, perhaps attached to a PCI Express slot </li><li>tiny board size</li><li>wide operating temperature </li><li>All devices supported via the Debian repository</li><li>cheap price tag</li></ul><div>and to go with it</div></div><div><ul><li>case, in a plug computer configuration</li><li>power supply</li><li>ideally, a battery that can cover a few minutes of power loss</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>No SATA ports, audio, LCD screen or other bits. </div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>