Re: [beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-20 Thread Tom Davies
Incidentally, while it doesn't address your connection reliability concerns, this Kickstarter project might interest you: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/532391021/motherbonetmpionetm?ref=discovery On Friday, 18 April 2014 12:23:29 UTC+10, BBQTrader wrote: Thanks Tom! On Wed, Apr 16,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-20 Thread BBQTrader .
Tom - thanks for remembering me! That's an interesting board. Will take a deeper look at it. BBQ On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Tom Davies tgdav...@gmail.com wrote: Incidentally, while it doesn't address your connection reliability concerns, this Kickstarter project might interest you:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-17 Thread BBQTrader .
Thanks Tom! On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Tom Davies tgdav...@gmail.com wrote: BBQ -- depending on your volume, you could desolder the headers, or get a quote from CircuitCo for a run of BBBs without the headers installed, then use male headers on your board soldered to the header holes

[beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:28:54 UTC+10, BBQTrader wrote: Gerald, I'm working on a Home Automation/Security System project, and am developing it for the BBB. I expect it to sit in a box for a long time, connected to the network, and connected to various sensors. I would like to have

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-16 Thread BBQTrader .
Tom, I appreciate your thoughts on this, but the header connection, which is required for a cape, in my opinion, is a poor long-term connection (stressing long-term here). I'm saying this with years of experience as an electronic technician. Thus the desire for a card that goes directly to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-16 Thread Gerald Coley
Capes are a key feature that we offer on this board. Much like what you see in PCs with the concept of plug in boards. If you have ever tried to remove a cape, you will know that these connections are indeed solid and reliable. I do not see an upside to removing that feature at this time. If you

[beagleboard] Re: Implementation Board?

2014-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
BBQ -- depending on your volume, you could desolder the headers, or get a quote from CircuitCo for a run of BBBs without the headers installed, then use male headers on your board soldered to the header holes on the BBB. Perhaps there would be other people interested in that -- if the fixed