We have talked about it but I don't think going to a AM3354 processor will save us anything at all. It would lower the quantity on the AM3358, causing the price to possibly go up on it. Not toemnetion th confusion it would undoubtedly cause among the users.
We are working on a plan and hopefully finalizing it by the end of the week, Gerald On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Bas Laarhoven <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]>wrote: > >> 2014-03-17 16:35 GMT+01:00 Charles Steinkuehler <[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! >> > >> > -- >> > Charles Steinkuehler >> > [email protected] >> > >> > -- >> > 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/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
