I’ve noticed this new BeagleY-AI board, which seems interesting; therefore, I’ve been looking into it. I noticed that it is open source hardware, which is fantastic. It seems like we can prototype new hardware through the GPIO and write software for it.
The problem that I’ve seen is that if we want to design our own application specific board based on our previous prototype, then it might be too expensive to prototype.
I’ve not been able to find the the AM67A processor except for the Texas Instrument web site, at: AM67A | Buy TI Parts | TI.com
The price for one AM67A processor for a maker’s prototype is $68.85, which seems too expensive for most makers. This price is almost as much as one BeagleY-AI board.
Is it intended for maker’s to prototype there own hardware once they have learned from the BeagleY-AI board?
Why is the price for a single AM67A processor so high?
Is there anywhere else that the processor can be sourced?
Everyone got at-least 100 boards to arrive this week on Wednesday… At day job, the box was finally un-packed and moved into our system at 4:55pm… I placed my order last night about 6:30, love next day ‘usps postal service’… We still show 46 in stock right now…
Looking at Mouser’s backorder, 265, so unless you were the first 100, that won’t be filled by next week… Assuming they are unpacking boxes today… I don’t know there warehouse setup…
