Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-29 Thread Andrew
2013/4/29 Kent A. Reed > How much is your time worth? If the eMMC storage is blank you'll need to > download an image file, burn it to a microSD card, plug it in, and boot > from it (the BBB Angstrom distribution automagically transfers itself to > the eMMC storage; Robert Nelson provides a scrip

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-29 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/29/2013 2:55 PM, Andrew wrote: > Hi, > Just wondering which BBB to choose: $42 or $44 > https://specialcomp.com/beaglebone/ > I have the USB cable, but is it a problem that eMMC Storage is blank > instead of Angstrom Distribution? > On the other hand, Restricted Use for Feasibility Evaluation

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-29 Thread Andrew
Hi, Just wondering which BBB to choose: $42 or $44 https://specialcomp.com/beaglebone/ I have the USB cable, but is it a problem that eMMC Storage is blank instead of Angstrom Distribution? On the other hand, Restricted Use for Feasibility Evaluation Only vs. Intended for Commercial Use - aren't th

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-27 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/22/2013 2:57 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 4/22/2013 1:07 PM, Matt Shaver wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:23:50 -0700 >> Claude Zervas wrote: >> >>> I just tried to order the new beaglebone from Newark and they've >>> already ran out of stock... shoot. >> I called & they are getting 40,000 on

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-24 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Wed, 4/24/13, Jon Elson wrote: > Yeah, this really made my ears perk up, too, with all the > talk about > failed SD cards.  If these on-board memories suffer the > same problem, > they have a BIG disaster looming!  But, if you only use > the on-board > memory for the boot directory, and ha

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-24 Thread John Murphy
co-systems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:21 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was > LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.) > > Kent A. Reed wrote: > > I wonder if the bui

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-24 Thread Ralph Stirling
oller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.) Kent A. Reed wrote: > I wonder if the built-in flash memory of the new > BeagleBone Black can have this problem too? That would be a nasty surprise

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-24 Thread Jon Elson
Kent A. Reed wrote: > I wonder if the built-in flash memory of the new > BeagleBone Black can have this problem too? That would be a nasty surprise. > Yeah, this really made my ears perk up, too, with all the talk about failed SD cards. If these on-board memories suffer the same problem, they

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/23/2013 9:35 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Jon Elson wrote: >> Ralph Stirling wrote: >> >>> One show stopper I found with the RPi was the high probability >>> of SD card corruption during power cycles (power failure without >>> full OS shutdown first). Is the BeagleBone Black immune to this >>>

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-23 Thread Jon Elson
Jon Elson wrote: > Ralph Stirling wrote: > >> One show stopper I found with the RPi was the high probability >> of SD card corruption during power cycles (power failure without >> full OS shutdown first). Is the BeagleBone Black immune to this >> problem? The quoted ten second shutdown is good

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-23 Thread Jon Elson
Ralph Stirling wrote: > One show stopper I found with the RPi was the high probability > of SD card corruption during power cycles (power failure without > full OS shutdown first). Is the BeagleBone Black immune to this > problem? The quoted ten second shutdown is good, but I'd like > to have the

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Eric Keller
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Ralph Stirling < ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote: > One show stopper I found with the RPi was the high probability > of SD card corruption during power cycles (power failure without > full OS shutdown first). Is the BeagleBone Black immune to this > problem?

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Bruce Klawiter
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Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Ralph Stirling
ack BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.) just noted the Black BeagleBoard (sequel to the original) is becoming available with a RSP of $45 main differences to original BeagleBoard: - 512MB vs 256MB main memory - on-board HDMI - no cape req

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Jon Elson
Matt Shaver wrote: > P.S. I'm hedging my Raspberry Pi bet. I still like the Pi+FPGA approach > because of the higher performance possibilities, likely ease of > Mesa product integration, and the fact that they've made over a million > RPi boards. Beagle Boards/Bones have always had those "nice if y

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/22/2013 1:07 PM, Matt Shaver wrote: > On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:23:50 -0700 > Claude Zervas wrote: > >> I just tried to order the new beaglebone from Newark and they've >> already ran out of stock... shoot. > I called & they are getting 40,000 on May 13, so I ordered one. I > should have it in t

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Matt Shaver
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:23:50 -0700 Claude Zervas wrote: > I just tried to order the new beaglebone from Newark and they've > already ran out of stock... shoot. I called & they are getting 40,000 on May 13, so I ordered one. I should have it in time for Wichita in June :) Thanks, Matt P.S. I'm

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Claude Zervas
I just tried to order the new beaglebone from Newark and they've already ran out of stock... shoot. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 4/22/2013 10:47 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > > just noted the Black BeagleBoard (sequel to the original) is becoming > available with a R

Re: [Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/22/2013 10:47 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > just noted the Black BeagleBoard (sequel to the original) is becoming > available with a RSP of $45 > > main differences to original BeagleBoard: > > - 512MB vs 256MB main memory > - on-board HDMI - no cape required > - on-board 2GB flash > - the '3

[Emc-users] "Black BeagleBoard: available at $45" (was LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.)

2013-04-22 Thread Michael Haberler
just noted the Black BeagleBoard (sequel to the original) is becoming available with a RSP of $45 main differences to original BeagleBoard: - 512MB vs 256MB main memory - on-board HDMI - no cape required - on-board 2GB flash - the '3D graphics accelerator' suggests there is hope for OpenGL-based