Although every board has an appropriate niche, the problem with the X15 from the PoV of BBB users is that its niche is not the BBB's niche.
While the X15 is certainly interesting, it's not going to help those BBB users who would like a little more power at a little more cost within the BBB form factor. X15 comes in at a much higher price point, and this puts it out of contention for many small IoT tasks where the BBB's cost is seen as reasonable. BBB has become very popular and a lot of people would like to see the line extended with an upgraded processor, as you know since it's been a regular suggestion here. I'm sure you would fill this product space if you could, but I suppose TI's "$5 AM335x" launch many moons ago was a one-off. Pity. Morgaine. On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot bigger than the BBG, more expensive than the BBG, no support for the > expansion connectors on the BBG and most likely, a different color. > > A lot smaller than the X15, less expensive than the X15, no support for > the expansion connectors on the X15, and most likely a plaid color. > > > Gerald. > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:17 AM, 'Morgaine' via BeagleBoard < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Jason writes: >> *> If someone contributed an open design, that might help push the idea >> along. Not sure how much cheaper it could be than X15. * >> >> How would the costs look if you took the BBG board design (or a BBB minus >> its graphics components), ripped out the AM3358 and its PMIC, and designed >> in an AM5718 and its PMIC instead? >> >> I suspect such a barebones redesign would satisfy a lot of BBB users who >> would like to see a simple and least-cost upgrade to the very successful >> BeagleBone line. >> >> Morgaine. >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Gerald > > [email protected] > http://beagleboard.org/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
