[Dprglist] Anyone using an Omega2 Pro?

[Murray Altheim]

Hi,

Has anyone any experience using an Omega2 Pro development board, or any
of the Omega products? Looks like an alternative to a Raspberry Pi, with
built-in LiPo battery management. Seems like a nice small board.

    Omega2 Pro___________________________________
    Processor: 580 MHz MIPS CPU
    Memory: 128 MB RAM and 384 MB flash swap file
    Storage: 8 GB
    Connectivity: 2.4 GHz b/g/n Wi-Fi
    Operating System: OpenWRT 18.06 Linux
    https://onion.io/store/omega2-pro/
    https://onion.io/omega2-pro-get-started/
    http://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-omega2-module-gives-way-to-a-pro-sbc/

It runs OpenWRT Linux and cost US$49.00. There's a GPS expansion module
for $14 and a few other accessories. I've used OpenWRT a bit with the
Arduino Yun, a bit more awkward than the Raspberry Pi's OS but it'd be
fine. It has all the normal bells and whistles: USB, Ethernet, I2C, UART,
I2S, SPI, PWM, and GPIO, a web-based Setup Wizard and some other nice
features, the price about halfway between a Pi 3 B+ and a Pi 4. Not as
fast (?) but 8GB of memory (which on a Pi 4 costs $75).

Cheers,

Murray

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