I encourage someone to correct me, but why are there so many development focused chips like this on the market?
If we compare with a raspberry pi (ignoring supply issues for the moment), they seem to cost upwards of $100, have less online support, sometimes require weird linux hacks, sometimes require special tooling for a RTOS.
The positives seem to be more ports, better specs, and more reliability in exchange. But does your typical robot project really need all that?
And if you're at that point, why not a mini ITX style board, or a modern cellphone with I/O breakouts? Even a cheap laptop I imagine could serve really well depending on what you're doing.
I guess my main question is what's the use case/market for this?
If we compare with a raspberry pi (ignoring supply issues for the moment), they seem to cost upwards of $100, have less online support, sometimes require weird linux hacks, sometimes require special tooling for a RTOS.
The positives seem to be more ports, better specs, and more reliability in exchange. But does your typical robot project really need all that?
And if you're at that point, why not a mini ITX style board, or a modern cellphone with I/O breakouts? Even a cheap laptop I imagine could serve really well depending on what you're doing.
I guess my main question is what's the use case/market for this?