Another SBC - Beagle Board

I'm evaluating the Beagle Board for a small application.  Any comments
on software tools and build environments are welcome. My project
involves interfacing to a small display and a keypad (between 6 and 10
keys) and communicating via ethernet to a master controller. This
board may be overkill for my needs but it is cheap ($150).

Comments welcome.

 Ed Prochak wrote:
>I'm evaluating the Beagle Board for a small application.  Any comments
>on software tools and build environments are welcome. My project
>involves interfacing to a small display and a keypad (between 6 and 10
>keys) and communicating via ethernet to a master controller. This
>board may be overkill for my needs but it is cheap ($150).
>
>Comments welcome.

Have not used it personally, but I cannot see anything wrong using it.
It is a mature project, has full blown Linux support, you can use
standard monitors and keyboards for I/O, etc.
(Almost bought, then went for the TrimSlice below)

Stepping down to a more traditional "embedded" approach eBay is
flushed with small ARM boards with an LCD.  (for example, items
190506664508 or 200609291886, + 190502377580)
Olimex has this:  http://olimex.com/dev/stm32-lcd.html

Or stepping up from the Beagle Board, the TrimSlice barebone is
"readier" out of the box: http://trimslice.com/web/models

There are also the Beagle Board cousins: Panda Board, Hawk Board, Hawk
Board lite. Last time I checked the last one went for ~ $95.
--
Roberto Waltman

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Roberto Waltman wrote:

> Stepping down to a more traditional "embedded" approach eBay is
> flushed with small ARM boards with an LCD.  (for example, items
> 190506664508 or 200609291886, + 190502377580)
> Olimex has this:  http://olimex.com/dev/stm32-lcd.html
> 
> Or stepping up from the Beagle Board, the TrimSlice barebone is
> "readier" out of the box: http://trimslice.com/web/models
> 
> There are also the Beagle Board cousins: Panda Board, Hawk Board, Hawk
> Board lite. Last time I checked the last one went for ~ $95.

Another nice board is the Raspberry Pi:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/?page_id=8

A full PC with HDMI output and ethernet for $35. If you can get a small
cheap TFT display, this might be a good solution for some projects.

-- 
Frank Buss, http://www.frank-buss.de
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