Yes but... you have to make a few 100 thousand at least to bring the production costs down. And that requires a sizable investment. That won't happen for a LinuxCNC port.
So you have to have the marketing infrastructure to sell it to more than just the LinuxCNC community. John > -----Original Message----- > From: bari [mailto:bari00...@gmail.com] > Sent: June-13-19 9:33 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Processor > > https://beagleboard.org/ai > > ~$100 > > And once again, no open 3d accel drivers. Come on TI, use mali or > Vivante or open the drivers. The world will not end (sky fall, pigs fly, > etc) if you do. > > Depending on my profit motives I can make a board now for less using a > $6 4-8 core ARM SOC with mali gpu (Allwinner, Rockchip) and a few > STM32's for stepping or a <$25 FPGA. > > -Bari > > On 6/13/19 11:15 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > We've been discussing various kinds of modules to make a dedicated > LinuxCNC processor. This may just be it. > > https://beagleboard.org/blog/2019-05-16-beaglebone-ai-preview > > > > https://beagleboard.org/ai > > > > With 4 PRUs to deal with the hardware the biggest issue might be access to > enough pins to do everything one needs. > > > > John > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
