I would also like to point out that every time I look into another platform by anyone other than beagleboard.org. The software community seems to be severely lacking by comparison.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:09 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *The X15 is providing way more power and options than I need and the Black >> edition has too little memory for my needs (it would be to run an Ethereum >> node on Debian, comfortably).* >> > > The Wanderboard may be what you're after. If I remember right, it has > options up to 4 cores, and 2GB RAM. Also if I remember right, is priced on > the high end at ~$140. It has SATA, but only 10/100 fast ethernet ( no GbE > networking ). > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:59 PM, Brice Buronfosse <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Interesting to read all of your replies. I have heard about BeagleBone >> for a while but never researched it much, until yesterday as I am looking >> for an open source hardware platform for ethical reasons. I now think >> BeagleBone is an awesome project and community. >> >> I now also understand how the BeagleBone pricing is fair. So I guess let >> me rephrase what I have said: I wish there would be something between the >> X15 and the Black edition, something akin to the Odroid C2 or XU4 in term >> of processing power and memory. The X15 is providing way more power and >> options than I need and the Black edition has too little memory for my >> needs (it would be to run an Ethereum node on Debian, comfortably). >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 3:50:49 AM UTC+1, john3909 wrote: >>> >>> Yep, I agree with William. It looks like this is a direct competitor to >>> the Raspberry Pi 2, providing similar I/O capabilities. From what I can >>> see, this processor is targeted at the TV set top box. I was surprised to >>> see the performance of the board is just 2x that of the RasPi2. Considering >>> this is a 2GHz Quad 64Bit core, I would have expected the performance to be >>> at least 8x. Another disappointment is the USB2.0 ports and not USB3.0 >>> ports. From what I recall, the CortexA53 is designed for low power, not >>> high performance like the CortexA57. >>> >>> Anyway, the x15 is way more versatile, given SATA, PCIe, USB3.0, Dual >>> DSP, Dual CortexM4, Quad PRU, etc. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 27, 2016, at 2:59 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> *I really want to wait for the X15 but the price seems so crazy high >>>> compared to the upcoming Odroid C2 >>>> (http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=18683 >>>> <http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=18683>)...* >>> >>> >>> The two mentioned platforms are not even remotely comparable. The X15 is >>> a true embedded platform, where the ODROID pretends to be an embedded >>> platform 40 pins + 7 . . . whatever that is supposed to mean. >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Brice Buronfosse <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I really want to wait for the X15 but the price seems so crazy high >>>> compared to the upcoming Odroid C2 ( >>>> http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=18683)... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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.
