Gerald,
Have you considered offering a 'full' version (at a 'much' higher price,
with double eMMC
and AM3358/9) and a downgraded version with a cheaper (PRUSS-less)
processor?
If this assembly option can be done with the same PCB it might solve
both cost and
capacity problems without creating a too big logistical nightmare.
-- Bas
On 17-3-2014 16:47, Gerald Coley wrote:
Now this version would be less expensive to build for sure.
Gerald
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:45 AM, José Luis Redrejo
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
2014-03-17 16:35 GMT+01:00 Charles Steinkuehler
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> On 3/17/2014 10:01 AM, Gerald Coley wrote:
>> This is a great point. I am not sure if we want to drop the PRU
support,
>> but that is definitely an option I suppose. For those doing your
>> own products and do not need PRU it is a definite option to
consider. There
>> is no difference in the board design to support this version of the
>> processor.
>
> If you drop the PRU, the BeagleBoard becomes close to useless
for motion
> control, breaking LinuxCNC I'm working on, as well as the
software being
> done by Elias (for Replicape) and Bas (for the BeBoPr).
>
> The PRU is the single largest differentiating factor of the
BeagleBone
> over the assorted other ARM boards available.
Well, it's clear that it depends on your final application. For me, as
an example, that factor is the embedded MMC, because we don't need the
SD card, which is a very common error source. I don't need PRU at all
but I want the MMC. I also don't care about the video output because
I'm using at as remote data logger.
> Well, that and the fact
> that most of the other boards running Linux support full HD
video output
> and have working GPU acceleration, while the AM3359 has "modest"
video
> output capability.
>
> I _really_ hope you keep the PRUs!
>
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>
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