Hello,
I saw that Olimex were getting excited about a ST Microelectronics SoC that, at least in some forms, might be an interesting EOMA-related candidate, too:
https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/stm32mp1-nice-candidate-for-new-indu...
https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/stm32mp1-olinuxino-development-updat...
Here's the actual product site (with the now "normal" nagging about cookies, all enabled by default, and even spurious whining about my browser being "out of date"):
https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32mp1-series.html
As noted by Olimex, there's a variant (STM32MP157) with a "3D GPU". According to the datasheet, this is a Vivante solution. Some people might be worried about the main CPU specification, though: 650MHz dual-core Cortex-A7.
There's this interesting all-in-one module available, too:
https://octavosystems.com/octavo_products/osd32mp15x/
Olimex were a bit "sniffy" about this, mentioning the 512MB RAM of the available modules, but it looks like future ones will have 1GB RAM.
Anyway, I hope this is interesting to someone out there.
Paul
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
Hello,
https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32mp1-series.html
ooo niiice, ARM Cortex A7, Dual Core, with a Cortex M4 on board as well.
As noted by Olimex, there's a variant (STM32MP157) with a "3D GPU". According to the datasheet, this is a Vivante solution.
so fully libre-licensed software, w00t!
https://www.digikey.com/products/en/integrated-circuits-ics/embedded-micropr...
mmmm USD $9 in MOQ 1800 whoops, that's a biit steep for what it is. if they'd gone for even 1ghz or 1.5ghz it would be fine at that kind of price.
it's still pretty damn good.
l.
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:18:45 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
Hello,
https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32mp1-series.html
ooo niiice, ARM Cortex A7, Dual Core, with a Cortex M4 on board as well.
As noted by Olimex, there's a variant (STM32MP157) with a "3D GPU". According to the datasheet, this is a Vivante solution.
so fully libre-licensed software, w00t!
https://www.digikey.com/products/en/integrated-circuits-ics/embedded-micropr...
mmmm USD $9 in MOQ 1800 whoops, that's a biit steep for what it is. if they'd gone for even 1ghz or 1.5ghz it would be fine at that kind of price.
it's still pretty damn good.
l.
Why is all the opensource stuff always overpriced? Really, this is not the first project.
Thanks, David
On Sunday, September 22, 2019, David Niklas doark@mail.com wrote:
Why is all the opensource stuff always overpriced? Really, this is not the first project.
Because there are not enough people to justify lower volume manufacturing prices and techniques.
The setup and teardown costs for PCBA remain the same no matter the length of the production line.
All the Tape and Reel cartridges take exactly the same time to install.
Then, the products are just not as good so normal people do not want them in the first place.
Whoops.
arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk
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