Credit card sized SBC

The initial goal in creating the Raspberry Pi credit card sized, Linux-based Single Board Computer (SBC) – targeted primarily at education – was to develop a response to the decline of students engaging with computer science and related engineering disciplines. Our desire was to reverse the trend of children becoming consumers rather than creators. The following case study follows the hardware development process from an early failure, initial prototypes, and through to the finished production design.

Over recent years there has been an increasing trend for children to be consumers of digital content rather than be future creators or engineers. This trend is driven by manufacturers looking to provide a seamless experience for target customers on a variety of electronic platforms, from gaming consoles to tablets and laptop computers.




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MSC presents a Starter Kit for COM Express

A new starter kit for COM Express(tm) modules with AMD Embedded R-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) is now available. The intelligent starter kit MSC C6-SK-A7-T6T2 contains a COM Express(tm) Type 6 baseboard, an active heat sink with fan and two DDR3 memory modules.



San Bruno, California – May 2, 2013 -- MSC Embedded Inc., manufacturer of highly integrated standard board level products and customer-specific boards and systems, offers a complete starter kit for quick evaluation and prototyping of embedded systems based on COM Express™ modules with AMD Embedded R-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). The intelligent starter kit MSC C6-SK-A7-T6T2 contains a COM Express™ Type 6 baseboard, an active heat sink with fan and two DDR3 memory modules. Users of the kit are free to choose one of four COM Express™ Type 6 computer modules with Embedded R-Series APU from MSC’s MSC C6C-A7 product family. Furthermore, the starter kit is also offered with a 15 inch XGA TFT display with LED backlight. Different display types or touch screen panels are available on request.

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