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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 1 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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SXX ◴[15 Sep 25 15:17 UTC] No.45250676[source]▶
Talking of cheap and powerful devices one can also look at Chinese UZ801 4G LTE (Qualcomm MSM8916) dongles. They cost like only $4-5 and pack quite impressive HW: 4GB eMMC, 512MB RAM, actual 4G modem sometimes with 2 sim switching support. Since it's actually old Android SOC there is even GPU and GPS in there. And a lot of work was already done on supporting them:

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Zhihe_series_LTE_dongles_...

https://github.com/OpenStick/OpenStick

So yeah if you looking for hardware platform for weird homelab projects that's can be it.

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e145bc455f1 ◴[15 Sep 25 16:17 UTC] No.45251521[source]▶
Where do i get a MSM8916 board for commercial usage at low volumes(1k)?
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dolmen ◴[15 Sep 25 17:03 UTC] No.45252189[source]▶
What about disassembling 1k dongles?
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tonyhart7 ◴[15 Sep 25 17:54 UTC] No.45252839[source]▶
"What about disassembling 1k dongles?"

deadass this literally what they do in china, they just disassemble e-waste that don't get used and resell that oversees

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1. SpicyUme ◴[15 Sep 25 22:01 UTC] No.45255498[source]▶
A relative bought several products from Chinese company for a small product development. When he found the most suited device he asked if they'd sell without the enclosure, and maybe 1-2 other boards. They told him at 1000 pcs the best option was to buy them and toss the enclosure.