yyrkoon 250 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 So for those of you who do not know what the BB X15 *is* . . . http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15, and man, is it a beast. Quad PRU cores, quad IPU M4's, and dual C66x DSPs @ 700Mhz, just to name the more interesting modules. The main processor is a dual core A15 @ 1.5Ghz, the GPU duties are handled by dual core SGX544, which also has IVA encode / decode through IPU2, which is dedicated to IVA processing. Meaning IPU2 can not be used as a general purpose IPU. But considering each IPU subsystem has dual M4 cores . . . this is not so much of a problem. Not to mention SATA, USB3, dual GbE, and PCIe . . . I was thinking this board could be a single board solution to power conversion / monitoring, but even if logging that data locally, displaying it locally. I'm wondering if that would even come close to saturating the onboard peripherals . . . heh. data sheet, and TRM available on TI's site for the Sitara AM572X processors right now. pine and bluehash 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Just got an email about the X15. Holy moly.. this thing is packed! Here is the TMDXEVM5728 eval kit, includes the BeagleBoard-X15. Make says the cost of the BeagleBoard-X15 could be anywhere between $199 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 The link that @@yyrkoon posted says $239 Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 @@bluehash @@Fred I *think* the price is still up in the air. I know the official page says $239, but I'm thinking that beagleboard.org may be considering if that price is too high. Because of boards like this: https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-tk1, and this : https://www.96boards.org/products/ce/dragonboard410c/ The dragon board really is not in the same class, but the nvidia board is close, although it is still not know to me how many exposed gpio's and peripherals are exposed to the outside world. Neither have on die "co-processors" though that I am aware of. Then PRU is something specific to TI, at least for now. bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubnet 238 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 More on the Nvidia I/O at the Wiki found on elinux.org: The following signals are available through the 125-pin 2mm-pitch expansion port: Camera ports: 2 fast CSI-2 MIPI camera ports (one 4-lane and one 1-lane) LCD port: LVDS and eDP Display Panel Touchscreen ports: Touch SPI 1 x 4-lane + 1 x 1-lane CSI-2 UART HSIC I2C: 3 ports GPIO: 7 x GPIO pins (1.8V). Camera CSI pins can also be used for extra GPIO if you don't use both cameras Lots more info at: http://elinux.org/Jetson_TK1 yyrkoon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I think for a "desktop" type system, or perhaps an ARM build system. The nvidia board looks more attractive. But for real embedded applications, the BB x15 wins hands down out of anything I've seen. Of course though, the board is surely overkill for many a project - heh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 More on the Nvidia I/O at the Wiki found on elinux.org: The following signals are available through the 125-pin 2mm-pitch expansion port: Camera ports: 2 fast CSI-2 MIPI camera ports (one 4-lane and one 1-lane) LCD port: LVDS and eDP Display Panel Touchscreen ports: Touch SPI 1 x 4-lane + 1 x 1-lane CSI-2 UART HSIC I2C: 3 ports GPIO: 7 x GPIO pins (1.8V). Camera CSI pins can also be used for extra GPIO if you don't use both cameras Lots more info at: http://elinux.org/Jetson_TK1 Lots of info indeed. I looked through a few of the projects, and howto's etc. This board seems much different as to how one would setup Linux - Than I am used to. Although a working BusyBox with CUDA is kind of an odd / cool thing, hah ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpharris2 2 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Is it just me, or is this priced out of 'hobbyville'? David spirilis 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Is ~$200 too much to spend on woodworking as a hobby ? What about Cars ? No . . . I do not think ~$200 is too much to spend on any hobby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubnet 238 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 First thing that came to my mind was golf. I understand that can be a pretty expensive hobby, as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lgbeno 189 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 This chip is crazy loaded with processors! Kinda cool Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 This chip is crazy loaded with processors! Kinda cool Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I agree, but to be honest I think that 90% of embedded projects could use something else in it's stead. That does not mean I do not want one though . . . heh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lgbeno 189 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Yeah its obviously designed for high end motor drives, PLCs, robots, things like that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yyrkoon 250 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Yeah its obviously designed for high end motor drives, PLCs, robots, things like that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Well I can see very clearly using this for power conversion, and monitoring. By power conversion, I mean something like that which is reserved for the C2xxx type processors. So I do not know who knows what about DC-DC power conversion. I am not an expert either. However with that said, I can say that DC-DC power conversion, at least the type I'm personally interested in, takes place at 400Khz +. Some of the newer technologies / topologies - at least to me. Operate at 1Msps monitoring / 400Khz + switching. Anyway, like I said, I'm no expert, but it's kind of a pass time of mine - When I've got nothing else going on . . . and I probably know enough to be dangerous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spirilis 1,265 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Yeah this board is probably a robot geek's best friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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