JohnSwenson wrote: 
> The analog hardware parts themselves are not that expensive, so the
> overhead cost of doing a run costs more than the price of the
> components, the upshot is that two runs, some without analog hardware,
> would cost more per board than just one larger run with all the parts.
> 
It's just something to think about. I have no idea which chip you're
using, or what analog circuitry (I/V, etc.) or digital circuitry is
going to be necessary for said chip.

JohnSwenson wrote: 
> 
> I'm not quite sure about all the other interfaces. If you just want a
> computer with all those interfaces there are lots imx6 devel boards with
> tons of interfaces available, you can just buy one of those right now. 
> 
> Or is what you are asking is our board but have a large massive pin
> header with all the pins on the module brought out to pin headers? That
> would take some pretty big headers, it would make the board a lot
> larger. I'm not sure it's a good thing to do. It would start looking
> like a PC104 board.
> 
> I'm planning on having a few GPIOs available on a connector on the
> board, but if you go more than that you then have to decide which of the
> MANY interfaces do you want to bring out?
> 
The RPI has plenty of interfaces, and it's not very big. I'm not talking
about all that much.
It's easy to imagine people might want to use a LCD screen. (LVDS)
It's easy to imagine someone might want this to be a touch screen.
(UART? not sure which interface these typically use)
It's easy to imagine people might want to connect the device to their
TV/monitor. (HDMI)
Many IC's use I2C and SPI
People might also want to add a few hardware buttons, cheap 20x2 LCD
panel, volume controls, and the likes.


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