On 09.02.17 01:20, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > but this x86 looks interesting forlinuxcnc > > the "udoo x86 ultra" tadaaa > > it came out of kickstarter > http://mouser.com/new/udoo/udoo-x86/ > https://www.slant.co/topics/1629/viewpoints/26/~single-board-computers~udoo-x86
I ordered (and paid for) one of those 5 months ago, after the original kickstarter units had shipped (AIUI). It's still not here, and the latest news (23.01.17) is: >>> Dear customer, good news for UDOO X86! The development in fact has finished successfully: the board has been validated and is now working like a charm. According to the new schedule, we're going to start shipping pre-ordered items in the first week of April, eventually in the last week of March. <<< Somewhere since September there's a thread where I suggested it to Gene when he griped about his Pi running like treacle, and Andy said he had one, though that now appears to be the older non-intel Udoo Quad, in reality. ... > but i've read this also > "Indeed, any UDOO X86 will support PCI express on M2 slot (2 lanes) from > now on." > i have no idea what that means, just that it seems to mention PCIe and > the M2 slot seems to be discussed here > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 > but it doesnt look like any PCIe that i have used > so it looks like some weird adapter lets you use PCIe cards > http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P14S-P14F.html Would this be the sort of gadget to get from M.2 to PCIe?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cable-Adapter-M-2-NGFF-SSD-to-PCI-e-Express-4X-Adapter-/112304837686?hash=item1a25e3d436:g:~iIAAOSw~AVYpMNx I could snaffle something similar here down under, and hook up the old mesa card I have here - when my Udoo X86 makes it off the production line and wends its way penguin-ward. > looks possible, but a 300$ gamble Already done that. Another $15 for an adaptor is therefore no biggie. > andyp was looking at an udoo, from messages back in 2014, > so i suspect it was an arm system, tho it was referred to as 'the udoo' > ( life was simpler then ;-) > the x86 part might allow a standard image to run on it ( i edited this > down from 'should' ) I've previously corresponded with them on that, and loaded an ubuntu image onto a flash drive in readiness for arrival of the Udoo X86. According to their videos, it should be plug & boot. (Though it tries SD card first, IIRC what I've read/seen around 4 months ago.) Have look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibj0xOj42VA Erik (Fingers crossed that there are no more gremlins in the Udoo pie.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
