Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 5/9/2016 11:31 AM, Jason Kridner wrote: > Octavo Systems announced today they have released their OSD3358, the guts > of a BeagleBone Black including processor, RAM, power management and 140 > passives in a single chip package (system-in-package or SIP). > >

Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread Jason Kridner
The SIP brings out all of the AM3358 pins except for the DDR3 signals. On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:53 PM William Hermans wrote: > *They have a 1GB version.* >> > > Then, I'd really have no complaint. Hopefully these are priced reasonably > ? Maybe we can get these people to keep

Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread William Hermans
> > *They have a 1GB version.* > Then, I'd really have no complaint. Hopefully these are priced reasonably ? Maybe we can get these people to keep us updated on the list here ? I'd love to work on a project using one of these. One thing I'm unclear on however. I think the AM335x on the BBB is

Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread Jason Kridner
They have a 1GB version. On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:07 PM William Hermans wrote: > +100 > > If I had a complaint, I'd complain "why only 512M ram ?" But this is truly > an awesome thing. I'm not an EE, but I know that layout for DDR memory is > no joke. So having that all on

Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread William Hermans
+100 If I had a complaint, I'd complain "why only 512M ram ?" But this is truly an awesome thing. I'm not an EE, but I know that layout for DDR memory is no joke. So having that all on one chip, plus everything else surely helps. On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Jason Kridner

Re: [beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread John Syne
Hi Jason, This is simply amazing. This removes all the high tech from the PCB design so almost anyone can build their own boards and also reduces significantly the board cost. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Regards, John > On May 9, 2016, at 9:31 AM, Jason Kridner

[beagleboard] Beagle on a chip - Octavo Systems releases OSD3358

2016-05-09 Thread Jason Kridner
Octavo Systems announced today they have released their OSD3358, the guts of a BeagleBone Black including processor, RAM, power management and 140 passives in a single chip package (system-in-package or SIP).