New Single Board Computer Lets You Swap Out the CPU and Memory 122
ganjadude (952775) writes "I stumbled upon this little scoop and thought the Slashdot crowd would be interested in. The new kid on the block, known as the HummingBoard can handle faster processors, more RAM and will fit the same cases for the Pi. Also, you can expand the memory and the CPU is replaceable! The low end model starts at $45 and the high end costs $100. So tell me guys, what are you going to do with yours?"
$45 model is a single core iMX6 (an ARMv7) with 512M of RAM, the $100 model has a dual core i.MX6 with 1G of RAM. Full specs.
Just think of what you can do with this! (Score:5, Funny)
A bunch of nerds could order one, then wait six months for it to arrive. They could install a version of Linux on it, play around with it for about 20 minutes, and then talk about how maybe they'll use it for XMBC. Then they could just let it gather dust on some shelf until it gets thrown away in a few years.
Re: So you can reuse the PC board? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, you are wrong. All sorts of nasty stuff grows between connectors like barnacles.
Re:Just think of what you can do with this! (Score:3, Funny)
I have 3 pis:
One is a git repo and my personal web site.
One is in a robot my daughter can control from her mums.
The last is waiting to be put into a robot my daughter can have at her mums to I can play games while my daughter is away.
Just because you are an unimaginative turnip does not mean we all are.
So your wife left you because you spent all of your time playing with electronics?