Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:17:19 -0700 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> To: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>, George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BeagleBone Green Message-ID: <1443493039.1907.1.camel@me.com> In-Reply-To: <967B69D5-19FA-40FE-BBFD-DFB231EEBC8D@netgate.com> References: <56099322.1080804@ceetonetechnology.com> <967B69D5-19FA-40FE-BBFD-DFB231EEBC8D@netgate.com>
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On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 16:37 -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: > > > On Sep 28, 2015, at 2:21 PM, George Rosamond < > > george@ceetonetechnology.com> wrote: > > > > At MakerFaire NYC this weekend, I found out that the BeagleBone > > Green > > was released. Cheaper than the Black, the only difference I saw > > was > > 'grooves' for four-pin connections to an array of sensors they are > > offering, eg, environmental, GPS, etc > > > > It wasn't available at the event, but it looks like the specs (and > > I > > think the chipset) are the same, if not identical. > > > > Anyone have one and build successfully? > > > > g > > > Differences between the Beaglebone Green and Beaglebone Black: > > 2x Grove connectors on Beaglebone Green (as you outlined) > > Beaglebone Green eliminates microSD, HDMI and 5VDC barrel, and this > is what drives the $16 (list) price reduction. > > Power on Beaglebone Green is only via micro USB (Beaglebone Black > uses mini USB or separate 5VDC barrel) > > Otherwise, specs and chipset are, (as you surmised) identical. It just makes it much more complicated to boot FreeBSD with the lack of microSD. Probably not that attractive to FreeBSD users. -- Rui Paulo
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