I'm looking for a very (physically) small (embedded) platform that can
run OpenBSD properly, including at least:
USB 2.0,
ethernet,
MIDI (presumably via USB),
OK-to-good-quality analog audio out (can be USB),
some kind of decent storage (i.e. not USB!),
and enough CPU horsepower to run a soundfont-based softsynth like
timitidy or fluidsynth (so ~500MHz+).
All preferably for no more than ~C$100 per board.
Locally, I can get RasPis, BeagleBone Blacks, and MinnowBoards cheaply.
The RasPi isn't supported at all, the BeagleBone Black doesn't have USB
yet, and the MinnowBoards don't have ethernet yet.
Looking at the OpenBSD platform list, I see these options
Wandboard, SABRE Lite, Nitrogen6X, Pandaboard (armv7): all too
expensive, although the wandboard comes close on price (~C$110 to $125 +
S&H).
SH-4 (landisk): not fast enough
RB600A (socppc): not available anymore.
That leaves i386 and amd64 platforms.
There are a few Intel J1800 boards available for <C$100 (not including
RAM), but I have no idea how well they run OpenBSD, and most of them
seem to have UEFI boot only.
If you know of a small, cheap, fanless, x86-compatible board available
in Canada *that runs OpenBSD reasonably well*, please let me know.
Otherwise I'll probably have to give the Wandboard a shot despite the
slightly-too-high price.
(In case it's not blazingly obvious, I want to try creating a
replacement for a hardware MIDI synthesizer, but that can choose between
soundfonts.)
Thanks,
-Adam
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-Adam Thompson
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