Also, we're talking 10 years down the road here. Whose to say what will happen by then. Take a look at the MSP430 line of MCUs for example. I do not know the exact history of the MCU line, but it became popular, and it is still with us . . . refreshes have been made, changes / variations have been made. Now we have many different classes of MSP430 MCUs for different use cases.
Lately TI even "extended" the MSP430 line by mixing in the M4F processor . For "high end applications". Is it truly an MSP430 though ? Here, I think the more important question should be: "Does it even matter ?" On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:30 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *That's a real problem if the interface doesn't stay compatible in the >> future. When I look at Arduino, capes are compatible with previous >> versions. Same goes with the Raspberry Pi. Version 1 to version 2 adds >> features, but generally keeps compatibility between them. With the >> Beagle's, each version has had a radically different form factor and >> support. White's started with an extra header, removed for the blacks, >> breaking some capes.* >> > > But we're not talking about an Arduino, or an rPI. We're talking about: > > a) a beagleBOARD class of system > b) Then trying to compare it to the beagleBONE class of system. > > They're not the same. Also, if cape compatibility is the true motivation > for this discussion. See this as an opportunity, not a hindrance. > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> BeagleBone Black needed to be cheap. something had to go. Rest of the >> expansion signals are the same and those signals are still there on the >> board.. >> >> I disagree that the changes were radical. I fact, we lowered the cost and >> added features. >> >> If we change to another processor, the pin muxing changes. To comply with >> your desire to keep them all the same, you have just made my case. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Walter Schilling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> That's a real problem if the interface doesn't stay compatible in the >>> future. When I look at Arduino, capes are compatible with previous >>> versions. Same goes with the Raspberry Pi. Version 1 to version 2 adds >>> features, but generally keeps compatibility between them. With the >>> Beagle's, each version has had a radically different form factor and >>> support. White's started with an extra header, removed for the blacks, >>> breaking some capes. >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 9:30:37 AM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 10:14:20 AM UTC-4, Gerald wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> If I knew that, I would have mentioned that. I would say maybe late >>>> >> September. We hope to have a few beta boards in about 6 weeks. Jason >>>> is >>>> >> handling who gets those boards. Right now, we are going back into >>>> layout to >>>> >> fix yet another TI "feature". >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > Will the cape interface stay the same? >>>> >>>> Nope, and don't mention stuff like that, we don't want to give Gerald >>>> a heart attack.. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Nelson >>>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> [email protected] >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> http://circuitco.com/support/ >> >> -- >> 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.
