From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Tue Sep 29 08:42:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80628A0BF9C for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uffe@uffe.org) Received: from mx0.starion.dk (mx0.starion.dk [93.162.70.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B09215AD for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uffe@uffe.org) X-tst: NONE (10.1.1.21) X-tst: NONE (10.1.1.21) Received: from mailstore.starion.info (unknown [10.1.1.21]) by mx0.starion.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id AF9142BD82B; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:36:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: (nullmailer pid 64074 invoked by uid 1004); Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:36:44 -0000 Subject: Re: BeagleBone Green To: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" References: <56099322.1080804@ceetonetechnology.com> <967B69D5-19FA-40FE-BBFD-DFB231EEBC8D@netgate.com> <1443493039.1907.1.camel@me.com> Cc: Rui Paulo From: Uffe Jakobsen Message-ID: <560A4D8D.1020500@uffe.org> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:36:29 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1443493039.1907.1.camel@me.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:42:21 -0000 On 2015-09-29 04:17, Rui Paulo wrote: > 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. > As far as I can see the BeagleBone Green still has microSD on its backside. Only MicroHDMI have been removed. http://beagleboard.org/green Quote: (http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Beaglebone_green) BeagleBone Green (BBG) is based on the classical open-source hardware design of BeagleBone Black (BBB) and added two Grove connectors. It has removed the HDMI port on the BBB and also updated the 5V barrel to Micro USB host. It is a low-cost, community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. /Uffe