The OP question was "Are there any other boards out there with a comparable spec to the X15”
Regards, John > On Feb 21, 2016, at 5:26 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Who cares ? I never heard the OP make any such constraints. Also as for DSPs, > PRU, and the like. You can do similar to adding external processors / boards. > This wont work 100% of the time, but it will work for 99.9% of the situations > out there. > > Very rarely does a dedicated embedded processor have to communicate directly > with a host processor because of performance constraints. But I can think of > at least one situation. Out of thousands . . . > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 6:19 PM, John Syne <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > These processors only have ARM cores and GPU. No DSP, no CortexM4, no PRU. > Not even close. > > Regards, > John > > > > >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:04 PM, William Hermans <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> 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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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] >>>> <mailto:[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] >>>> <http://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 >>>> <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] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> <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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> <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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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. 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