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- LarsKrimiAs someone else said in the previous thread when it was announced: it's about the software first. Qualcomm likely doesn't get this and likely never willWriting traditional MCU software without an RTOS always sucked for a multitude of reasons. Vendor lockin, expensive specialty compilers, and so onArduino showed that it could be done differently with some not too expensive abstractions. Sure it is looked down on by traditional embedded engineers but the productivity gains and accessibility was hard to argue againstESP didn't (only) grow huge because the hardware was cheap and available. The integration in the Arduino ecosystem was done brilliantly. It truly felt like a natural citizen in between usual Arduino code
- AurornisBefore I clicked I expected a single SoC with a hybrid architecture (powerful cores to run Linux, MCU cores for real time control). This is a board with two physically separate chips. They put an MCU next to the quad-core application chip.It will be interesting to see how they make this arrangement approachable for Arduino’s audience which generally expects ease of use to be a high priority.
- itomatoNice try, Qualcomm.
- smarx007How would it stack up against BeagleBoard BeagleY-Ai, save for the lack of drama?
- crims0nI bought one of these to play with when it was announced, but with all the drama I’ve been hesitant to invest any time with it. Anyone make anything interesting?
- v9vAt least some of the promotion images on the site seem AI-generated: The image next to "Single-board computer" features a very wonky keyboard.
- riedelI somehow expect HPC systems to look different
- OrvalWintermuteWhy would we want to use anything Arduino after all those horrible QCOM licensing changes?Am asking because an OSS project asked me the same thing when I mentioned possibly using an Arduino platform for something related to their project.
- cramcgrabLet’s see where they are in a few years.