First impression of an Embest 'BeagleBone Black' from Farnell:
- The board I got is using the same PCB rev. B6, as the rev B BeagleBone
Black.
- It does not have the CE (like), FCC and Beagleboard.org logos, but an
Embest / Element14 marking instead.
- The PCB overall finish (milling, solder mask) looks at least as good
as that of the original BeagleBone.
- On this board the unused solder pads are not covered with tin. This
makes the board easily recognizable by the golden pads (e.g. on the JTAG
connector).
Closer inspection shows that the TH soldering hole fill ratio and
wetting is much lower than on the original BeagleBone. For an IPC class
1 board this may still be acceptable, but how far it will cause
connectors to tear off more easily is to be seen, time will tell. My
board shows some nasty (tooling?) scratches near the HDMI connector and
there's a blob of solder underneath the connector. Maybe they're using
PIP for soldering the HDMI connector. Furthermore the Embest board does
not seem to have the epoxy around the micro USB connector. Circuitco
still deems this necessary, otherwise they wouldn't include this rather
expensive processing step.
Comparing the boot log of the Embest board with that of an original BBB
shows no differences. Both boards seem to contain the same software
(bootloader & Angstrom).
So at first sight, the Embest board seems an exact and good replacement
for the current rev B BeagleBone Black and it's available for immediate
shipment. How much the TH connector solder quality will affect board
failure rate remains to be seen though.
-- Bas
On 7-4-2014 16:54, Bas Laarhoven wrote:
You'll probably know, but the Farnell website says "Manufacturer:
Element14".
I've ordered one to check for the truth in the horror stories ;-)
-- Bas
On 7-4-2014 16:02, Gerald Coley wrote:
Actually, it is an Embest branded version.
Gerald
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Satz Klauer
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That's great - thanks!
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Bas Laarhoven <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> They've started selling the 'Element14' branded version instead:
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