[Cialug] Small cheap computer for Airplay

[Matt Stanton]

I'd be willing to sell my ODROID-U2 for $50 with a 16GB eMMC module... I also have the X2 and XU models, so I don't often get around to using my U2.  I believe they have managed to get the MFC and FIMC (two video-related circuits in the SoC that relate to decoding certain video codecs and doing color conversion and scaling) functioning well enough to have a hardware-accelerated XBMC working, if you should ever decide you need it.

The U2 is similar in functionality to the U3, though the U3 has had a few hardware updates.  They both have the same SoC and memory, but the U3 has a few GPIOs brought out to headers (the U2 doesn't have any accessible GPIOs).  The U3 may also have the CPU clocked slightly higher (it's been a while since I looked to see what frequencies those two boards use for their CPU/GPU).

They have an excellent community available via their forums (http://forum.odroid.com) and their IRC channel (#odroid on Freenode).  If you want an amazing little ARM dev board, you could also pay ~$180+ and pre-order their new Exynos 5422-based ODROID-XU3 (I want one so bad :( ).

-- Matt (N0BOX)

Sent from my ASUS Transformer

-----Original Message-----
From: Will <staticphantom at gmail.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Small cheap computer for Airplay

Odroid U3. There is an ubuntu image ready for you. Protip, splurge on the
mmc.
On Jul 18, 2014 6:08 PM, "Matthew Nuzum" <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I used to have spare computers running Linux in my basement. One ran
> Shareport so that I could hook a speaker up to it and play music from my
> iPod.
>
> I got rid of that computer because now I can run virtual machines to do
> what I want and don't need the power consumption of a full time PC on all
> the time.
>
> I'd like to do the Shareport thing again, I think. Ideally it would be
> wireless except for power, and have an analog audio out. Debian based is a
> bonus, as is a low price, like under $50. (I can get a speaker with Airplay
> built in for $80)
>
> If it's not possible to get one with Wireless for $50 I can probably run
> Ethernet, and at that point, I think the Raspberry Pi would probably work.
> However, it's not clear to me if the RPi has analog audio out (there is a
> lot of mention about it having HDMI, which I really don't need).
>
> My preference is a cheap wifi enabled device though, if possible.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Matthew Nuzum
> newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin and twitter
>
> ♫ You're never fully dressed without a smile! ♫
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug at cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>
_______________________________________________
Cialug mailing list
Cialug at cialug.org
http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug