That depends what one wants to do John. Such a board with additional hardware could be made to do the same job as any embedded system.
So, what if you need just a few embedded peripherals, but need an incredibly solid M.E.A.N. stack ? Mongo is currently not fully functional on armhf ABI's. So in this context it makes perfect sense. I can probably also dream up other situations as well if i cared to. Cost wise, it may not make sense, and efficiency wise it also may not make sense. But these are factors that not everyone cares about. On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:10 PM, John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m not sure how you make this comparison. You are comparing a processor > to a SOC (System on Chip). The AM5728 has direct access to GPIO, SPI, I2C, > PCIe, USB3, UART, etc. The Pentium does not have direct access to these, > but access PCI, USB3, UART via North/South bridge. No direct access to any > of the other peripherals supported by the AM5728. In addition, the AM5728 > supports Dual CortexM4, Dual DSP and Quad PRU. Comparing these boards makes > no sense. They are used for completely different markets. > > Regards, > John > > > > > On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Graham <gra...@flex-radio.com> wrote: > > Intel NUC. > Your choice of Celeron, Pentium, i3, i5 or i7. (uses laptop processors) > 4 inches by 4 inches circuit board. > You can get a quad core 2.4 GHz Pentium (including a case) for less than > the X-15. > Go to Amazon.com <http://amazon.com>, search for "Intel NUC NUC5PPYH" > (The X-15 now seems to be up to $259 USD at Mouser, with deliveries > starting this month.) > The NUC still needs plug-in DRAM, a laptop disk drive, and an OS. > Works fine with Linux. > If you want to run a bunch of GPIO, you will have to go out through FTDI > USB to I2C or SPI, then use expander IC's. > > --- Graham > > == > > On Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 10:47:31 AM UTC-6, sarev_...@yahoo.co.uk > wrote: >> >> Are there any other boards out there with a comparable spec to the X15? >> I'd like to see what else is available, especially with this kind of >> chipset and performance. >> > > -- > 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
