I've attached the PDF of the product change notification. I didn't even have a chance to try this one one!
I've attached the PDF of the product change notification. I didn't even have a chance to try this one one!
I was about to post this:
Intel Discontinues Joule, Galileo, And Edison Product Lines | Hackaday
The first half dozen posts on Hackaday say it all:
Intel still think that their stuff is so wonderful that they don't need to try - my interest in these products disappeared when it became apparent that sensible data sheets were not part of the offering.
MK
Personally I'm quite disappointed at the announcement, I thought the documentation for Edison was really not bad, it was certainly usable. It felt a sweet spot, for anyone who wanted Linux in a product in a tiny amount of space (SD card sized). For anyone who wants such capability on a 4-layer board, there isn't a lot else to choose from, without going to a far bigger system-on-module, or perhaps the OSD3358, which needs separate WiFi/BT, it isn't integrated like Edison was. This was an experiment board I'd soldered up, but I now need to look for an alternative : (
Personally I'm quite disappointed at the announcement, I thought the documentation for Edison was really not bad, it was certainly usable. It felt a sweet spot, for anyone who wanted Linux in a product in a tiny amount of space (SD card sized). For anyone who wants such capability on a 4-layer board, there isn't a lot else to choose from, without going to a far bigger system-on-module, or perhaps the OSD3358, which needs separate WiFi/BT, it isn't integrated like Edison was. This was an experiment board I'd soldered up, but I now need to look for an alternative : (