Unless the volume pricing is really cheap, I just don't get it... On Jun 17, 2014 11:10 PM, "Maxim Podbereznyy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So from the article "The BlueSteel-Basic is available for pre-order now at > $55" and the full version is $55 at Digikey. What's the point? :) > Moreover does removing a couple of chips make this board industrial > friendly? > > "The IT version offers an industrial temperature range of -40 to 100°C" - > who wrote this bullshit? There aren't any ICs at the market that can accept > such temperature :) > > This COM is a BBB clone and really tested and qualified for industrial > applications! > http://www.mentorel.com/product/usomiq-am335x/ > > > > 2014-06-18 9:19 GMT+04:00 William Hermans <[email protected]>: > >> From what I could gather from the article, these are embest ./ element14 >> boards. Kind of hard to read through as one part of the article seems like >> it's implying one thing, where in another it seems to go another direction. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:16 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> From: William Hermans <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 9:17 PM >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard SBC Goes OEM, COM Version Coming >>> >>> Funny how these articles always seem to report stuff that's either >>> incorrect or not entirely accurate. >>> >>> I think the overlying information given by the site is nice to know ( >>> such as new hardware being released ), but their actual write-ups are >>> nothing more than FUD. The article you linked to had several points of >>> misinformation, such as the BBB's processor speed ( but somehow they >>> managed to get it right in the table of board differences ). >>> >>> Anyway, the board sound interesting, but personally I think they went >>> the wrong direction in removing the eMMC. and am pretty sure it can be >>> disabled via device tree overlays if additional IO's are needed ( which >>> really wont give you many back anyway.).HDMI on the other hand, I'd never >>> miss. >>> >>> Looks like the same board as the BBB with the eMMC and HDMI chips not >>> populated. I’m sure Gerald & circuitco have analyzed the market requirement >>> and this is what the market wants. If you have the numbers, I’m sure they >>> will manufacture a batch with the eMMC populated or you could always add it >>> yourself. >>> >>> >>> >>> Don't even get me started with "Angstrom is prefered by most / more >>> professional developers . . ." Because that is plain B.S. Also the >>> statement "Moving to the more user friendly Debian >>> . . ." Is fairly hilarious. Mainly because many long time users of >>> other distro's seem to have a hard time grasping the concepts of a more >>> traditional Linux distro like Debian. For the record though this statement >>> is accurate as Debian actually has real / proper documentation. Where >>> Angstrom falls flat on its face >>> >>> I could go on, and on, but the fact is that "real professionals" are >>> going to use what makes the most sense for their project. If they want >>> small, Angstrom is probably the last thing in their minds. QNX, or Busybox >>> on a microkernel come to mind far ahead of anything else. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/777154-beaglebone-sbc-goes-oem-com-version-coming >>>> >>>> Interesting how we are the last to know about this! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> > > > > -- > LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maximpodbereznyy > Company - http://www.linkedin.com/company/mentorel > Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mentorel.company > > -- > 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. 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