What about taking one step further back and integrating the TI AM3358 into your product? I have doubts this solves the problem either however. I think you can’t buy the processor and PMIC and LDO and DDR3 for less than this $25.00 price tag.
Its always a scaling issue. The small developer cannot afford the gamble that his product will be successful enough to justify the outlay of the volume needed to get the initial price low. From: beagleboard@googlegroups.com <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Daniel Kulp Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2021 7:07 PM To: BeagleBoard <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] TI AM335x vs. Octavio OSD3358 On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 9:47:08 AM UTC-5 richard wrote: I'm prototyping on a pocketbeagle, but how to scale up for production or ~1000 units is unclear. I can buy pocketbeagle retail for $25, but the Octavia SIP lists on Digikey at $36 and I have to but 500 parts to get that price . So it seems like integrating a pocketbeagle into my product would be easier and more cost effective. The only bit I don't know is how to solder down a pocketbeagle onto a larger board with automation, any ideas I ended up with the same conclusion of just using the PocketBeagle. My "capes" have the male pinheaders on them and we solder female headers on the underside of the PB. https://kulplights.com/product/k8-pb/ https://kulplights.com/product/k40d-pb/ https://kulplights.com/product/pocketscroller/ https://kulplights.com/product/k4-pb/ They all use the same "PocketBeagle with headers". -- 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/2c1a570e-34e8-47db-86ba-33828017a2f4n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/2c1a570e-34e8-47db-86ba-33828017a2f4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/SN6PR14MB2302B953E2EDDA45004A35CDC2B79%40SN6PR14MB2302.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
