tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post1539318479924946138..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: Intel Edison: super duper small PC on a chip.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-80956834827972990692015-03-26T16:46:55.119-04:002015-03-26T16:46:55.119-04:00I think the Raspberry Pi 2 will be faster than the...I think the Raspberry Pi 2 will be faster than the Edison, but not the original Raspy. I haven't used the BeagleBone, so that one you'll be on your own with.<br /><br />Raspi is kind of an apples/oranges thing with Edison though, because Raspi runs an ARM chip and Edison is X86 instruction set. You can run Windows on Edison, or any X86 Linux (if you can find drivers, of course.) Its basically a Pentium dual core built on a 22nm process. Simple, small, cheap, low power.<br /><br />The thing about Edison is its -small- and extremely low power, much smaller than the Raspi.<br /><br />Plus side for Raspi, its more open source and has a larger following than Edison. Intel isn't as forthcoming as they might be with their documentation and support. I don't think management really "gets it" so they're doing the usual Big Company Shuffle.<br /><br />But at under $50.00, I'd have both. In fact I have a bunch of Raspis around here doing various things, and I'm looking forward to getting the Edison to do something fun. Thinking maybe it could fly a model airplane pretty nicely.<br /><br />Maybe a model Facetmobile, just to be crazy and different. Look that one up if you like crazy planes, it has no wings.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-27272130963564166742015-03-26T12:33:33.018-04:002015-03-26T12:33:33.018-04:00How does this compare capability-wise to Raspberry...How does this compare capability-wise to Raspberry Pis and Beaglebone boards?WiFi Lunchbox Guynoreply@blogger.com