Mubin,
May my company donate you these commercial products for the kiosks?
http://www.mentorel.com/product/usomiq-am335x/
13 Апр 2014 г. 13:09 пользователь "Mübin İçyer" <[email protected]>
написал:

> We plan only 3 or 4 kiosks and there will be no video playing on the
> screeen. It will read RFID cards (maybe magnetic card or smart card) of
> some users and will ask for user passwords and then it will do some certain
> jobs. If unused it will be switched to sleep mode to reduce power
> consumption.
>
>
> 2014-04-13 10:05 GMT+02:00 liyaoshi <[email protected]>:
>
>> For video player ,RPI win
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-13 12:56 GMT+08:00 Maxim Podbereznyy <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Mubin, how many kiosks do you plan to assemble?
>>> 13 Апр 2014 г. 1:55 пользователь "Mübin İçyer" <[email protected]>
>>> написал:
>>>
>>>  Thanks for replies. I have read somewhere (
>>>> http://www.daveakerman.com/?page_id=1294) that the GPU of RPi can be
>>>> deactivated but it saves only 20mA of power, which is not a big deal. Our
>>>> system will consist of some other hardwares as well i.e. solar power
>>>> control, RFID reader, CAN bus connection, 3G or GPRS connection, LCD,
>>>> Keyboard etc. We decided to get a BBB as soon as possible :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-04-12 23:31 GMT+02:00 William Hermans <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> According to what I have read you can not disable the GPU on the rPI,
>>>>> but you can minimize how much RAM it uses ( down to around 16MB it seems )
>>>>> I would however wager if you're not using the GPU, its power signature
>>>>> would be minimal.
>>>>>
>>>>> rPI A seems to use up to around 300mA( but no onboard networking ),
>>>>> while the rPI B can use up to around 700mA.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can vouch that the BBB can run from a computers USB port, so less
>>>>> than 500mA. Running from USB, I have boot from an external USB drive, with
>>>>> ethernet enabled., while loading the CPU at 99% load  ( software test I
>>>>> wrote in C ) Minimal to no GPIO running. Aside from this however, I have
>>>>> not checked to see how much power the BBB draws. But I did run the above
>>>>> test for several hours. I meant to stress the board for the sole purpose 
>>>>> of
>>>>> determining stability. It did not crash or glitch once.
>>>>>
>>>>> From all the reading I have done the only real advantage the rPI has
>>>>> over the BBB, is a much stronger GPU. Power usage seems to be reasonably
>>>>> comparable where I'd bet the BBB has the overall advantage ( no hand on
>>>>> proof though ). Also, the rPI has the slight advantage of software 
>>>>> maturity
>>>>> . . . But personally I like where the BBB sits software wise right now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no love for the rPI personally, but I could see your project
>>>>> working on either. One thing to note however. If you're going to be 
>>>>> running
>>>>> solar to charge batteries . . .the BBB has the right peripherals and 
>>>>> enough
>>>>> of them to act as a charge controller( with proper isolation and power
>>>>> mosfets of course ) . . . with plenty to spare. Something that is rather
>>>>> trivial to implement in C.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Charles Steinkuehler <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the BBB is the better choice as well, but you'll likely want
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> measure real-world power consumption.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neither board is really designed as a mobile platform, but the Pi is
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> heart a set-top box (powered by AC), while the BeagleBone has it's
>>>>>> roots
>>>>>> in tablet-like processors and has fine-grained control over powering
>>>>>> up/down different parts of the chip, CPU speed, etc.  I'm not sure on
>>>>>> the Pi if you can disable it's probably power-hungry GPU that is
>>>>>> actually in control of the system (the ARM core is actually a
>>>>>> secondary
>>>>>> CPU, the black-box GPU runs the show).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are also likely some tweaks to be made with the BBB that will
>>>>>> reduce power consumption, specifically putting the HDMI Tx chip in a
>>>>>> power-down state.  The on-board eMMC will also probably help with
>>>>>> power
>>>>>> consumption, or at least help a bit with reliability (no uSD connector
>>>>>> to cause problems).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Finally, the BBB is actually engineered to be able to run off battery,
>>>>>> which is very similar to what you want to do, while I don't know if
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Pi has a means to work with multiple power sources.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, best of luck, and ask here if you go with the 'Bone and run
>>>>>> into
>>>>>> any problems!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/12/2014 3:05 PM, Philip Polstra wrote:
>>>>>> > BBB is a clear winner.  Lower power consumption, more I/O, easier
>>>>>> to do
>>>>>> > CAN, more reliable, more software options.
>>>>>> > On Apr 12, 2014 2:05 PM, "Mübin Icyer" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> We are a gruop of students who want to make a kiosk system with
>>>>>> embedded
>>>>>> >> linux boards. We are now in selection phase but we could not
>>>>>> decide which
>>>>>> >> one fits to our requirements. Could you please help us?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Our requirements:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>    - Minimum power consumption, since the kiosk will be powered
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> >>    solar power and battery.
>>>>>> >>    - CAN interface is a must, Rasperry Pi doesn't have such an
>>>>>> interface
>>>>>> >>    but it can be easily makeable at cost of power consumption (a
>>>>>> seperate
>>>>>> >>    converter for CAN to uart or i2c will be needed.)
>>>>>> >>    - No need for graphical outputs such as HDMI, Video out or so.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> >>    connection to the board will be over SSH.
>>>>>> >>    - The grapics and text will be displayed on an monochrome LCD or
>>>>>> >>    e-paper to reduce the power consumption.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Thanks for helps.
>>>>>> >>
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