<div dir="ltr">Hi Danny,<div><br></div><div>I'd suggest taking a look at something Allwinner A20 powered. </div><div>Olimex LIME (or LIME2 if available), A20 SoM, or PCDuino series</div><div><a href="https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A10/A10-OLinuXino-LIME/open-source-hardware" target="_blank">https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A10/A10-OLinuXino-LIME/open-source-hardware</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Olimex-Ltd/A10-OLINUXINO-LIME/" target="_blank">http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Olimex-Ltd/A10-OLINUXINO-LIME/</a> (US Distributor)<br></div><div><a href="https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2/open-source-hardware" target="_blank">https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2/open-source-hardware</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.olimex.com/Products/SOM/A20/A20-SOM/">https://www.olimex.com/Products/SOM/A20/A20-SOM/</a>  (Module)<br></div><div><a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12856" target="_blank">https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12856</a> (Available from US distributors)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If "cheap" is the goal, try one of the USB-SATA chips with some hacking can probably copy SD to HDD.</div><div><a href="http://www.ti.com/product/tusb9260/description#descriptions" target="_blank">http://www.ti.com/product/tusb9260/description#descriptions</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Danny Leavitt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danny.leavitt@gmail.com" target="_blank">danny.leavitt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I just joined the mailing list, so hopefully a post like this is ok to the list. I'd like to start a project to transfer data from an SD card to an external hard drive. I'm a programmer and have never worked with hardware before. With a little research it looks like the Raspberry Pi B might be my best bet (2 USB I/Os, Linux and memory for buffer during the data transfer. Would this be the best choice? Anyone with experience manufacturing have an idea what it would vaguely cost to mass produce something like this with embedded linux and 2 USBs?</div><div><br></div><div>Also, are Raspberry Pi Bs available for purchase at Noisebridge? If not, anywhere in the city I can buy one?</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Danny</div></font></span></div>
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