Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-20 Thread Kumar Abhishek
I'm interested to see what price point can be offered for a BeagleBone Black spin with - (i) 1 Gigabit Ethernet Port (ii) 1 GB RAM with the above two is good, and if possible, (iii) All 16 bits of PRU0 [ pr1_pru0_pru_r31[16:0] signals ] broken out on the headers or as an extra header.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
just to compare: 512M chip is ~7usd, 1GB chips is ~22usd. Think of the extra value you get for the extra 512M 2015-08-19 18:34 GMT+03:00 William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com: *t'd be great to get feedback from the people on the list if they'd* * pay for the extra $$ for 1GB if the 512MB stopped

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread William Hermans
*I would like to see the price difference. It would be nice to have a cheaper board and perhaps a premium board for some things. The upgrade from 2GB to 4GB on the board doesn't do anything for me since my OS is much larger than that, but yet only the more expensive 4GB boards are

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread William Hermans
SO without the hdmi it sounds like price would be close to a wash. On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com wrote: just to compare: 512M chip is ~7usd, 1GB chips is ~22usd. Think of the extra value you get for the extra 512M 2015-08-19 18:34 GMT+03:00 William

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread William Hermans
*t'd be great to get feedback from the people on the list if they'd* * pay for the extra $$ for 1GB if the 512MB stopped being available* * (ie., Rev D vs. BeagleBone Black Gig). Supposedly the Sancloud folks* * were going to make a 1-Gbyte-RAM + 1-Gbit-Ethernet version per* *

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
The Green is cheaper and it will be the main reason to sell them a lot. HDMI? Who needs it? 2015-08-19 18:47 GMT+03:00 Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com: I'm almost sure that 90% of users will be happy staying at 512M without paying extra 15 dollars for questionable advantage of 1GB. I even

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread William Hermans
Jason, funny, I though the BB Green had the hdmi framer removed ? Or am I thinking of another board ? Anyway, we'd have to have a price, and adding price on top of cost wont be helpful I can tell you that. So again, whats the problem the problem with making both ? There is no retooling required

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread William Hermans
*I'm almost sure that 90% of users will be happy staying at 512M without paying extra 15 dollars for questionable advantage of 1GB. I even doubt the majority of hobbyists need 512M. If you don't use Xorg then tons of console applications are happy with 256M of RAM* I think that honestly the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Philip Polstra
I would like to see the price difference. It would be nice to have a cheaper board and perhaps a premium board for some things. The upgrade from 2GB to 4GB on the board doesn't do anything for me since my OS is much larger than that, but yet only the more expensive 4GB boards are available.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Jason Kridner
William, That sounds like some fuzzy math to me. I don't think a BOM increase of $15 is a wash with removing the HDMI---and I didn't think removing the HDMI was even an option to consider for the BeagleBone Black itself. I do, however, feel Maxim's numbers are for fairly low-volume purchases and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Jason Kridner
It'd be great to get feedback from the people on the list if they'd pay for the extra $$ for 1GB if the 512MB stopped being available (ie., Rev D vs. BeagleBone Black Gig). Supposedly the Sancloud folks were going to make a 1-Gbyte-RAM + 1-Gbit-Ethernet version per

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
I'm almost sure that 90% of users will be happy staying at 512M without paying extra 15 dollars for questionable advantage of 1GB. I even doubt the majority of hobbyists need 512M. If you don't use Xorg then tons of console applications are happy with 256M of RAM 2015-08-19 18:40 GMT+03:00 Philip

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-19 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
Jason, I just list low-volume prices from Avnet, available without a project registration. Pretty sure you have a better deal with Micron :) 2015-08-19 18:51 GMT+03:00 Jason Kridner jason.krid...@hangerhead.com: William, That sounds like some fuzzy math to me. I don't think a BOM increase of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-18 Thread William Hermans
*Green is the Seed Studio $39 special.* *It will cost more. If Jason approves the cost increase we can make it happen on a Rev D board.* *X15 with 4GB would be nice. Try $40 more! I just want to see the 2G working first.* Jeeze, they must be using gold silicon ;) Ah beaglebone green. So

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-18 Thread Gerald Coley
Green is the Seed Studio $39 special. It will cost more. If Jason approves the cost increase we can make it happen on a Rev D board. X15 with 4GB would be nice. Try $40 more! I just want to see the 2G working first. Gerald On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:48 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-18 Thread William Hermans
By the way Gerald, I'd love to benchmark that board against an core i3 . . . but I'd expect the X15 will stomp all over one . . . On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:38 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: *Green is the Seed Studio $39 special.* *It will cost more. If Jason approves the cost

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-18 Thread William Hermans
1GB ram would be awesome on the BBB. So whats this green initiative ? Because an X15 with 4GB ram would be very welcome too . . . I mean if you're paying ~$200 already, whats another 10-20 bux ? On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Well, I am not saying

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, I am not saying it is or it sin't. Words mean different things to different people and if LOGO we an acronym, it could mean anything! Gerald On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:21 PM, rh_ richard_hubb...@lavabit.com wrote: On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:58:34 -0500 Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org

Re: [beagleboard] Re: RAM 1GB option

2015-08-16 Thread Gerald Coley
A board without the beagleboard.org LOGO or BeagleBone Black LOGO on it. In other words, one built by someone from the open source information and using their own assembly shop and their own testing process. Gerald On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:39 AM, rh_ richard_hubb...@lavabit.com wrote: On