You don't have to make nearly as many boards as that. Here's a good example: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A64/A64-OLinuXino/open-source-hardware
They don't make more than K's of them and they make a profit. In fact I could give them the schematics and PCB files and they would make them for a few $$ over cost. On 6/13/19 11:59 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users