One of these? http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Sitara_ARM_MPU_SOM/SBC


On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:11 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>>
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