Low cost anywhere internet connectivity is always an issue when designing devices. Also when building in low quantity , most are not able to keep costs low. So here is a low cost demo of a internet connected platform which can be used for a lot of things like monitoring , information display , communication , control , tracking etc.So a basic device should be achievable at < USD 40 BOM at 100x quantity. Internet Dongles are subsidized by carriers and bought in bulk so its cheaper to use them , they also come with Free data plans at start .GMS/CDMA Internet modules on other hand when imported are quite expensive at low quantities. Also the whole design is a low power and can easily run on ...

We have put the files on GitHub , So anyone wanting to fabricate and Build Locux should be able to do it – https://github.com/baseapp/locux

Just some updates regarding the locux project , things are moving as planned and now we are planning the second production run with 10 – 15 boards. Other than that olimex guys have also released similar low cost platform which can be used as a low cost development board . We have also started putting it into our current projects , where it will be replacing some other low cost cores which used to cost like 6 times the cost. And the BOM for now at 100x ( Not including taxes / shipping ) – IMX 233 – USD 564 MB DDR RAM – 2.5 USDMISC COMPONENTS – 3 USDPCB – 2 USDAssembly – 2 USD——————&#...

We have hand assembled the board and things worked in a single go, which rarely happens but we have booted successfully into Linux on Locux. Our low cost linux board’s first output – arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc (4.4.4_09.06.2010) 4.4.4root filesystem built on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:31:41 +0700Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.freescale login: rootlogin[913]: root login on 'ttyAM0'BusyBox v1.15.0 () built-in shell (ash)Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.root@freescale ~$The Hynix ram requires some modifications but for now things seem to be working . Some more pictures for you all -

The PCB’s are in , the first batch just mailed in … here are some previews – Now off to mounting and getting the board up …

Locux is our new project which aims at delivering the lowest cost Non BGA Linux board available for rapid prototyping and integration into products. It will be available in a small easy to integrate form factor with standard pin spacing which you can build a PCB around easily. Why Locux ?Many would argue that there are many boards like RaspPi, BeagleBone , BeagleBoard etc , but the problems with these boards is all are BGA, locally BGA fab is expensive also the PCB goes into multilayer. Our Last experience with Beagleboard was a disaster as after the initial prototype it was really hard to source it, It looks like the same case with RaspPi . Also no client would prefer a development board...

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