Thank you for the calrifications :) I'll get one soon then. By the way my name is Mehdi not "Medhi" :D
Have a nice day :) Le lundi 23 juin 2014 07:46:57 UTC+1, Old Dog a écrit : > > Medhi, > > I recently purchased a BBB Rev C from Element14 and it works fine. Only > difference I can see so far is that the white card that comes with it > references www.element14.com/element14_BBB instead of > http://circuitco.com/support/BeagleBoneBlack which now actually redirects > to > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack. I have used > Newark/Element14 before and had no problems. > > On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:36:31 AM UTC-4, Mehdi Yedes wrote: >> >> Hello everyone :) >> In fact I've been looking for a Beaglebone Black but apparently it's not >> available yet.. I just wanted to ask about the Embest (Element14) clone. Is >> it safe to use? I mean are there major differences when it comes to the >> quality of hardware? Because I really need to buy one and I wanted to make >> sure because it's so expensive for us here in Tunisia. >> Thank you in advance >> >> Le lundi 14 avril 2014 00:07:00 UTC+1, Jason Kridner a écrit : >>> >>> Just about to post this to http://beagleboard.org/blog, but it >>> wouldn't hurt to get a bit of community feedback before pushing this >>> out there.... >>> >>> Dude, where's my BeagleBone Black? I hear that question a LOT. No, we >>> weren't sleeping, but sometimes it takes a minute for a plan to come >>> together. And don't you love it when a plan comes together? >>> >>> Your BeagleBone Black is on the way and below are the whys and hows. >>> >>> Buying a BeagleBone Black back around October last year was easy---and >>> then suddenly they were gone. Having a big launch and then slowing >>> down to a more steady pace of production is what is normally expected. >>> Demand was strong, but distributors were showing a small amount of >>> stock and people were getting their boards on demand. Based on the >>> status, distributors had requested CircuitCo (the Richardson, Texas >>> based manufacturer of all official BeagleBoard.org boards) to provide >>> boards at a certain pace, and production dropped from about 6,000 a >>> week at launch to around 3,000 a week. >>> >>> Then came Radio Shack, filling their stores with Make's Getting >>> Started with BeagleBone kit. Then the Christmas rush. Then the Georgia >>> Tech massively open online course on control of mobile robots hosted >>> on Coursera. We had a couple of small production boosts, but haven't >>> been able to make any dent in the demand. Everyone is starting to find >>> out what BeagleBone Black can do, using it in their classes, hobbies, >>> prototypes---and products. >>> >>> When it comes to those people using a BeagleBone Black in an end >>> product, well, the BeagleBoard.org terms and conditions clearly say we >>> aren't responsible for the quality in those cases. Nevertheless, the >>> quality speaks for itself and many people are choosing to simply drop >>> them into things beyond just a few prototype units. In practice, we'll >>> never know unless you try to return a bunch of boards at once for >>> repairs. Our desire is that people using the boards in products work >>> directly with a contract manufacturer or distributor to enable boards >>> builds to be planned out in time and with terms and conditions that >>> won't hurt BeagleBoard.org's ability to supply classrooms, hobbyists >>> and professionals building prototypes. Still, if distributors show >>> stock, I expect people building products to continue to chew up some >>> of the board supply. >>> >>> While these people building products are certainly sucking up a lot of >>> boards, it is clear they aren't the only source of the high demand. >>> Some of our distribution partners, most notably Adafruit and Special >>> Computing, put quantity limits of one board per customer on their >>> orders to help keep supply going to individual makers. I took a look >>> at Adafruit's website while they were showing some sock and observed >>> board disappearing at the rate of about 2-3 PER MINUTE. One tweet from >>> me and they were sold out again. >>> >>> This all leads to the obvious conclusion: we need more capacity. To >>> accomplish this, we are taking a multiple prong approach of increasing >>> capacity at CircuitCo as well as bringing on an additional >>> manufacturer. These two prongs are summarized below. >>> >>> Prong #1 - Ramping up production at CircuitCo >>> >>> Ramping up production costs money. More test equipment is needed. >>> Orders on various parts must be accelerated. Additional staff must be >>> hired to run additional shifts. CircuitCo has been fantastic at taking >>> the risk for us, but the margins for BeagleBone Black aren't the >>> friendliest for them to take on these additional costs. At initial >>> launch, it is a benefit for them to get exposed to more customers for >>> their core business, complex circuit assembly and engineering >>> services, but shipping more of the exact same board isn't going to >>> give them a lot more exposure. >>> >>> We're really close to shifting the distribution shipped on our boards >>> from Angstrom Distribution to Debian. Feedback from different people, >>> especially Adafruit, tells us this will improve usability in the >>> largest segments of our community. Angstrom Distribution is much more >>> customizable and is very friendly to professional developers looking >>> to tweak the most out of the system, but for many novices it >>> introduces a barrier to learning. Debian is the basis for Ubuntu, >>> includes ARM Cortex-A8 support in their mainline and is very familiar >>> to a huge population of developers. It also takes a bit more space on >>> the flash storage to provide the best user experience. >>> >>> To provide the best experience of using Debian on BeagleBone Black, we >>> are connecting the switch-over to an increase in the on-board eMMC >>> flash storage from 2GB to 4GB, leaving more free room in which you can >>> work. The eMMC is faster and more reliable than micro-SD cards, so >>> this is adding a lot of value---and a little bit of cost. >>> >>> These BeagleBone Blacks with Debian and 4GB eMMC will be called Rev C >>> and they will likely cost a bit more at most distributors. This extra >>> money is helping CircuitCo pay for the additional expense of the eMMC, >>> but also to cover costs for ramping production to higher-than-ever >>> rates. >>> >>> With the additional capacity CircuitCo is bringing on, we expect to be >>> able to fill all end-user back-orders for the Rev B boards by early >>> May and shift all production to Rev C. With around 150,000 boards on >>> *distributor* back-orders, we'll be working with distributors to >>> quickly accept board shipments such that CircuitCo isn't sitting on >>> any units. >>> >>> Come mid-May, you should be able to easily get your hands on a Rev C >>> board. Some distributors are already taking back-orders for them now. >>> We'll continue to try to push as many boards as we can through >>> distributors *not* taking back-orders as well to make sure there is a >>> continuity of supply. >>> >>> Prong #2 - Enabling production of the BeagleBoard Compliant Element14 >>> BeagleBone Black >>> >>> We've launched a BeagleBoard Compliant logo program, >>> http://beagleboard.org/logo. Element14 is currently the exclusive >>> licensee of this logo program and has agreed to pay a small royalty to >>> the BeagleBoard.org Foundation as part of this license. It means that >>> we've verified they can produce quality clones of BeagleBone Black. It >>> will be up to them to maintain the quality. As with everything going >>> on around BeagleBoard.org, we'll be closely monitoring the public >>> BeagleBoard mailing list, http://beagleboard.org/discuss, for any and >>> all feedback. >>> >>> Element14 is the parent company for Embest, who has been making >>> BeagleBone Black replicas for the China market since the initial >>> launch back in April of last year, so they have some experience >>> already. This move takes them beyond just China and will keep them in >>> more lock-step with software and hardware revisions coming from >>> BeagleBoard.org. To satisfy demand, they initially offered some of the >>> Embest-branded boards in the US market, but you'll see the future >>> BealgeBoard Compliant boards will be branded as "element14 BeagleBone >>> Black". >>> >>> Element14 has a world-wide reach and a notable production capacity. >>> With all of the growing demand for BeagleBone Black, they will need >>> it. I consider this a huge win for open hardware! >>> >>> --Jason >>> >> -- 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.
