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The SheevaPlug is cool, but it seems like the newest ones have gone a slightly different route and thrown everything you could possibly want at it - wifi, bluetooth, audio, etc?

That's all nice stuff, but just adds to the power and price for what should be a dirt cheap, almost disposable, piece of equipment.

Though I would definitely appreciate gigabit ethernet on the beaglebone...




You can disable most of the extra stuff... I think all the options make these devices much more flexible.

If you wanted a dirt-cheap, more modular component you'd be looking at Arduino or Raspberry Pi, not a plug.


The am3359 SoC on the BeagleBone supports (dual) gigE, but the PHY in use is 10/100 only.


I think so too - you normally don't need wifi etc. on such a device. The one I use is the original first one and I wouldn't use the newer ones. If I remember correctly they even need active cooling...




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