> On 26 Feb 2020, at 01:34, justin White <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Its amazing that mksocfpga doesn't get more interest/support, I dont think
> people realize how powerful the idea is.
Do you mean the reconfigurability? If not, the Mesa FPGA is around already for
a long time, and it is great that the FPGA runs on such a small platform too.
The reason I think it is not used very much is that for real use, in a
production/manufacturing environment, there is no hardware that one can “just
buy and works”.
If I want to use this in a customer project, from an integrator point of view,
my concerns are about longtime availability of the hardware. I do not want to
buy components, solder etc. I just want to open the box, attach wires to
terminals and configure the machine.
If something breaks or need to make another machine then I want to order the
_exact_ same hardware, use the same code/version of the original and it should
just work.
This holds for BBB’s too btw. For customers I only use pc’s with the Mesa
cards. There are other considerations than just the cost price of the board.
Development time, hardware availability and support far outweigh the cost of
the board.
Just my 2 ct.
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