err, sorry did not mean to say system on a chip, meant to say a tiny SBC. As in something a good bit smaller than the BBB
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:02 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Didn't one user of the community make / build an SoC based on the BBB - > Last year ? Something with a DIMM like interface, > and minimal pin-outs. For like ~$35 ? > > Anyway I'm having a hard time understanding how one could *try* and > compare a $9 garbage board that has a fraction of the > intrinsic value of the X15. Dual core A15 ( at 1.5Ghz ? ), multi PRUs / > DSPs, 2GB ddr, PCIe, and SATA. With a boat load of > other IO. > > It's not that I would / could not find value in a $9 garbage board. It's > that feature wise the two do not even belong in the same solar > system - figuratively speaking. Passed that, I know I am not alone in the > world in understanding that while something may be > inexpensive cash wise, you usually end up paying for that mistake through > hard work trying to make such a thing work. > > So in the context of being bitten once too many times - I guess I am dead. > As I'd rather work with something that is "proven" How does > that saying go ? Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat > it ? Works for me . . . > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> @Morgaine >> >> Yes I can certainly crank out 25 or 30 more versions of the BBB with all >> sort of combinations. If you drop HDMI you will save $3. Yes, that's >> right $3. So we go from $55 to $52. >> >> As long as someone agrees to buy 25,000 of each it would make sense to >> do. Otherwise, the price goes up because we are building smaller quantities. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Not sure on the single core board. Depends on how my therapy sessions go >>> on recovering from this one. >>> >>> It would be possible to provide the same amount of memory, but it just >>> 32b one bus instead of two. >>> DSPs are half. >>> I believe the PRUs are the same. >>> PCIe is only one lane instead of two. >>> >>> Original plan was for a different a PMIC, but I don't know if I have the >>> guts to go through that again or not. >>> >>> Gerald. >>> >>> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:01 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> it will have* -> No idea where "hald" came from. >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:00 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gerald, >>>>> >>>>> So you mentioned a less expensive board with a single core processor. >>>>> Is this the only difference, or do you think there will be other >>>>> differences too ? Mostly I'm just wondering if that board would have the >>>>> same amount of ddr, which I'm hoping it will. >>>>> >>>>> Can we also assume since that processor will be single core it would >>>>> have hald the PRU's, and DSPs ? Or no ? >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Elena ``of Valhalla'' < >>>>> elena.valha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2015-05-29 at 12:15:02 -0700, rh_ wrote: >>>>>> > On Thu, 28 May 2015 20:25:58 -0400 >>>>>> > Chris Morgan <chmor...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > I've read about that board as well. Their kickstarter FAQ doesn't >>>>>> > > indicate anything about being a loss leader, but claims that they >>>>>> are >>>>>> > >>>>>> > It's a loss leader, maybe they just don't know it yet. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if it's still a loss leader when you count the higher than >>>>>> average postage rates >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Elena ``of Valhalla'' >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gerald >>> >>> ger...@beagleboard.org >>> http://beagleboard.org/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> ger...@beagleboard.org >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> >> -- >> 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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