Probably the last demo ever made at my previous work place (as they killed the demo team), and probably the first app made using #godotengine running on a #RISCV platform embedded GPU: BeagleBoard's #BeagleV (should also run on #Sipeed #LPi4A)

Overall I think VisionFive2 is overall better board than e.g. BeagleV for kernel development tasks because:

• 2/3 of price
• twice more memory at least in the 8GB version
• Hat that can supply power and UART through micro-USB is about half price of comparable mikrobus and the overall setup is more compact in price.

I had no idea how the CPU’s compare but for my tasks I neither care :-) I guess they help each other to mature in Linux kernel because the hardware platform are from the same family (jh7100 for beaglev and jh7110 for visionfive2). For some other task, e.g. building something around the SBC, the evalution might different.

I came to these conclusions based on working with VisionFive2 and I do not have BeagleV at my hands so that my cause some dilation but at least this board feels like better bang for the buck.

Still would love to get my hands on BeagleV too and get more familiar with it, and yeah, competition is a great thing, and can’t wait for more Beagleboard RISC-V products.

While surfing the wilds of new #SBCs, I stopped by #BeagleBone, saw they had two (2!) new boards and went to look

#BeagleV-Fire: https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-fire

Reading the specs, I was pretty sure I either suffered a random bout of brain damage or I was hallucinating, then I got to Storage where I recognized some of the words. Not all of them, but some. So that was fun.

#BeagleV-Ahead: https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-ahead

I am not brain damaged and that is how to organize new (to me) hardware words.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L9jvLsvkmdM&si=fs2J8kCHBoPyuEVJ I had to do a huge jump in research doing the massive cpu refactor in #inxi with .massive help from #slackware guys in linuxqestions forums. My interest has kept simmering but recently #riscv has been gainng ground. The notion of a free and open architecture is very appealing. Still early days but #beagleV is now shipping albeit pricey. But early adopter.

1/2

I wonder if #BeagleV has similar #DIP switch as #VisionFive2, which works as a selector for different boot modes?

In VisionFive2 you can choose to:

1. Boot from SPI flash.
2. Boot from SD (including U-boot and OpenSBI, assumes a particular partition layout).
3. Rescue UART boot mode.

These VisionFive2 e.g. pretty capable board for prototyping CPU extensions.

Measure twice.

$150 #BeagleV-Fire #SBC features Microchip #PolarFire RISC-V SoC #FPGA & supports #BeagleBone capes:
https://cnx-software.com/2023/11/03/beaglev-fire-sbc-features-microchip-polarfire-risc-v-soc-fpga-support-beaglebone-capes/ #RISCV

RT from BeagleBoard.org (@beagleboardorg)

Ready for day 1 at #RISCVSummit with ⁦@beagleboardorg⁩ #BeagleV-Ahead and #BeagleV-Fire

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/beagleboardorg/status/1721958281646858527

BeagleV Catches Fire With The BeagleV-Fire - A new BeagleBoard is on the way, full of FPGA hotness: the BeagleV-Fire has been a... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/04/beaglev-catches-fire/ #beagleboard.org #computerhacks #beagleboard #beaglev #risc-v #fpga

BeagleV-Fire is a $150 single-board PC with a RISC-V processor featuring FPGA fabric #Beagleboard, #Beaglev, #Beaglevfire, #Fpga, #Riscv

https://liliputing.com/beaglev-fire-is-a-150-single-board-pc-with-a-risc-v-processor-featuring-fpga-fabric/

The BeagleV-Fire is a new single-board computer from BeagleBoard, the company behind the BeagleBone and BeaglePlay line of boards, among others.
What makes this $150 board stand out is that it’s powered by a quad-core RISC-V processor that also features FPGA fabric, making it a reasonably affordable solution for folks looking to get their feet wet with RISC-V […]

https://liliputing.com/beaglev-fire-is-a-150-single-board-pc-with-a-risc-v-processor-featuring-fpga-fabric/

A new BeagleV board launched today! The BeagleV Fire features RISC-V + FPGA. https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-fire #beaglev #riscv #fpga

A new BeagleV board launched today! The BeagleV Fire features RISC-V + FPGA. https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-fire #beaglev #riscv #fpga

At Last, A Beagle V In The Wild - The RISC-V ISA specification contains the recipe for everything from the humblest ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/13/at-last-a-beagle-v-in-the-wild/ #computerhacks #beaglev-ahead #beaglebone #risc-v

BeagleV-Ahead: Default Development git repositories https://forum.beagleboard.org/t/beaglev-ahead-default-development-git-repositories/35333 #BeagleV #RISCV

I am happy to share that the BeagleBoard.org Foundation has launched a new RISC-V dev board today: the BeagleV Ahead powered by the T-Head TH1520 SoC (4x C910 cores) https://beaglev-ahead.org/announce #RISCV #BeagleBoard #BeagleV

People who own a #risc-v board for various things - how's the experience? Might be looking for something similar to a RPI but wondering how the support is looking at this point in time. I've been eyeing the #BeagleV a bit but unsure.

« VisionFive V1 #RISCV #Linux SBC resurrects #BeagleV #SingleBoard computer » on @cnxsoft@newsbots.eu https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/27/visionfive-v1-risc-v-linux-sbc-resurrects-beaglev-single-board-computer/

OpenSBI: Open-source #RISCV Supervisor Binary Interface for #BeagleV

https://www.thegoodpenguin.co.uk/blog/an-overview-of-opensbi/