Introducing the Snickerdoodle; ARM + FPGA + Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0

Apparently it’s just me.
Carry on.

If you really want to make the Raspberry Pi comparison…

Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B ($35) - Newark 38Y6467
WiPi Single Band 802.11 b/g/n WiFi ($15.52) - Newark 07W8938
Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter for RPi ($8.99) http://www.amazon.com/JBtek-Raspberry-Bluetooth-4-0-adapter/dp/B00L08NCPQ
Logi Pi Raspberry Pi FPGA Hat ($89.99) http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-16453

But that is the beautiful thing about technology… it’s a constant process of evolution, miniaturization and integration.

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I wasn’t the one claiming that you could get all of those features in this better then sliced bread new board for “about the price of a raspberry pi”

I do appreciate you pointing that out, @wandrson - I see how that could be perceived as confusing/misleading. It is not our intention to deceive anybody. Hopefully the new wording helps clarify things.

If we fail to live up to our “hyperbole” or somehow fail to meet your expectations of what you consider a “worthy” product, I will personally invite you publish a guest post on our site explaining how we’ve failed to live up to our promises - seriously.

-Ryan

So your shooting for a product price of about $50-$60? (Pi2 + wifi+ bluetooth)

@wandrson – Yessir!

At that price range I will likely take the risk on your crowd funding campaign depending upon whose site you use.

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Ryan, are you aware of Chris Fenton’s work? He put a cycle accurate Cray 1A on an FPGA several years ago.

FPGA Cray 1A

He and some others have upgraded to a Cray XMP(dual CPU Cray 1A) on an Altera SOC devboard. I dunno if the Snickerdoodle has enough resources, but that would be a fun thing to do with one…

John Kocurek

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That’s great to hear, @wandrson! Hopefully Indiegogo work for you…

Hey John,

Hadn’t seen the FPGA Cray 1A project before but looks very cool! Gotta admire the dedication required to put something like that together…

-Ryan

For reference, here’s one least expensive ($99/Z7010, $119/Z7020) Zynq boards I’ve found that doesn’t require a carrier board to be useful. Has ethernet, HDMI, CAN, USB UART, USB OTG connectors on main board.
http://www.myirtech.com/list.asp?id=502

However, adding WiFi (module, $25) + I/O expansion (board/cape, $39) brings the total cost to $163. So if Snickerdoodle can reach anywhere close to target price it should be the lowest cost Zynq platform available that has ‘real’ peripherals and easily usable (i.e. has 0.1" connectors) I/O.

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Here’s a little sneak peak for you guys…

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For those interested, the snickerdoodle campaign page (finally) went live today:

Been a long time in the making…we hope you’ll like it.