Re: [beagleboard] reliability issues with Beaglebone Blacks, various failures

2018-03-15 Thread maxmike
> > I am in a similar situation - the red industrial boards undergo humidity >> tests for a week, then work for about 10 minutes before failing - according >> to the testers. > > I was wondering if in general it might be more reliable to run SD card images rather than using eMMC. We don't

Re: [beagleboard] reliability issues with Beaglebone Blacks, various failures

2016-07-14 Thread William Hermans
> > > One is an element14 board that boots ok, but reproducibly gives a > mysterious error on install from source of Python 2.7.11 (a requirement for > us, long ugly story). > This more than likely is a software issue. So, it sounds like there is some sort of software requirement, but I'd very

Re: [beagleboard] reliability issues with Beaglebone Blacks, various failures

2016-07-14 Thread John Stoner
I understand that. I'm just trying to work through the issues we're seeing, and find a way forward for us. It's a trial-and-error process. I chose the BBB initially because it's a great design that meets a lot of our needs, known and potential. To go with another design would likely involve

Re: [beagleboard] reliability issues with Beaglebone Blacks, various failures

2016-07-14 Thread Gerald Coley
At this point all I can say is that I did not design these boards for your application and therefore I cannot guarantee that it will do what you need it to do. >From what little you have said about your application, it sounds like industrial versions would be preferable. I would need to see a

[beagleboard] reliability issues with Beaglebone Blacks, various failures

2016-07-14 Thread John Stoner
In our lab we have 8-9 Beaglebone Black units. We are using them to control high intensity lights, with circuits in the 7A/9V neighborhood. The circuits are simple, using mosfets to control the high power circuits. There is water in our environment but we protect our electronics pretty well,