Well, their video is first-rate. I'm a little confused by the product idea. I like the idea of a small module... but with the baseboard added, so it is equivalent to a BBB, the price is $110, 2X the price of a BBB. The two must be soldered together, so you don't gain a pluggable/replaceable module. What is the benefit in that? I also wonder
1. How can they promise availability for 7+ years unless they have a promise from TI to make the AM335x and other parts for that long? How can they promise this new company will be in business for 7+ years? 2. On the Beaglecore site FAQ they claim: *For genuine embedded industrial applications the existing BeagleBoard hardware is not suitable due to several reasons. Currently professional embedded computer-on-module applications use 100% defined and well engineered standards from PICMG (such as COM Express) or SGET (such as Qseven and SMARC). *How is their LGA module somehow compliant with these standards? Is their baseboard? How is my (required) custom baseboard any more compliant? I also question that these standards are really important to a lot of applications: if they are, go buy a COM Express board for way more than BBB: http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/articles/view/101717 3. On the Beaglecore website it says the core must be carefully soldered to the baseboard: *It also means that the soldering has to be executed by a professional EMS company or by an experienced soldering technician. This package is called Land Grid Array (LGA)* 4. The magic software BeagleSuite promises a lot: *Now you can create your own IoT project without programming! With BeagleSuite™ the Internet of Things is just a few clicks away. **Attach any sensor to your BeagleCore™ powered board or simply use a BeagleBone Black, fire up BeagleSuite™ in your favourite webbrowser and with a few clicks you can set up your own dashboard, ruleset and actions according to your needs. *Really? Without any programming? Attach "any sensor"? How does that work? It is web based meaning it runs somewhere on someone's server... the part of the project promised to be open source is the hardware only, not the BS software. Yes, you can program it as you would a BBB and not use the BS, I'm just sayin'... 5. If just the core module is $51 (the bulk pack of 50 is USD$2569) and I can't do anything with it without a baseboard, how does this give me more freedom vs the BBB for $55 and I add shields if I need them? 6. Today I can get the mikroBUS cape http://beagleboard.org/project/mikrobus for only $9 (I should get some, just learned about this now) and then plug on a wide array of 'click' boards which are all around $20, alledgedly with C code available for all. I have not tried these nor am I in any way associated with MikroElektronika, I'm just pointing out an available (today) solution. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade. As engineers we are trained to look at things objectively and analyze the technical merits, that's all. Just my thinking out loud. -- 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.
