MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn @crowdsupply
How much will it cost compared to the laptops?
Honestly more interested in the idea of building laptops around small desktops (i.e thin clients, Optiplex Micros, ITX gaming rigs) as laptops, but I suppose the Snapdragon version might be worth something as a quiet HTPC or server.@moses_izumi @crowdsupply will be cheaper as you'll be able to get the case separately from the mainboard and the modules etc, so you can mix + match
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn @crowdsupply Very interesting device! Thrilled to see where this is going
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn @crowdsupply
No expansion slots and only USB-C power means it's just like the MoBo in an all-in-one PC.More use than a Rasberry Pi, but less use than a compact workstation with a couple of PCI-e slots or a real laptop (integrated screen and UPS).
It's too small.
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn I do like the idea of router, but needs more gbit ethernet
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@mntmn @crowdsupply
No expansion slots and only USB-C power means it's just like the MoBo in an all-in-one PC.More use than a Rasberry Pi, but less use than a compact workstation with a couple of PCI-e slots or a real laptop (integrated screen and UPS).
It's too small.
@raymaccarthy @crowdsupply what do you mean by no expansion? there are at least 2x (3x with rk3588) internal pcie expansion options and 2x internal usb headers
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@mntmn I do like the idea of router, but needs more gbit ethernet
@Mutesplash can be added via mpcie, just needs one more port opening/cover on a long side maybe
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@mntmn I do like the idea of router, but needs more gbit ethernet
@Mutesplash @mntmn that remind me of the talk around the openwrt one.
Sure a router need a second gbit ethernet. IMO, more would be a waste. It's best to put a gbit switch in front of your router so you get as many port as you need in a much more affordable device. -
MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@crowdsupply BTW we've been using a bunch of these internally for development for a while already (for example as a dev setup for Quasar), and it's been really handy
@mntmn @crowdsupply I recently had my company order me a ThunderScope for my day job... I'm awaiting delivery.
Just today I was thinking that an MNT reform would work well as a controller/hub/visualization sever for my telemetry setup.
I'm currently using a RPI CM5 and Alchitry Pt FPGA board. But that means I'll have to roll my own battery setup, etc.
And now this post. Cool.
I think I'll try to get the company to buy MNT hardware for me to try out as a next gen platform.
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@raymaccarthy @crowdsupply what do you mean by no expansion? there are at least 2x (3x with rk3588) internal pcie expansion options and 2x internal usb headers
@mntmn @crowdsupply
I couldn't see any PCIe slots. All I could see was a too compact PCB.
USB-C power wastes a port and limits consumption. Stupid even for a laptop. Only just acceptable on a tablet, if there is more than one USB-C port.The EU USB-C mandate doesn't forbid additional connectors if needed.
It's better than a Raspberry Pi for projects that need more I/O and CPU, but not a replacement for a decent laptop or even a compact workstation.
It certainly deserves to succeed.
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn
Will there be a version with 2x ethernet some day? For routers it
is good to have 2.
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@mntmn
Will there be a version with 2x ethernet some day? For routers it
is good to have 2.
@crowdsupply@chfkch @crowdsupply this is only prelaunch, so based on feedback we could still make changes like that
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@mntmn @crowdsupply
I couldn't see any PCIe slots. All I could see was a too compact PCB.
USB-C power wastes a port and limits consumption. Stupid even for a laptop. Only just acceptable on a tablet, if there is more than one USB-C port.The EU USB-C mandate doesn't forbid additional connectors if needed.
It's better than a Raspberry Pi for projects that need more I/O and CPU, but not a replacement for a decent laptop or even a compact workstation.
It certainly deserves to succeed.
@raymaccarthy @crowdsupply but there is a secondary direct power connector on the board! JST-PH connector. you can feed in a wide range of voltages
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@mntmn @crowdsupply I recently had my company order me a ThunderScope for my day job... I'm awaiting delivery.
Just today I was thinking that an MNT reform would work well as a controller/hub/visualization sever for my telemetry setup.
I'm currently using a RPI CM5 and Alchitry Pt FPGA board. But that means I'll have to roll my own battery setup, etc.
And now this post. Cool.
I think I'll try to get the company to buy MNT hardware for me to try out as a next gen platform.
@poleguy @crowdsupply oh neat, happy to hear! one can also make custom top plates with built-in display(s) for example
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@raymaccarthy @crowdsupply but there is a secondary direct power connector on the board! JST-PH connector. you can feed in a wide range of voltages
@mntmn @crowdsupply
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn It's going to be so tempting to replace the MNT Station's lid with a small ortholinear keyboard PCB.
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@mntmn It's going to be so tempting to replace the MNT Station's lid with a small ortholinear keyboard PCB.
Turn it into a proper little wedge computer.@FlatFootFox haha oh yes
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@mntmn @holo_memory @bnys
What version of USB are the external ports, if you don't mind? I assume something modern (3.1, 3.2, ? I can't keep track) but it would be nice to have the details on that page. Or is the USB version a function of the MNT Reform Processor Module?@virtuous_sloth @holo_memory @bnys that's mostly depending on the processor module, correct!
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@chfkch @crowdsupply this is only prelaunch, so based on feedback we could still make changes like that
@mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply If you could somehow make these boards have 3x (or even 4x) 1Gbit Ethernet interfaces they could replace aging pcengines APUs maybe
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@mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply If you could somehow make these boards have 3x (or even 4x) 1Gbit Ethernet interfaces they could replace aging pcengines APUs maybe
@stsp @mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply not saying, that I'm kind of dreaming about an APU replacement with 8gb ram, m.2 slot and and 3-4x 2.5 GbE, but..
