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[Patrick Mcgillan]

Per another email, I am going to try the Vensmile W10 Intel Quad Core.
Will report back in a month or so on how well it performs. Found a
slightly better price on eBay.

Patrick


On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Matt <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
> What are your budget and performance criteria?
>
> My suggestion, if you want a good amount of power, you need to save space, you have a decent budget, and you don't need Windows support, is the ODROID-XU3-Lite.  It runs at 5V 4A (it needs extra current to support a powerful SoC/CPU and a couple of USB3.0 ports) and offers amazing performance for its size and heat dissipation.
>
> Is there anything in particular you want this computer to do for you?
>
> -- Matt (N0BOX)
>
>> On Jun 4, 2015, at 12:49 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Justin Richeson wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, didn't check voltage...they probably run off 5V, but any USB
>>> carcharger circuit should work
>> Nope. Most USB chargers won't supply 1A, much less 2A.
>>
>> The simplest solution is to grab a cigarette lighter USB charger with a 2A
>> slot - these have linear voltage regulators - take it apart and grab the
>> 2A side. 12VDC in from any big batter, 5V out for your Pi or other SBC,
>> small enough to include in a metal case.
>>
>>    Lee
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