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Intel Edison: Single Card Computer?

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or should I say "Secure Digital Computer" image

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Intel announced a new Quark dev board in the form factor of a SD card at CES.  Matt Richardson of Make reports:

 

Intel Edison: A Computer in an SD Card | MAKE

Intel’s new single board computer, Edison, takes on a familiar form factor. Jammed into an SD card, the 400MHz Quark processor on board has two cores, flash memory, and includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy for communication. It runs Linux on one core and a real time operating system on the other. You can program Edison by inserting the board into the SD card reader of your computer. The pins on the bottom of the board are capable of GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, and PWM.

What do folks think?  My interest would depend on the price but the form factor is quite interesting.

 

 

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Drew

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  • Actually the Bay Trail processors are rather good on both performance and power.

  • in reply to catacluj

    Cat C wrote:

     

    Actually the Bay Trail processors are rather good on both performance and power.

    Can you back up that statement with a reference to actual numbers ?   Many of us would like to see something that would demonstrate what the actual performance of these things is like, but so far that's not been forthcoming.

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    I don't really have time to look for numbers; you can do that yourself.

    What I do have is a ~10" tablet running full windows 8.1 for as long as any ARM tablet will run and snappy too, all subjective, of course.

  • in reply to catacluj

    Cat C wrote:

     

    I don't really have time to look for numbers; you can do that yourself.

     

    This is an engineering site, and when selsinork asked you for numbers, it's par for the course here and it's also engineering necessity --- without numbers all we have is guesswork.  Since you stated very strongly that "the Bay Trail processors are rather good on both performance and power", it was reasonable of selsinork to assume that you knew the numbers already.

     

    What I do have is a ~10" tablet running full windows 8.1 for as long as any ARM tablet will run and snappy too, all subjective, of course.

     

    That's the purpose of using numbers, to remove the subjective element.

     

    Morgaine.

  • in reply to morgaine

    Morgaine Dinova wrote:

    Since you [Cat C] stated very strongly that "the Bay Trail processors are rather good on both performance and power", it was reasonable of selsinork to assume that you knew the numbers already.

    I have some experience with the Bay Trail and I think it's terrific.  However, the key number on Bay Trail is that it's only 2/3 complete.  From Wikipedia:

    As of 2014, approximately 335 miles (539 km) of trail have been completed. When finished, the Bay Trail will extend over 500 miles (805 km).

    I thought it rather foolish for Intel to name a processor after a well-known unfinished project. image

  • in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    However, the key number on Bay Trail is that it's only 2/3 complete.  From Wikipedia:

     

    Haha. image

     

    I read the WP page and looked up baytrail.org too, but nowhere could I find rules and regulations for use of the pedestrian and cycle way.  I expect there's a "no cars or motorbikes" rule hidden there somewhere, but it's certainly not prominent in the FAQ nor other main pages.  Any idea how they treat the new wave of electrically assisted personal transport that are not quite motorbikes?

     

    Morgaine.

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    Morgaine Dinova wrote:

     

    I read the WP page and looked up baytrail.org too, but nowhere could I find rules and regulations for use of the pedestrian and cycle way.  I expect there's a "no cars or motorbikes" rule hidden there somewhere, but it's certainly not prominent in the FAQ nor other main pages.  Any idea how they treat the new wave of electrically assisted personal transport that are not quite motorbikes?

    Yes, that's a silly omission.  My experience is that there are no motor vehicles other than the rare maintenance vehicle, and there are probably rules posted at the trail itself.

     

    Good question about electric assist.  I did some searching and found general California electric bike rules at Wikipedia.  Basically, as long as your motor is 1000W or less and you can't go more than 20 miles/hr, they are not motor vehicles as far as the state is concerned.  However, local ordinances determine whether you can use e-bikes on bike paths.  It would be nice for Bay Trail to include that information.  A lot of the bicycling sites are run by bicycling fanatics who would probably consider an electric motor to be extra weight with no useful purpose image so the e-bike question would be irrelevant to them.

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  • in reply to morgaine

    Morgaine Dinova wrote:

     

    I read the WP page and looked up baytrail.org too, but nowhere could I find rules and regulations for use of the pedestrian and cycle way.  I expect there's a "no cars or motorbikes" rule hidden there somewhere, but it's certainly not prominent in the FAQ nor other main pages.  Any idea how they treat the new wave of electrically assisted personal transport that are not quite motorbikes?

    Yes, that's a silly omission.  My experience is that there are no motor vehicles other than the rare maintenance vehicle, and there are probably rules posted at the trail itself.

     

    Good question about electric assist.  I did some searching and found general California electric bike rules at Wikipedia.  Basically, as long as your motor is 1000W or less and you can't go more than 20 miles/hr, they are not motor vehicles as far as the state is concerned.  However, local ordinances determine whether you can use e-bikes on bike paths.  It would be nice for Bay Trail to include that information.  A lot of the bicycling sites are run by bicycling fanatics who would probably consider an electric motor to be extra weight with no useful purpose image so the e-bike question would be irrelevant to them.

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  • in reply to johnbeetem

    Cheers.  This seems to be the controlling paragraph for CA from your WP page:

    Wikipedia says:

     

    Motorized bicycles may not be operated on dedicated bicycle paths unless allowed by local government ordinance.

     

    It does however allow for local override of the above within each city or county, so it only gives us a default.

     

    Despite all the advantages of electrical assist, I think the slippery slope in this area is absolutely monumental as technology improves, so at the risk of being seen as regressive, I think they'd do better do disallow it completely (registered disabled should be excepted of course).  All the human advantages of a calm and beautiful and slow-moving waterside are lost if technology is permitted to bring in speed and noise and it becomes just another efficient transport roadway.

     

    Morgaine.

  • in reply to morgaine

    Morgaine Dinova wrote:

     

    All the human advantages of a calm and beautiful and slow-moving waterside are lost if technology is permitted to bring in speed and noise and it becomes just another efficient transport roadway.

    A big advantage of the Bay Trail is the most of it isn't near anything that one would want to commute to.  I use it to get from Berkeley to Emeryville if I'm not in a hurry and want a big dose of bliss, but it's out of the way.  If you want to get somewhere fast by bike, your best bet is BART (high-speed subway).  There's not much danger of things being built near the Bay Trail since they'd be submerged in a few decades by climate change.  Unfortunately, the Bay Trail will be gone too, but methinks most people will be worried about other things.