On Wednesday 06 February 2013 08:58:45 Charles Steinkuehler did opine:
Message additions Copyright Wednesday 06 February 2013 by Gene Heskett

> On 2/6/2013 1:27 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 February 2013 02:26:59 Gregory Perry did opine:
> > Message additions Copyright Wednesday 06 February 2013 by Gene
> > Heskett
> > 
> >> There are two (2) 200MHz RISC cores that constitute the PRUSS
> >> subsystem on the BeagleBone.  Each can address eight (8) pins on
> >> the expansion headers, for a total of 16 pins.
> > 
> > Insufficient.  Nice thought while it lasted though.
> 
> Those are just the PRU I/O pins, which can be used for high-speed
> signals (ie: step/dir).  The BeagleBone has 44 I/O on P8, and another
> 32 on P9 (those numbers include the PRU I/O pins).  And 7 of those I/O
> can be analog inputs.
> 
> There are a *LOT* of I/O on the BeagleBone vs. a parallel port.

Thats much better.  I just hope that we aren't setting up a fork, with each 
version diverging until we are no longer capable of keeping a leg in both 
canoes.

Now, is anyone working on a 'breakout' board?

Cheers, Gene
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