By the way. nVidia  has the Jetson K1 and T1 boards . . . they are nVidias
own brand of ARM of course, and as such have much better / faster graphics.
These run around $220 last I looked.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:01 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:

> *You are talking about a computer which doesn't interface directly to
>> buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc*
>>
>
> Have you ever used a true bare metal board ? Something that only has an
> MCU for the boards main processor ? Such as PIC32, Cortex M0/0+, M3, M4, or
> an MSP430 ?
>
> It would not be hard to combine one, or multiples of these types of
> embedded devboards to even a regular PC. USB also does not have the  be the
> medium of communication either. Communication could be done over ethernet,
> wifi, bluetooth, *or* USB and remain practical.
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:47 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I’m not saying the NUC isn’t a great deal, but it is targeting a
>> different market to the x15. You are talking about a computer which doesn't
>> interface directly to buses like I2C, SPI, GPIO, I2S, etc. Connecting these
>> buses via USB is a real headache. You cannot use a Linux driver for devices
>> connected to these buses. You have to write your own user space drivers.
>> The only solution I know of that compares to the x15 is the Qualcomm
>> Snapdragon Evaluation board, which has CortexA15, GPU, DSP and direct
>> access to peripherals. Problem is, this board is over $1,000.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 2:31 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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, [email protected]
>>> 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.
>>>>
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