Dale Grover wrote: > If the BeagleBoard port works out, we could then look at other, > cheaper, ARM9 boards. The BeagleBoard has all kinds of stuff we > don't need (e.g., video, including 2 or 3D acceleration), and leaves > out ethernet, plus may be subsidized (and might have some > availability issues). Yes, but the alternatives are as, or even MORE, expensive, even though they have less. I now know how to make a $9 Chinese USB-Ethernet dongle work, it probably will work with all newer kernels without fooling around. The Gumstix earth is basically the OMAP3530 chip with the POP memory on a board, for $150! No peripherals at all, you have to add all that at extra cost. > If we can get to a more generic ARM9 board, I > think we'll have a really excellent solution going forward for EMC, > with even more of the benefits Jon lists below. (There are even some > fairly cheap--$100/qty 10--boards with ARM9 and a small FPGA, along > with ethernet, memory card, etc.) However, the BeagleBoard is > popular, has lots of on-board resources, and so may be just the right > environment in which to get the ARM9 project going. > Certainly at this level, with 2 Beagles dedicated to the project, it just doesn't matter. Yes, I hope over time the cost can come down, and exactly what we need can be implemented on one board. But, I don't want to get involved in putting BGAs on boards in my shop, so I can't build it here.
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