Re:Raspberry Pi 4
by KaiserPro on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @06:10AM
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> I've never seen one which costs "£500".
2006, gumstix with bluetooth was $180, but that was a very small system to dev for. embedded 386 in volumes of 1 were ~£380, CF flash(certified) £80-200. Software was extra, as was the debugging interface, which may or may not be a fancy serial port. Ethernet, RF, all extra. Wifi? naaa.
The arm board, I don't know how much they cost because they were custom made. So hundreds of thousands I suspect.
Then we have the tools that supported it, not exactly kid friendly.
2006, gumstix with bluetooth was $180, but that was a very small system to dev for. embedded 386 in volumes of 1 were ~£380, CF flash(certified) £80-200. Software was extra, as was the debugging interface, which may or may not be a fancy serial port. Ethernet, RF, all extra. Wifi? naaa.
The arm board, I don't know how much they cost because they were custom made. So hundreds of thousands I suspect.
Then we have the tools that supported it, not exactly kid friendly.