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The Open Source software/hardware corner => General info => Topic started by: boB on July 27, 2013, 11:47:38 PM

Title: BeagleBoard
Post by: boB on July 27, 2013, 11:47:38 PM
Don't forget this board, too !

http://beagleboard.org/

It uses a TI Arm chip that you can actually get full documentation for !

Try that with the Broadcom chip that is on the rPi !  It's proprietary.

I tend to use products that I can get full information on.

I ~think~ it can do about anything a rPi can do.  Not 100% sure yet.

boB


Their bullet points...

What is BeagleBone Black?

BeagleBone Black is a $45 MSRP community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on development in less than 5 minutes with just a single USB cable.
Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8

    512MB DDR3 RAM
    2GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
    3D graphics accelerator
    NEON floating-point accelerator
    2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers

Connectivity:

    USB client for power & communications
    USB host
    Ethernet
    HDMI
    2x 46 pin headers

Software Compatibility:

    Ã...ngström Linux
    Android
    Ubuntu
    Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
    plus much more
Title: Re: BeagleBoard
Post by: Westbranch on July 28, 2013, 02:00:39 AM
pretty LOW power.... 5V 1amp (max) Li battery
Title: Re: BeagleBoard
Post by: phonetic on July 29, 2013, 09:41:49 PM
Yeah I agree with Raspberry-Pi limitations, vendors source only from UK & the use of propriety firmware and closed binaries in its chipset
but it has seem to have critical mass in the marketplace.

Im waiting for the new Arduino DUE using ARM cortex chipset..to get some traction ?
Title: Re: BeagleBoard
Post by: boB on July 30, 2013, 02:02:54 AM
Quote from: phonetic on July 29, 2013, 09:41:49 PM
Yeah I agree with Raspberry-Pi limitations, vendors source only from UK & the use of propriety firmware and closed binaries in its chipset
but it has seem to have critical mass in the marketplace.

Im waiting for the new Arduino DUE using ARM cortex chipset..to get some traction ?

I won't use it if it uses an Atmel ARM chip.

Maybe another companies' ARM chip though.
boB