[yocto] looking for recom for MIPS dev kit (*not* RS pro)

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Khem Raj wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Yury Bushmelev <jay4mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Have you seen Qi-Hardware's Ben NanoNote?
>> > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_NanoNote
>> >
>>
>> yes I know that it uses MIPS32 based processor and my inclination is
>> to use mips64 based cpu thats why I am more interested in lemote.
>
>  the only issue i see is that that netbook is $449 in the US:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Lemote-Yeeloong-8101_B-Netbook/dp/B005XH10NQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319989211&sr=8-2?tag=electronicfro-20
>
> and that strikes me as excessively expensive for a MIPS dev kit.  when
> beagles and pandas are giving people sub-$200 ARM kits, more than
> doubling that price for a MIPS kit is a big jump unless you can buy
> just the board for much less.

They also have fuloong (mini PC) which is said to be around 250
NanoNote aint that bad a choice I think from price POV