On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 10:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:27:57 AM UTC-4, Tsvetan wrote: >> >> our AM3352-SOM prototypes were assembled today >> >> http://olimex.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/am3352-som-module-with-1ghz-sitara-cortex-a8-soc-prototypes-are-ready/ >> we test them now and they boot Debian hf for BeagleBoneBlack successfully >> > > This is very interesting ... I'm thinking about building a board based on > the AM335x. Right now I'm building capes with the additional RF modules I > need, it works well enough, but I'd rather have a single, custom board > (hopefully cheaper and requires less assembly!). However, there's a big > difference between designing and producing a simple, low component count > cape and a complete SOC based linux system such as yours (or the BBB/RPi > etc). > > Do you (or anyone else!) have any thoughts or insight about the process of > building a custom board such as this? You mention the cost as being €26 > ea. in quantities of 1K, can you share any numbers on design costs (or was > that in house) and setup costs for a run. Your board seems quite close > both in features (aside from my RF modules) and price to what I'm looking > to build. > We are currently in the middle of a project where Circuitco is making custom modifications to a beaglebone black. I thought their per hour rates were reasonable. They are also going to manufacture the board in quantity, and the price was very similar to that of a "retail" beaglebone. I imagine that they could extend the footprint of the BBB to include your RF module quite easily. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
