The board is loosely based upon the Red board. Added a second Ethernet. The Red is a good starting point. I have a Red that we used to evaluate. I also have a Blue. Not a bad board, but uses funky connectors. I do not know of a dev board based upon the cSIP.
On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7:38:24 AM UTC-7 acheesehead wrote: > Sorry. Can't share our design. Proprietary. No thermal issues as of yet, > but we are not running intensive software. I do plan on inspecting using a > thermal camera in real time sometime soon. > > On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 3:56:29 PM UTC-7 frank....@me.com wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Are you able to share the high level design of the board. How do you deal >> with the heat issue >> >> Cheers >> >> frank >> >> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 1:47:39 AM UTC+11 acheesehead wrote: >> >>> We have designed a board based upon the Octavo Systems cSIP, which is a >>> step beyond the SIP. They added eMMC, EEPROM and a MEMS oscillator. Many >>> layout issues go away using their solution. I have worked extensively with >>> the Octavo folks. Very nice people. What I understand is that the company >>> was founded by ex-TI people. They provide free design review services that >>> uncovered problems with our design. They say they will manage obsolescence >>> of the components inside of the cSIP. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 6:18:24 AM UTC-7 hel...@deepsoft.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> At Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:07:26 -0800 (PST) beagl...@googlegroups.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Thank you Robert! >>>> > >>>> > I forgot to mention that I'm looking at the BBW, but I think your >>>> answer >>>> > refers to this one as well. >>>> > What about the availability between both solutions? My intended >>>> development >>>> > should be for industry, where they expect very very long product >>>> > availability. Would a SIP be better over single components, or does >>>> Octavio >>>> > face the same problems when any part gets end of life status? >>>> >>>> I don't really know. You'll have to talk to the people at TI about >>>> that. >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Is the image really completely the same? No diff config in uboot or >>>> > somewhere else? Not easy to compare, because the pinout for both ICs >>>> is >>>> > different. >>>> >>>> The stock Beagle image works without mods on either. I don't know if >>>> there is >>>> a difference in the boot loader or if the uboot srcript in the chip >>>> EEPPROM is >>>> different. If there is, there is suitable firmware included on the >>>> image. >>>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > hel...@deepsoft.com schrieb am Dienstag, 26. Januar 2021 um 13:54:41 >>>> UTC+1: >>>> > >>>> > > At Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:15:36 -0800 (PST) beagl...@googlegroups.com >>>> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Hello everybody, >>>> > > > >>>> > > > I'm searching the right hardware for an embedded project. One of >>>> the >>>> > > Beagle >>>> > > > variants is likely to be the right base to start with. Some point >>>> I >>>> > > > couldn't figure out: >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Why are some boards using the TI AM335x like BBB and others use >>>> the same >>>> > > > core, but wrapped in a Octavio SIP. I know that it already >>>> contains a >>>> > > bunch >>>> > > > of components board designers place next to the AM335x. But what >>>> are the >>>> > > > main reasons to choose one or the other? Price? Design >>>> complexity? Is it >>>> > > > fully software compatible on image level? >>>> > > > >>>> > > >>>> > > The PocketBeagle uses the Octavio SIP and the Debian images for the >>>> BBB >>>> > > work >>>> > > just fine on the PocketBeagle, with no compatiblity issues. I think >>>> the >>>> > > Octavio SIP allows for a more compact board because all of the >>>> support >>>> > > components are incorporated into a single package. This makes for a >>>> > > smaller >>>> > > (and cheaper) PCB. >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 <(413)%20658-7953> >>>> <(413)%20658-7953> GV: 978-633-5364 <(978)%20633-5364> >>>> > > <(978)%20633-5364> >>>> > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >>>> > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >>>> > > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 <(413)%20658-7953> GV: 978-633-5364 >>>> <(978)%20633-5364> >>>> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >>>> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >>>> hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >>>> >>>> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/b0cfc14e-52bf-4f8b-a8bc-6c095626f934n%40googlegroups.com.
