New and upcoming Linux based boards

[linuxguy]

[quote="kurte"] Some of the boards I am playing around with include the Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone Black, Odroid U2 (and today U3) and an Intel NUC (too expensive for hobbyist). [/quote] I'd like to see more about these in another thread. My second BeagleBone Black just died, for no reason that's apparent to me. This is unfortunate, because I really like the BBBlack. I'd gotten I2C working and everything!

I have only one real issue with the Raspberry Pi - the lack of a DC power jack. The durn micro-USB cable keeps coming out of the USB socket on my rPi boards. My main development rPi runs with a 32 gb SD card. My other rPi has a 16 gb SD card in it.

I also have a PandaBoard ES, which so far, has not impressed me much at all. Right now, I have Android 4.2.2 running on it, but that’s less than useful. I have a 32 gb SD card with Ubuntu 13.04 on it which is usually what I am running on it.

I’m going to have to get another BeagleBone Black, because it’s my favorite board to date. It has a very nice set of I/O capability, and is reasonably fast too.

Aside from replacing my BeagleBone Black, I am anxious to aquire an UDOO quad. This board is going to find a definite place on W.A.L.T.E.R.

I think it’s time to start talking more seriously about Linux based boards that have potential for use as robotics controllers. We can do that, starting here, and break threads off as necessary for more specific discussion. The Linux embedded environment is just now starting to explode!

8-Dale

[kurte]

Not sure how your BBBk is bricked. But I know some people have been hit by the power button and the like on the board. There is a recent thread up on their Forum/Email list where some people were able to unbrick what they thought was bricked BBBks, by playing with the buttons.

An update for the curious. After some prodding from the all-power-Gerald, I was able to bring the board back to life again by… are you ready… holding down the POWER button. Which means I’m probably the biggest idiot ever!? I guess I expected the PWR led to be lit any time 5V was feeding the board, regardless of it’s On/Off state.

Certainly, in the dozen or so previous times I plugged the board in, just giving it power caused it to power on, so the idea of the POWER button actually being used to turn it on never occurred to me. If I could save face just a little here, I did actually press it a couple times before throwing in the towel, I just didn’t consider holding it down for a few seconds.

In embarrassed shame,

beagleboard.org/Community/Forums … 520Support
The message was labeled: Beaglebone Black won’t power on, did I do something wrong?
(last update on the 15th) Where someone got theirs working but alternating between power and reset…