Em 6/3/2012 22:54, RussellMc escreveu:
>> Atmel produces several ARM926 CPUs, notably the SAM9G45, SAM9G46,
>> SAM9M10 and SAM9M11.
> With the cheapest being about $12/1 at Digikey or about 1/3 of the
> cost of the RP.
>
> Does anyone offer a means of providing 1080p video capability that is
> easily (enough) integrated and reasonably documented, that could be
> used to give similar video capabilities to that of the RP at a price
> that would allow equal or cheaper than RP devices to be  built ? This
> does not mean that such a system could compete with an RP functionally
> as there are many other factors, but reasonable video in an accessible
> and well costed device seems to be a major lack.


But certainly the Broadcom chip is more expensive in small quantities
than it is in very large (10s of thousands) quantities.


Isaac

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