DIY Flight-Computer

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:43:38 -0800, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 12:34:47 PM UTC+13, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:46:30 -0800, Kilo-Bravo wrote:

Hi Graig,

glad you like it. I just try to organize a project-group to build a
bigger number of computers.
Hope it will work.

Is there any particular you decided to base the project round a
Cubieboard rather than, say, a Beagleboard Black or a RaspberryPi? The
new Pi 2B looks quite interesting and there are already smallish touch
screens available for it. As a Libelle pilot I prefer small.

I happen to have a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B in my hand, and I expect it
would be well up to the job if it has sufficient of the right kinds of
I/O. It's certainly faster than the A20 Cubieboard 2, though not the A80
Cubieboard 4.

As the Raspberry Pi 2 was announced only a week ago I think you can
hardly blame the project for not using one! The old model was
underpowered when it came out three years ago, and laughably so now.

I'm not blaming them: just curious.

That's why I mentioned the Beagleboard (I got its name wrong: I meant the
Beaglebone Black). The Beaglebone seems to be a well respected board,
IIRC it has been around longer than the Pi, has more RAM and at least as
much connectivity as a Pi or Cubieboard.


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On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 8:43:40 PM UTC-5, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 12:34:47 PM UTC+13, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:46:30 -0800, Kilo-Bravo wrote:

Hi Graig,

glad you like it. I just try to organize a project-group to build a
bigger number of computers.
Hope it will work.

Is there any particular you decided to base the project round a Cubieboard
rather than, say, a Beagleboard Black or a RaspberryPi? The new Pi 2B
looks quite interesting and there are already smallish touch screens
available for it. As a Libelle pilot I prefer small.

I happen to have a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B in my hand, and I expect it would be well up to the job if it has sufficient of the right kinds of I/O. It's certainly faster than the A20 Cubieboard 2, though not the A80 Cubieboard 4.

As the Raspberry Pi 2 was announced only a week ago I think you can hardly blame the project for not using one! The old model was underpowered when it came out three years ago, and laughably so now.

Nice write-up on spec's & pricing.......
http://www.electronicproducts.com/Co...a_mere_35.aspx