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Pi vs BeagleBone-Black

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So, just over a year on from the initial availability of the R-Pi and the new BeagleBone Black is upon us.  They've obviously taken a leaf out of the RPF's playbook and produced a cost reduced version at a price only marginally above the Pi.

 

I find it interesting that the compromises are very different, for example there's a proper PMIC and the ethernet is not troubled by being connected to USB, however the on-board HDMI seems less capable.

 

Other differences are in the documentation, I'm currently viewing the pcb gerbers for the beaglebone..  Have yet to see any sign of those for the R-Pi a year later. There's even an up to date devicetree capable kernel too.

 

Technology has also moved on somewhat, we get a 1GHz Cortex A8 which is better than the Pi, along with various other stuff and lots more GPIO's too.

 

Ok, so it's clear that I like the look of the new beaglebone, and given the price I'm likely to put any further R-Pi plans on hold until I have a chance to play with this. It's also making things like the Olinuxino-maxi I bought recently look very slow/expensive while still being cheaper than the similarly specced Olinuxino-A13

 

Some details of the beaglebone-black here http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack

 

What do the rest of you think ?   I don't expect this to displace the Pi anytime soon, but I expect it to be very attractive to those people who don't simply want to put XBMC on it and duct tape it to the back of the TV..

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  • In short what i think is , Raspberry Pi has a Awesome User base and Really Awesome Community, it is an amazing platform to learn but doesn't have enough juice when it comes to heavy apps/compiling,etc. Its, heart i.e. the broadcom chipset is really closed source so no datasheets and etc..

     

    where as in contrast if you know basic linux then BBB is really great as it packs the real juice and you can do almost anything using BBB

     

    one last thing is the GPIO's , well that's subjected to your requirements .

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    Gurinder Singh Gill wrote:

     

    In short what i think is , Raspberry Pi has a Awesome User base and Really Awesome Community, it is an amazing platform to learn but doesn't have enough juice when it comes to heavy apps/compiling,etc. Its, heart i.e. the broadcom chipset is really closed source so no datasheets and etc..

     

    where as in contrast if you know basic linux then BBB is really great as it packs the real juice and you can do almost anything using BBB

    Basic linux skills apply equally to BBB or R-Pi,  from linux they really don't look that different.  If you have Raspbian on the Pi and Debian on the BBB the differences are negligible and mostly hardware thinks like not being able to hook up a RPi Camera to a BBB etc.

     

    Community wise, they don't seem greatly different. Due to the low cost, both have a large contingent of people who otherwise wouldn't be using linux or an Arm board striving to learn, making a lot of the same mistakes.. Both also have a group of more or less helpful people who know a bit more, or who appear to speak with some level of knowledge/authority.

     

    As for the broadcom chip being closed, it's not really much different elsewhere. Other SoC's may give you more details of the Arm side, but few give any details on the GPU. As the RPi has just about enough details for the Arm to make it useful then the argument there is reduced to us asking for more.. There will always be parts will remain closed on most all of them.

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  • in reply to gsgill112

    Gurinder Singh Gill wrote:

     

    In short what i think is , Raspberry Pi has a Awesome User base and Really Awesome Community, it is an amazing platform to learn but doesn't have enough juice when it comes to heavy apps/compiling,etc. Its, heart i.e. the broadcom chipset is really closed source so no datasheets and etc..

     

    where as in contrast if you know basic linux then BBB is really great as it packs the real juice and you can do almost anything using BBB

    Basic linux skills apply equally to BBB or R-Pi,  from linux they really don't look that different.  If you have Raspbian on the Pi and Debian on the BBB the differences are negligible and mostly hardware thinks like not being able to hook up a RPi Camera to a BBB etc.

     

    Community wise, they don't seem greatly different. Due to the low cost, both have a large contingent of people who otherwise wouldn't be using linux or an Arm board striving to learn, making a lot of the same mistakes.. Both also have a group of more or less helpful people who know a bit more, or who appear to speak with some level of knowledge/authority.

     

    As for the broadcom chip being closed, it's not really much different elsewhere. Other SoC's may give you more details of the Arm side, but few give any details on the GPU. As the RPi has just about enough details for the Arm to make it useful then the argument there is reduced to us asking for more.. There will always be parts will remain closed on most all of them.

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