Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
If you only want ARM cores, then this will be the least expensive: http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G143452239825 Don’t count on the same level of support because they don’t have a Robert

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
John, also if you want to get nick picky, anyone can say that *any* dual core board, plus any number of embedded dev board with various "required" specs is a comparable system. But the way I took the question, is that the OP wants an ARM system, with 2GB RAM, USB 3.0 GbE ethernet, and SATA. to

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
Outside of TI processor boards, there is nothing that compares. Because TI is the only company that has processor ondie PRU's. But some do have IPU's from what I understand. Anyway, the OP gave no constraints as what is indicated as "comparable specs". And since the question was asked in the

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
The OP question was "Are there any other boards out there with a comparable spec to the X15” Regards, John > On Feb 21, 2016, at 5:26 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > Who cares ? I never heard the OP make any such constraints. Also as for DSPs, > PRU, and the like. You

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
Who cares ? I never heard the OP make any such constraints. Also as for DSPs, PRU, and the like. You can do similar to adding external processors / boards. This wont work 100% of the time, but it will work for 99.9% of the situations out there. Very rarely does a dedicated embedded processor have

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
These processors only have ARM cores and GPU. No DSP, no CortexM4, no PRU. Not even close. Regards, John > On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:04 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > By the way. nVidia has the Jetson K1 and T1 boards . . . they are nVidias > own brand of ARM of course,

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
Yeah, but then you cannot benefit from the thousands of driver available in the Linux Kernel. Regards, John > On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Graham Haddock wrote: > > So, tell me again what the market is for a $250 "embedded" processor card. > > I understand that TI is

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread Graham Haddock
So, tell me again what the market is for a $250 "embedded" processor card. I understand that TI is using it for an eval board for the AM572x. OK, I get that. And they add an LCD and double the price. (?!?) A pair of DSPs brings a lot of crunch power to the party. OK, cool. RF transceivers,

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
By the way. nVidia has the Jetson K1 and T1 boards . . . they are nVidias own brand of ARM of course, and as such have much better / faster graphics. These run around $220 last I looked. On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:01 PM, William Hermans wrote: > *You are talking about a

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
> > *You are talking about a computer which doesn't interface directly to > buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc* > Have you ever used a true bare metal board ? Something that only has an MCU for the boards main processor ? Such as PIC32, Cortex M0/0+, M3, M4, or an MSP430 ? It would not be hard

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
I’m not saying the NUC isn’t a great deal, but it is targeting a different market to the x15. You are talking about a computer which doesn't interface directly to buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc. Connecting these buses via USB is a real headache. You cannot use a Linux driver for devices

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread William Hermans
That depends what one wants to do John. Such a board with additional hardware could be made to do the same job as any embedded system. So, what if you need just a few embedded peripherals, but need an incredibly solid M.E.A.N. stack ? Mongo is currently not fully functional on armhf ABI's. So in

Re: [beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread John Syne
I’m not sure how you make this comparison. You are comparing a processor to a SOC (System on Chip). The AM5728 has direct access to GPIO, SPI, I2C, PCIe, USB3, UART, etc. The Pentium does not have direct access to these, but access PCI, USB3, UART via North/South bridge. No direct access to any

[beagleboard] Anything similar

2016-02-21 Thread sarev_of_aona
Are there any other boards out there with a comparable spec to the X15? I'd like to see what else is available, especially with this kind of chipset and performance. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the