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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Khem Raj wrote:

> 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

  ah, that's more reasonable.  sorry for dragging out this thread so
long but i'd really like a stable of boards/kits for teaching embedded
linux and it would be nice if there was one for each main architecture
in the price range of a beagle xm or panda es (< $200).

  i'll shut up now and just watch the list for someone to someday
announce the next yocto-supported MIPS board that would fit the bill.

rday

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