JohnSwenson wrote: > I have been looking into what processor to use, IF the BeagleBone tests > go well I would like to keep it with the TI processor line I have been > looking at, they have really good support systems behind it, much better > than many of the other manufacturers, which will make getting a board > out much quicker. In particular they have spent a lot of effort > optimizing their ball layout to make it easier to layout these large > BGAs, which makes my task much easier to do than if we used another > company's competing products. > > If things turn out I have a dilema, which processor to use, the AM3358 > or the AM3874. The AM3358 is $20 cheaper, has a much smaller package > which is easier to route. Mostly because it does not have a display > subsystem so there are much fewer pins. It also hassome limitations on > what memory chips it can take. The max speed is 720MHz. > > The AM3874 has a max speed of 1GHz, has a full blown display subsystem > with HDMI, VGA, component video etc all built in to the chip. It's > memory interface is more flexible so it can support the larger single > chip memories. This is the chip I was thinking of using for Gen2. > > So what do we use for Gen1? The max memory in one chip you can use for > the 3358 is 256MB, but you can get up to 512GB with the 3874 but it > costs $20 more to do that. > > I looked carefully at the 3874 pinout and found that TI has done a > really good job making it easy to route, so that part is not as bad as I > thought originaly. > > I'm leaning on just going with the 3874 for Gen1 so it is the same as > Gen2, just not the display subsystem etc. Just doing that increases the > cost by about $35, so we are now up to $205, if we go with the 512MB > that adds another $25 or so, so we are now up to $230, $60 more than I > originally predicted. > > What do you all think? > > John S.
I also agree that it makes sense to stick with the same processor. Since this is GEN1, I think we should go for less RAM at the decreased expense as we have to also add the costs for the wireless module. This would bring the grand total to $235 for a unit all in (no case included). Please correct me if I am wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dustinsterk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19649 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
