The GbE variant seems like it would be fairly useful, except that it only has one GbE port ( really need two to be useful ). Unless all you need is a USB2.0 to GbE bridge . . .
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Jesse Cobra <jesseco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unless the volume pricing is really cheap, I just don't get it... > On Jun 17, 2014 11:10 PM, "Maxim Podbereznyy" <lisar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So from the article "The BlueSteel-Basic is available for pre-order now >> at $55" and the full version is $55 at Digikey. What's the point? :) >> Moreover does removing a couple of chips make this board industrial >> friendly? >> >> "The IT version offers an industrial temperature range of -40 to 100°C" - >> who wrote this bullshit? There aren't any ICs at the market that can accept >> such temperature :) >> >> This COM is a BBB clone and really tested and qualified for industrial >> applications! >> http://www.mentorel.com/product/usomiq-am335x/ >> >> >> >> 2014-06-18 9:19 GMT+04:00 William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>: >> >>> From what I could gather from the article, these are embest ./ element14 >>> boards. Kind of hard to read through as one part of the article seems like >>> it's implying one thing, where in another it seems to go another direction. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:16 PM, John Syn <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> From: William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> >>>> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 9:17 PM >>>> To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard SBC Goes OEM, COM Version Coming >>>> >>>> Funny how these articles always seem to report stuff that's either >>>> incorrect or not entirely accurate. >>>> >>>> I think the overlying information given by the site is nice to know ( >>>> such as new hardware being released ), but their actual write-ups are >>>> nothing more than FUD. The article you linked to had several points of >>>> misinformation, such as the BBB's processor speed ( but somehow they >>>> managed to get it right in the table of board differences ). >>>> >>>> Anyway, the board sound interesting, but personally I think they went >>>> the wrong direction in removing the eMMC. and am pretty sure it can be >>>> disabled via device tree overlays if additional IO's are needed ( which >>>> really wont give you many back anyway.).HDMI on the other hand, I'd never >>>> miss. >>>> >>>> Looks like the same board as the BBB with the eMMC and HDMI chips not >>>> populated. I’m sure Gerald & circuitco have analyzed the market requirement >>>> and this is what the market wants. If you have the numbers, I’m sure they >>>> will manufacture a batch with the eMMC populated or you could always add it >>>> yourself. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Don't even get me started with "Angstrom is prefered by most / more >>>> professional developers . . ." Because that is plain B.S. Also the >>>> statement "Moving to the more user friendly Debian >>>> . . ." Is fairly hilarious. Mainly because many long time users of >>>> other distro's seem to have a hard time grasping the concepts of a more >>>> traditional Linux distro like Debian. For the record though this statement >>>> is accurate as Debian actually has real / proper documentation. Where >>>> Angstrom falls flat on its face >>>> >>>> I could go on, and on, but the fact is that "real professionals" are >>>> going to use what makes the most sense for their project. If they want >>>> small, Angstrom is probably the last thing in their minds. QNX, or Busybox >>>> on a microkernel come to mind far ahead of anything else. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, John Syn <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/777154-beaglebone-sbc-goes-oem-com-version-coming >>>>> >>>>> Interesting how we are the last to know about this! >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maximpodbereznyy >> Company - http://www.linkedin.com/company/mentorel >> Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mentorel.company >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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