I have been looking into mediatek, and your tip about via was a good one. It seems to be the best answer to my question in terms of what exists now.
However I’m unable to find anything available for retail consumers, they seem to mainly target industrial markets for embedded applications.
But it’s very close. Part of me wonders if there is a niche market for this in Canada if one could develop this into a product for sale.
This is a challenge when there seems to be a dearth of products fit the criteria!
However it seems like sipearl is working on exactly what I’m looking for — an arm processor made in Europe — and I’m eagerly looking forward to it.
For what it’s worth I’m active in my local riding and don’t plan to stop pestering them about these sorts of things.
Thank you this has given me some very useful leads.
I’m not going to demand that everyone share my preferences, but yes I’m trying to avoid supporting US companies as much as possible.
Which in the context of my question this means I’m looking for the parts which are often made in the same facilities as US companies but do not send any money to their firms.
Because of federation the lock-in is much lower and we could move to a new instance due to a rogue admin.
I find writing to be a good outlet for my passion.
Have you considered writing up guides on how others can take similar steps, based on what you’ve done and what you’ve learned along the way?
I’ve been an avid Unifi fan for years, but for my “prosumer” uses I’ll probably be moving to TP-Link unless I find a better alternative for network gear.
I don’t love supporting China for a variety of serious reasons, but for me… not threatening to conquer my country gives them a big step up from America despite those reasons.