On Sunday 23 November 2014 20:24:26 Ralph Stirling wrote: > It is very likely that your friends were showing you a BeagleBone > or BeagleBoneBlack sbc, which uses a TI processor, running some > version of Linux. The ARM processors used on these inexpensive > boards are very good for low-power, low-cost applications, but still > lag behind the performance possible with the larger x86 or amd64 > motherboards. Reliability of fanless, solid-state disk computers > should be excellent, regardless of whether they use ARM or traditional > processors. > > -- Ralph It really depends on your application. If you want to control a 10.000$ CNC mill then the price of the fan-less computer is comparable low and you are probably better with such a system.
For a small 500-1000$ CNC machine a SoC might be better because of the price and size of device. Regards Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
