what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 05.03.2012 um 21:59 schrieb arne anka:

>> I think there are several options. If you keep the display, you have a nice GUI device for experimentation with WLAN, Bluetooth, USB. And, the SPI/I2C interfaces are accessible on test points near the debug connector.
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> well, i am no hardware guy, but just a humble application programmer.
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>> So a dismantled GTA02 is still a nice SoC-Evaluation kit. Could be donated to educational institutions, used in home control, make some funny digital photo frame, make it a wireless NAS server (well, a disk drive on USB1.0 is a little slow).
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>> Or you keep the GTA02 as it is and wait until we have the CaseKit finished (which is not very far away).
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> how much would that be? i imagine, CaseKit + display + GTA04 board adds up to about the 750 € for a complete GTA04, wouldn't it?

We don't know the exact prices yet.

> and anyway, i don't think, i would have much use for the GTA02, board or complete, once i got an GTA04.
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> if nobody turns up with a good idea why s/he would need the board -- is it an option for you, Nikolaus, to keep the board once i send in the GTA02 to be made into a GTA04?

Yes, we already have a bunch of them (I hesitate to make a photo since this looks a little sad).

Nikolaus