In my case I don't need the MMC because I need all the pin for the LCD7 &
UART4 & UART1.

About the PRU, I don't neeed either. Thx for the tips.


Micka,


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 4:45 PM, José Luis Redrejo <jredr...@gmail.com>wrote:

> 2014-03-17 16:35 GMT+01:00 Charles Steinkuehler <char...@steinkuehler.net
> >:
> > On 3/17/2014 10:01 AM, Gerald Coley wrote:
> >> This is a great point. I am not sure if we want to drop the PRU support,
> >> but that is definitely an option I suppose. For those doing your
> >> own products and do not need PRU it is a definite option to consider.
> There
> >> is no difference in the board design to support this version of the
> >> processor.
> >
> > If you drop the PRU, the BeagleBoard becomes close to useless for motion
> > control, breaking LinuxCNC I'm working on, as well as the software being
> > done by Elias (for Replicape) and Bas (for the BeBoPr).
> >
> > The PRU is the single largest differentiating factor of the BeagleBone
> > over the assorted other ARM boards available.
>
> Well, it's clear that it depends on your final application. For me, as
> an example, that factor is the embedded MMC, because we don't need the
> SD card, which is a very common error source. I don't need PRU at all
> but I want the MMC. I also don't care about the video output because
> I'm using at as remote data logger.
>
> > Well, that and the fact
> > that most of the other boards running Linux support full HD video output
> > and have working GPU acceleration, while the AM3359 has "modest" video
> > output capability.
> >
> > I _really_ hope you keep the PRUs!
> >
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> > Charles Steinkuehler
> > char...@steinkuehler.net
> >
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