Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Lessons learned about the A13 OLinuXino with A13-LCD7-TS | Skaag's Virtual Diary

Lessons learned about the A13 OLinuXino with A13-LCD7-TS | Skaag's Virtual Diary

I was initially trying to purchase a Raspberry Pi, but supplies being non-existent I was forced to look for alternatives, and I’m very glad I did because the end result is that I have a more powerful platform to work with. It’s faster, has 3 USB ports with tons of gpio pins, has an on-board nand chip, wifi adapter, sd card reader, audio in/out, and the pretty useful UEXT connector. It runs very cool, and since there are no moving parts or fans it is naturally silent.
In addition to this specific product being quite amazing, feature wise, Olimex has a very talented team of engineers who crank out new boards and designs at a pace rarely seen. They are already working on an A10 board, which packs even more impressive hardware and features. Once in a while they even find the time to write a new guide or how-to, and post it on their blog.
Apart from the Olimex engineers who are obviously dedicated to their cause, there’s a good number of individuals working on the “ARM Netbook” project. The Olimex and ARM engineers, as well as the community of users, all hang out on the Freenode IRC Network, on channels #olimex and #arm-netbook (If you have an IRC client you can click those links to directly join the rooms). I strongly urge you to join those chat rooms if you have questions, or if you feel you can help others with your skills and knowledge.

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