Re: Arduino TRE
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
> On 3 October 2013 21:28, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
>>
>> 512mb of RAM. it's not clear whether that's a 16-bit data path or a
>> 32-bit data path, but a 1ghz AM335x is only a single-core ARM Cortex
>> A8. it also only uses MicroSD for boot (which means it's 4-bit not
>> 8-bit).
>>
>> basically it'll be intolerable as a desktop system. ok, if you can
>> tolerate a desktop from 4 years ago (LXDE etc.) you'll do fine.
>>
>> as an embedded system it's absolutely fantastic. a full 1ghz CPU
>> running debian, with networking and so on? it's perfect. you'd be
>> able to run a web server, printer server, connect it to a 3D printer's
>> servos, use the 1ghz CPU for uploading 3D CAD/CAM files, have them
>> processed (overnight probably...) by the 1ghz CPU, then control the
>> ATMega (again from the 1ghz CPU) to do the actual 3D printing. and
>> you could have an HDMI monitor showing the image of the product in 3D
>> as it was being printed.
>>
>> that kind of scenario and many more like it, it'd be perfect. but
>> for actual desktop usage? flat-out forget it.
>>
>> l.
>
>
> Hi Luke,
>
> Thanks for your to thoughts! Now you make me wonder about the size of
> an "int", and maybe the size of a "char".
standard sizes for a 32-bit ARM Cortex A8. 8-bit for char, 32-bit for int.
l.
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