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Re: what is the best SBC?

From Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com>
Newsgroups comp.arch.embedded
Subject Re: what is the best SBC?
Date 2016-12-06 04:44 +0200
Organization TGI
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On 05.12.2016 г. 17:52, Phil Martel wrote:
> On 12/5/2016 6:28, Dimiter_Popoff wrote:
>> On 05.12.2016 г. 12:46, Jack wrote:
>>> Il giorno lunedì 5 dicembre 2016 11:34:02 UTC+1, Boudewijn Dijkstra ha
>>> scritto:
>>>> Op Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:26:46 +0100 schreef Jack <jack4747@gmail.com>:
>>>>> Il giorno giovedì 1 dicembre 2016 12:00:22 UTC+1, Ozzie ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what is SBC?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Single-Board Computer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ah, thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now you know Jack!  ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> well yes.
>>>>> but someone could argue that also a PC is a SBC :D
>>>>
>>>> If the RAM isn't soldered on the board, it isn't an SBC.  Also
>>>> consider a
>>>> PC from the 90s, which doesn't function without a separate graphics
>>>> card
>>>> and a CPU which can be considered a 'board' by itself.
>>>
>>> Speaking about pc 25 years old is not really useful in this case or we
>>> can just put also Commodores, Amigas, Ataris in the basket (they all
>>> had soldered ram and integrated gpu).
>>>
>>> In any case Apple laptops built in the last let say 5 years have
>>> soldered CPU AND ram so under your definition are SBCs...
>>> Also the new Microsoft Surface Pro seems to have soldered ram...
>>>
>>> so maybe a different definition is necessary.
>>>
>>> Bye Jack
>>>
>>
>> The PC/apple/tablet things are not SBC-s not because they are not
>> single board, many of them are that nowadays.
>>
>> But they are not computers - a computer you can program including its
>> coming out of reset, how to initialize its peripherals etc.
>> These are computerized TV-sets or whatever name one chooses
>> for todays entertainment/office hardware.
>>
>> Dimiter
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Dimiter Popoff, TGI             http://www.tgi-sci.com
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/didi_tgi/
>
> Well, as to that, you *could* program one of today's computers, re-flash
> the BIOS and do whatever you want.  You could do something similar with
> what's usually referred to as an SBC, but many of them are come
> pre-programmed with some operating system and what programming you do is
> on a higher level.
>

Would you have all the datasheets needed to be able to do that?

Dimiter

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what is the best SBC? andre <ahr@blabla.be> - 2016-11-30 10:26 +0100
  Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 01:29 -0800
    Re: what is the best SBC? "tim..." <tims_new_home@yahoo.com> - 2016-11-30 12:35 +0000
      Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 05:22 -0800
        Re: what is the best SBC? Ozzie <oz@au.com> - 2016-12-01 19:00 +0800
          Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 04:26 -0800
            Re: what is the best SBC? "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <sp4mtr4p.boudewijn@indes.com> - 2016-12-05 11:24 +0100
              Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 02:46 -0800
                Re: what is the best SBC? Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-12-05 13:28 +0200
                Re: what is the best SBC? Phil Martel <pomartel@comcast.net> - 2016-12-05 10:52 -0500
                Re: what is the best SBC? Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-12-06 04:44 +0200
                Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 23:30 -0800
                Re: what is the best SBC? Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-12-06 10:27 +0200
                Re: what is the best SBC? Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 01:53 -0800
                Re: what is the best SBC? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 19:38 +0000
                Re: what is the best SBC? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-12-07 13:21 -0700
              Re: what is the best SBC? upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-12-05 21:12 +0200
                Re: what is the best SBC? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:57 -0800
  Re: what is the best SBC? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-30 02:38 -0700
    Re: what is the best SBC? andre <ahr@blabla.be> - 2016-11-30 10:53 +0100
      Re: what is the best SBC? Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2016-11-30 18:13 +0100
        Re: what is the best SBC? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 12:31 -0500
      Re: what is the best SBC? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-30 13:23 -0700
  Re: what is the best SBC? Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2016-11-30 12:14 -0600
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      Re: what is the best SBC? Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-12-02 13:38 -0700
  Re: what is the best SBC? asdf <asdf@nospam.com> - 2016-12-01 15:16 +0000

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