[Arm-dev] ARM Development Hardware

Fri Apr 17 14:33:53 UTC 2015
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>


On 04/17/2015 09:46 AM, Mandar Joshi wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys about which ARM
> development hardware to purchase.
>
> The hardware will have just one purpose; compiling and testing CentOS.
> With this in mind I'm leaning towards something Quad Core, good amount
> of RAM,NAND Flash, SATA and that has a heatsink . Does SATA seem
> reasonable or will a USB HDD serve just as well?
>
> I live in Mumbai, India. So, I might not have all the options you guys
> have. I might be able to get Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, Cubie Board,
> Radxa, Banana Pi or Odroid from these guys https://www.crazypi.com/ or
> http://www.greenindiaelectronics.com/
>
> If anyone from India is reading this, please do suggest reliable sellers.

I have Cubieboards for testing once there are builds for me to work 
with.  I am quite happy with them, but the A20 is only a duo core. The 
Cubieboard 4 is a octo core, but they left off the sata and only a 
single otg usb.

Then there is the Wandboards.  Pricey compared to Cubies, but there is a 
nice quad core with sata.  A friend of mine is running his audio 
streaming server on one with F21.