On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/1/16, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> If they're aiming it at IoT products, which they seem to be doing: >> 1) dedicated bandwidth to BT/WiFI >> 2) more stable >> 3) cheaper when on board >> 4) generally less problematic >> >>> Much more interesting, IMHO would be the addition of a SATA port AND USB >>> 3.0. >> >> Again of no use for the target market, both USB-3 and SATA are >> expensive from the $ to license the IP and the cost of board >> components > > Cypress disagrees wrt usefulness of a USB 3.0 port for IoT I don't disagree it's not useful, but this discussion is _NOT_ useful because _WE_ can't change the HW! > Well, the TI USB 3.0 driver IC costs between $2 and $4 a piece $2-4 is 10% of the cost of a Raspberry Pi 3, please apply some context, again not useful in this thread. > " not to mention the power use, besides ..." > I get your point wrt maximum power supply over the usb 33.0 bus, BUT > USB 3.0 actually features BETTER power saving than 2.0... Actually that is a "it depends" because a GigE PHYS uses an order of magnitude more power than a 100Mb PHY. It's not just about the bus but what you plug into it. That is a big problem even with the RPi2 and one of the reasons they upped the PSU requirements in the RPi3. > Oh well... my point only was to stick to the "KISS PRINCIPLE". Deliver Your point is still pointless because it's nothing that can be changed by people on this list. > It seems I'll have to shell out the extra bucks needed for one of these puppies > while waiting for the elusive RasPi 4 or RasPi5 w USB 3.0... Buy a device that best fits your needs, if that's usb-3 then don't buy a RPi device..... > http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G143452239825 > > Wonder if Fedora ARM would boot on that at all... I've had some reports it works, we don't currently have a u-boot but there is upstream Device Tree support for it enabled in out kernel. Further reports are welcome. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
