Sounds good to me! Gerald
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Dave Loomis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You can sum it all up into this; The problem is completely solved by > using a battery and having acpid installed. Except you need a way to > completely disconnect power, from the BBB's input, for a single, or perhaps > two corner cases that would otherwise require a hard reset. > > I love the no-nonsense mentality, and quality design behind this approach > for most use cases. But, for some high-reliability use cases like mine -- > a device permanently installed in a remote, client wall — batteries aren’t > a great fit. > > For long-term accessibility: Battery maintenance, even after > years of initial functionality, is extremely inconvenient or impossible. > For insurance reasons: The potential liability of > installing LiPo, which is known to have potential fire issues, into a > client’s wall. > For shipping reasons: The added hassle of international > shipping of LiPo-based systems. > > > All these fancy high cost solutions are honestly ridiculous, and if you > can just use an OTS UPS . . . > > Hardware cost is relative. The “high” cost (<$100) of a system > design is nothing, if it will potentially save me things like panicked > client calls, last-minute international plane tickets and high-pressure > field repairs. Those just aren’t fun. Obviously every project out there > isn’t heading to a NASA rover, but in some lines of work this kind of > service is expected when a high-end, mission-critical system goes down. In > the end, if I do my job right, the price is just passed on to the client > who is willing to pay a premium for a high reliability, maintenance-free > product. > > I’d like to be able to deploy those systems based on the BBB, because I > know it, find the platform highly versatile, and a good match for the > variety of projects I take on. I think the PRUs especially make this a > very unique little SoC. > > Best, > ST > > > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/8A4F134B-E937-4958-8A25-E8BEDB02E6FC%40lumieria.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Gerald [email protected] http://beagleboard.org/ [email protected] -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAHK_S%2Bf%3Dk5zSYuJ95pf03BFrVxC5%3Dqm0YUguSZ%2B2_y1mwiSDkQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
