> > *Hi!* > > *I think you are missing the point:* > > *BeagleCore is not about having a BeagleBone Black Clone for double the > price - it's about using all the software/experience of the BBB community > and integrate them in a "professional" (non-Cape-like) device with a custom > form-factor. It is not targeted at "makers", "cape-stackers" or > "click-board-users", but people who want to transfer their (maybe > cape-based/-originated) design into a ready-to-be-sold product. *
I think the counter point however is that 10's of these types of products have already been in existence. Sold by "known quantity" companies. For 2-3 years now. On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Robert Budde <[email protected]> wrote: > Am Sonntag, 5. Juli 2015 00:49:28 UTC+2 schrieb Bruce Boyes: >> >> 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. ... >> 2. ... <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. ... >> 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. >> >> Hi! > > I think you are missing the point: > > BeagleCore is not about having a BeagleBone Black Clone for double the > price - it's about using all the software/experience of the BBB community > and integrate them in a "professional" (non-Cape-like) device with a custom > form-factor. It is not targeted at "makers", "cape-stackers" or > "click-board-users", but people who want to transfer their (maybe > cape-based/-originated) design into a ready-to-be-sold product. Therefore I > also regard the baseboard to be of little use, as, as they claim it, the > BeagleCore is 100% compatible. Therefore, for my side, I will directly head > towards a custom baseboard and see if I get lucky. In line with this is the > soldering technique, which is, btw. the same as the PhyTec PhyCORE AM335X. > PhyTec just calls it "DSC", although you can use their DSC footprint to use > some (insanely expensive) board-to-board connectors. > > Therefore, I think their approach is well thought and I clearly see the > rationale behind the concept. Although I am not sure if they get enough > people to initial buy it to maintain a long term supply. > > Best regards > Robert > > > > > -- > 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.
