[gcb1]

nah. those will cost same/more than the already established beagle boards.

arduino will still be the popular cheap diy go to board. this is for projects that were impossible with the current one. so not making the original more complex, but tapping other markets

[Buttons840]

Speaking of beagleboard -- why does beagleboard have a banner saying:

(image of beagle) + arduino = (image of new arduino board)

[gcb0]

Interesting! (here's the image showing at beagle.org http://www.ti.com/ww/en/beagleboard/950x267_arduino_beaglebo... )

I bet it is because, as the article says, that board was developed together with TI.

TI is trying to get hold of this market for some time... beagle, launchpad, etc. heck, i even got my beagle bone and a few launchpads for free from them.

I think IT having those boards and making them cheap, is like Microsoft not caring about pirated windows outside of the US in the 90s. It creates the ecosystem with 'users' who drives large volume sales later?

[turingbook]

The TRE design builds upon the experience of both Arduino and BeagleBoard.org, combining the benefits of both community based boards.

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardTre