Hi Marc,On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Marc Juul <juul@labitat.dk> wrote:
> It's a case-less board with a single 2.4 GHz radio but it really is $5
> including tax and shipping and you can buy as many as you want.
>
> They're estimated to ship in November.
>
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/omega2-5-iot- computer-with-wi-fi-powered- by-linux
>
> I ordered 10 of them for mesh projects.
>
> It's a bit sad that they don't have the ethernet broken out since that would
> make them useful as mesh routers that we could just hand out left and right.
> We could make ethernet breakout boards for them ourselves if we feel like
> doing some soldering, but given that you can buy an OpenWRT router for ~$12
> with two ethernet ports and a case it's not obvious that this is worth it.
>
> If we're ok with just one ethernet port then we could buy a bunch of $1.75
> USB ethernet adapters. Assume $1 for a dollar store plastic case and we then
> have usable mesh routers for $8 a pop.
>
> They're probably more useful as interfaces between e.g. LoRa hardware and
> sensors and such where you just want it to be small, low power and cheap but
> still want to run e.g. a full meshing protocol.
>
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> marc/juul
I was also on same KS page looking at their kits which is $20 if you
want power board, AFAIK $5 version you can't even power up! :(
A then again you are missing ethernet ports, usb over ethernet is not
something I'll go for, so when you count all of those shields it is
quite expensive device...
I was thinking also to get few Omega2 devices but decided that for my
use case which is that I need a device in a nice small case, ethernet
port, small dimenstions, usb port, and external antennas it is much
better to go for some of GLiNet devices... check them out...
http://www.gl-inet.com/
Which devices are you buying for $15 ?