Firstly you can just run the U96 headless with a console image and ignore the mali gpu with Arms crappy non opensource driver support until mesa lima wayland support matures into being production ready.
Secondly you have to compare this unique bargain in the right direction (not with a BB AI / rRPI4 or the like), but with something that has the same chip like this: https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/zcu104.html --- On Monday, 30 September 2019 23:47:03 UTC+2, justin White wrote: > > I want to like the ultra96 but for the price......I dunno. > > Not that it's bad, it's just the DE10-Nano fits the mksocfpga idea I had > in mind better. The whole Idea was to keep the graphics and everything off > the cpu running HAL and hal as close as possible to the FPGA. I do like the > framebuffer of the DE10 as it can serve as an all in one HMI, but where > performance matters I like the thought of a remote mk-cnc <=> mk-hal setup. > You'd be better off with this board (other than the form factor) either > way, but for $250 I dunno. > > > On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 11:34:03 AM UTC-4, Michael Brown wrote: >> >> >> On Monday, 30 September 2019 03:19:06 UTC+2, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> What about the ultracheap ZYNQ boards coming from China like this one: >>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000042572307.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.ffa06f58V00L7M&algo_pvid=1673d04d-c50f-4962-9448-92686905272a&algo_expid=1673d04d-c50f-4962-9448-92686905272a-0&btsid=24d1b06e-03fd-466c-a7b1-dd52368fa2ad&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_53 >>> >>> < >>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000042572307.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.ffa06f58V00L7M&algo_pvid=1673d04d-c50f-4962-9448-92686905272a&algo_expid=1673d04d-c50f-4962-9448-92686905272a-0&btsid=24d1b06e-03fd-466c-a7b1-dd52368fa2ad&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_53> >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Specifications are low, but the price is very interesting. And for >>> Machinekit-HAL it could be enough. >>> >>> Cern. >>> >>> >>> Yes the price is alluring and that's about the only thing for what seems >> like a "cat in the box" board. >> Personally I would not go for a board without at least a template project >> (and/or a board definition file) and a viewable/readable schematic, >> downloadable up front. >> I these things some how are missing or faulty upon delivery or the board >> has (hidden)design flaws/issues, >> you are better off throwing your cheap money out of the window and >> spending your time on something else.... >> >> Michael B. >> > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" 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/machinekit/32f70b4c-0790-4080-93ee-d82f43580615%40googlegroups.com.
