Version 1.0 of the board layout is complete. I am in the process of obtaining quotes for the bill of materials and cost to produce the board from contract manufacturers. The end result would be that people can place orders for the board modules directly with the contract manufacturer and thus be able to purchase these boards for only $20-30 depending on quantity. There would also be an open source hardware project on github where people can produce variations on the designs.

The crazy idea here is that the board would be produced on demand with a minimum quantity of say 10 units for a total of ~$280. Since nobody is holding inventory this would eliminate a layer of profit-taking and pass the savings on to the buyer.

If funded successfully the Indiegogo project will raise the funds needed for the initial manufacturing setup and testing as well as sell maybe 100 boards for the initial production run.

Anyway, I would like to visit Sudo room sometime and check out your new space. Let me know the best time when a non-member could show up to check out the space.

Peace.

Autonomous

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 11:20 AM, <hol@gaskill.com> wrote:

oh wow i missed that - the sata feature would be a huge plus. how far along are you in board layout?
On 2014-10-03 15:07, Autonomous wrote:
Oh, sorry it is not a Raspberry PI project. It will use an A20 based clone of the Raspberry PI model B+.

I am putting the finishing touches on a separate Indiegogo project called the "Shoofly PI" and will be launching soon. It is an open source hardware design with the same layout as the Model B+. People can build their own Shoofly PI for maybe $20-30 cost per unit to produce. Attached is a high-level design layout:
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:27 PM, <hol@gaskill.com> wrote:
it looks like a pretty cool OS, but $500k seems a little steep for developing another raspberry pi OS mashup. how do you envision that money being allocated? are there free alternatives that people will choose over this one? I like the concept of pre-packaging alot of software in an sd card image for newbies and I think generally people will be willing to pay extra for that at least until enough copies are distributed for it to be readily available as a torrent. good luck and keep us posted!

On 2014-10-02 10:28, Autonomous wrote:
I developed a Linux based OS for the Allwinner A20 and Raspberry PI that has a Mac-like user interface and 3D POV gaming engine. The project also includes many open source Quake and Halflife game modifications, as well as a collection of other open source games. The purpose of this Kickstarter project is to raise funds to manufacture an A20-based board that has the same form factor and IO connections as the Raspberry PI Model B+, and will fit into a Model B+ case.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1429174725/orion-ogs-affordable-3-in-1-computer-media-and-gam

I am also launching a separate Kickstarter campaign with the same OS distro on a 16GB SD card for the Raspberry PI. It includes some unique software that I have developed for the RPi.

I would certainly appreciate any feedback you may have on this project. The marketing people working with me on this are from the entertainment industry and have some interesting connections. We don't have many backers as yet because we are doing a soft-launch and will ramp up marketing and promotion shortly.

Thanks!
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