Dear Maxim,
Thank you very much for your offer. Of course your company may donate those
products to us. I will contact you then.
Thanks a lot to everyone.


2014-04-13 11:17 GMT+02:00 Maxim Podbereznyy <[email protected]>:

> 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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