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    luca
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    Hi all,
    can you suggest for your experience what's the cheapest Linux board (with HDMI) where it's possible to port a Qt application?

    I already know (andused) Raspberry PI, BeagleBoard and BeagleBone Black but I'm looking for something cheapest.
    Are there some alternatives?

    Thanks,

    Luca

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      Hi,

      Like the Pi Zero ?

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      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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        @luca We had been using Odroid-XU4. Qt works on it like a charm. But its not that cheap. We are now looking for its more cheaper variant ODROID-C1+. They also a vast number of accessories.

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          I don't like Raspberry because it need an uSD card. I prefer a board with on board eMMC memory.

          @p3c0 I checked the boards but it's not so cheap.

          Have you considered C.H.I.P. board? It seems interesting but it's not so clear what toolchains they provide.

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            @luca No we haven't. In fact we didnt knew this exist. Looks like the cheapest of all :) I doubt anything can go below that. But unfortunately no GPU , so trouble in running QML :(
            But it could be a good alternative for hobby projects.
            Further searching I found this buildroot they provide. Some info here: https://todbot.com/blog/2015/10/10/cross-compiling-c-programs-for-c-h-i-p-linux/

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              @luca No we haven't. In fact we didnt knew this exist. Looks like the cheapest of all :) I doubt anything can go below that. But unfortunately no GPU , so trouble in running QML :(
              But it could be a good alternative for hobby projects.
              Further searching I found this buildroot they provide. Some info here: https://todbot.com/blog/2015/10/10/cross-compiling-c-programs-for-c-h-i-p-linux/

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              @p3c0 Unfortunately QML is a requirement for me too...

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                I have a CHIP but had no time to play with it yet.
                The HDMI out needs the separate board, so the price with HDMI comes close to a RPi.

                It seems that there is work on the CHIP to have at least the closed blobs for the GPU in the kernel https://bbs.nextthing.co/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-gpu-driver/9662 So OpenGL ES at some point.

                And the SDK for it is Vagrant based, here: https://github.com/NextThingCo/CHIP-SDK

                It's a nice board, but I need more time from somewhere :)

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