[U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

[Jorgen Lundman <lundman@lundman.net>]

There was promise between XBMC and Allwinner for a bit, which looked good 
for everyone.

Then there was a delay, and when files were delivered they were binary 
identical to old files, so that looked bad.

XBMC got a bit pissy, and decided to stop work on Allwinner.

Yesterday, Allwinner explained about #ifdef around new code, and missed the 
compile time flag, hence wrong version, promised of new files soon.

XBMC uncertain, everyone waiting to see if we get files.

So, your average teenage TV sitcom I suppose. :)


You can read about it here: 
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126995&page=85


My own findings are here:

http://lundman.net/wiki/index.php/MeLe_A2000


I got mine from cubie's at aliexpress, the shipping took forever, but all 
arrived as expected. The debug board comes with pinouts, so real easy install.

The F10 remote I bought afterwards and I think is real neat. It works just 
about as well as Wiimotes, but works are regular mouse/keyboard (with 
Windows, OSX support). So I currently use it with straight Win7 running 
XBMC. I think F10 is worth getting, even if you don't end up using the mele.

At the moment though, my Mele is doing nothing (just waiting for wip to 
mature). I believe latest XBMC can play SD content. Current lack of audio 
support is a concern.

Hardware that actually supported XBMC ARM port, are the Pivos players 
http://www.pivosgroup.com/  I don't personally have one as they (didn't) 
sell to Japan. I tried to get one for the support they did though.

Lund



Graeme Russ wrote:
> Hi Jorgen,
>
> I've had a really good poke around looking into the Mele A2000. This
> looks to have really impressive specifications and the manufacturer
> apparently has a strong open source agenda.
>
> I'm pretty sure I'll get one of these. There will probably be even
> more capable ARM based media players in the next few years (like the
> Trim-Slice which looks gorgeous), but what I'll do is relegate the
> A2000 to a disk-less workstation once I get my thunking Linux home
> server up and running :)
>
> So the next decision is whether or not to buy one just with the debug
> board (~US$95 delivered), or get one with the debug board and F10
> remote ($US125 delivered) from Aliexpress
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Graeme
>

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