Gigabit Ethernet + USB 3.0 development board / SBC - Page 1
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author: crispus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2014, 03:38:09 pm
content: Hi,I saw a lot of SBCs with giga ethernet but USB 2.0 and there are a couple with USB 3.0 but with 100Mbit ethernet but none with both.I want to transform my USB 3.0 external HDD to a network one, but there is no point of USB 3.0 on a 100MBit network. I could use an atom based SBC, or some mini ITX mother boards but those need an ATX PSU and I would like some board with a single rail PSU and low power.Also I intend to host some web server & stuff.Thanks.

author: Legit-Design
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2014, 04:06:17 pm
content: Quote from: crispus on February 21, 2014, 03:38:09 pmhttp://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-160-XT- Ideal for boards such as D945GCLF2, DG45FC, (Atom, Core 2 Duo) as well as all VIA C7/nano or AMD motherboards.picoPSU-160-XT is a fully compliant DC-DC ATX PC PSU. It can power VIA mini-ITX boards with C3 / C7 processors, P3, P4, Pentium-M, Core Duo versions and low power AMD processors.They also have lower power models. I know you probably meant 12VDC or 5VDC directly to board, but this accomplishes same thing and you get exactly what you want.

author: crispus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 04:31:36 pm
content: I gave up searching on ARM boards. I didn't found anything satisfactory.Does anyone knows a good motherboard & processor at low cost and low power?I would prefer mATX or mini-ITX motherboard and something i3, i5 processor (Ivy Bridge or Haswell)Thanks

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 06:45:22 pm
content: Some new routers have USB 3 and Gigabit. You might be able to find one supported by OpenWRT or DD-WRT.

author: crispus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 10:25:27 pm
content: As I mentioned, I want to use it as server as well and routers seems to have small amount of ram and low processing power.Now I'm trying to find the winning combination: low idle power in ~$300.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 11:14:05 pm
content: if you're lucky you can find a zotac zbox in that price range with the features. if your unlucky, it will cost you an arm and a leg. is you want to use it for a server, just use a sata port multiplier to add extra drives.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 11:32:29 pm
content: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/buffalo-wireless-ac-dual-band-open-source-dd-wrt,26153.html800MHz dual core, 512MB RAM, runs DD-WRT, and even stays well under your price budget.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 11:40:41 pm
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 03, 2014, 11:32:29 pmwith 2 usb 3 ports you could probably get a usb -> sata bridge to take care of your drives too, something like this;http://www.ioi.com.tw/products/proddetail.aspx?CatID=101&HostID=2044&ProdID=1010132

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2014, 11:54:05 pm
content: Don't certain Beagleboards have gigabit? But not sure if any have USB 3?

author: ConnorGames
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2014, 01:48:29 am
content: It's just a celeron, and has no USB3, but if you took the drive out of it's enclosure(they are usually just standard STAT drives, or got a usb3 pcie card, you could use this board:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138393with the picopsu. I used this board in a fractal design node 304 for a NAS have been getting about 60MB/S transfer, but that is probably being limited by my fairly old HDD. Makes a nice little affordable and low power linux server.

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2014, 06:22:23 am
content: Forget USB (though it does also have USB3), get one of the new Intel NUCs and a 2.5" HDD. You get a nice case too, and the price is right. Only problem with the Celeron model is that unlike all the others, it uses a piece of shit Realtek NIC, so 60MB/s or so is about the practical limit. The i3 models are almost double the price though. Nifty machines for HTPC use too.http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-board-dn2820fykh.html

author: encore2097
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 22, 2014, 10:27:11 pm
content: A bit late but:"If you don't need display, this is a cheap as it gets. USB + Gigabit Ethernet for $7.USB 3.0 + Gbe + SATA for $20."https://plus.google.com/110719562692786994119/posts/U7B2X1aXwpG

author: SirNick
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2014, 01:01:37 am
content: Side note: I've had two of those PicoPSUs go up in smoke now. Gave up on trying a third. Lots of power in a small package for a low price -- probably just too good to be true.