[Showme-devel] South african alternatives to the Arduino

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Bernelle Verster (2015-09-30 12:16:50)
> I may work this into the wiki if I have time, but for now it's 
> important to note that there are local alternatives that we could 
> consider.
> 
> http://diygadgets.co.za/proudly-south-african-alternatives-to-arduino/

Quite interesting, but may be unsuitable for the upcoming contest:

Penguin Board and Cherry Blossom both has max. ½GB RAM which makes it 
unlikely to work with Beaker Notebook.  The main feature of Beaker 
Notebook is its ability to combine multiple interpreted languages which 
takes a toll on memory.  Switching to the simpler iPython Notebook is 
more likely to work on such low memory boards, but a) may affect 
sponsorships from Two Sigma, b) requires someone to write sample data 
processing targeted that alternative environment, and documentation more 
generally as well.

Both seem to be only boards, not boxes.  Beware if considering DIY 
3D-printed boxes to include the time not only in designing and testing 
the shape of such casing but also the time and cost of actually print 
100s of them.

I suspect prices may not really be as dramaticly different as presented 
in the article: Prices compared has quite different specs.  I also 
wonder if those boards really are for sale yet, or only in an early 
marketing phase yet: Would be interesting to have links to actual web 
shops selling those devices.

Links to more info - including shops having them on store - would be 
appreciated.  Not only for this project but also e.g. FreedomBox.

 - Jonas

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