Hi
Are you able to share the high level design of the board. How do you deal with the heat issue Cheers frank On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 1:47:39 AM UTC+11 acheesehead wrote: > We have designed a board based upon the Octavo Systems cSIP, which is a > step beyond the SIP. They added eMMC, EEPROM and a MEMS oscillator. Many > layout issues go away using their solution. I have worked extensively with > the Octavo folks. Very nice people. What I understand is that the company > was founded by ex-TI people. They provide free design review services that > uncovered problems with our design. They say they will manage obsolescence > of the components inside of the cSIP. > > On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 6:18:24 AM UTC-7 hel...@deepsoft.com > wrote: > >> At Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:07:26 -0800 (PST) beagl...@googlegroups.com wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > Thank you Robert! >> > >> > I forgot to mention that I'm looking at the BBW, but I think your >> answer >> > refers to this one as well. >> > What about the availability between both solutions? My intended >> development >> > should be for industry, where they expect very very long product >> > availability. Would a SIP be better over single components, or does >> Octavio >> > face the same problems when any part gets end of life status? >> >> I don't really know. You'll have to talk to the people at TI about that. >> >> > >> > Is the image really completely the same? No diff config in uboot or >> > somewhere else? Not easy to compare, because the pinout for both ICs is >> > different. >> >> The stock Beagle image works without mods on either. I don't know if >> there is >> a difference in the boot loader or if the uboot srcript in the chip >> EEPPROM is >> different. If there is, there is suitable firmware included on the image. >> >> > >> > >> > hel...@deepsoft.com schrieb am Dienstag, 26. Januar 2021 um 13:54:41 >> UTC+1: >> > >> > > At Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:15:36 -0800 (PST) beagl...@googlegroups.com >> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Hello everybody, >> > > > >> > > > I'm searching the right hardware for an embedded project. One of >> the >> > > Beagle >> > > > variants is likely to be the right base to start with. Some point I >> > > > couldn't figure out: >> > > > >> > > > Why are some boards using the TI AM335x like BBB and others use the >> same >> > > > core, but wrapped in a Octavio SIP. I know that it already contains >> a >> > > bunch >> > > > of components board designers place next to the AM335x. But what >> are the >> > > > main reasons to choose one or the other? Price? Design complexity? >> Is it >> > > > fully software compatible on image level? >> > > > >> > > >> > > The PocketBeagle uses the Octavio SIP and the Debian images for the >> BBB >> > > work >> > > just fine on the PocketBeagle, with no compatiblity issues. I think >> the >> > > Octavio SIP allows for a more compact board because all of the >> support >> > > components are incorporated into a single package. This makes for a >> > > smaller >> > > (and cheaper) PCB. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 <(413)%20658-7953> >> <(413)%20658-7953> GV: 978-633-5364 <(978)%20633-5364> >> > > <(978)%20633-5364> >> > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >> > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >> > > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> -- >> Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 <(413)%20658-7953> GV: 978-633-5364 >> <(978)%20633-5364> >> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >> hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >> >> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/59eceac5-b502-4269-b159-79f25ae676e6n%40googlegroups.com.
