RE: [N8VEM-S100:5036] ARM CPU on the S100Bus-II

["John Monahan" <mon...@vitasoft.org>]

Appreciate that gb, the thing I don't like is they are all the way over in Switzerland!  I'm still looking but I would like to find something equivalent here in the US.
i.e.,  a decent ARM mini board, a carrier board with an attachment I could build on an S100 bus, a downloadable Windows IDE for software and somebody that sells them in unit quantities.  As to who will stick around, we will just have to take that risk as only time will tell.   Do you have an alternative suggestion
John



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From: n8vem...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of G. Beat
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 8:03 PM
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Subject: [N8VEM-S100:5036] ARM CPU on the S100Bus-II

John -

The ARM module you are looking at is one of the Toradex Colibri modules.
http://developer.toradex.com/hardware-resources/arm-family/colibri-module

I stepped over to the Colibri Carrier Board section http://developer.toradex.com/hardware-resources/arm-family/colibri-carrier-boards

... and then to various modules (x86 / Intel Atom, etc.) in this form factor.
http://developer.toradex.com/hardware-resources/arm-family/colibri-module
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Couple of professional warnings (my day job).

1.) When you go down thus route --- with a vendor's proprietary product / standard interface it is like marriage and outsourcing.  You are tied to another decision-maker -- independent of your unique vision and desires.
In thus instance, the vendor is in the dominant position.

2.) As I noted earlier, you are watching the next paradigm shift, System-on-Chip (SoC) We are too early in this life cycle, to pick the winners and losers.  
A group will dominate the marketplace and a standard (form factor, signals presented, etc.) may or may not be developed.  Prototyping can always occur (it's your time), but whether it would financially proceed, as a project, requires group comittment and resources.
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gb

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