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The BeagleBone does power management which the RPI doesn't. It's unfortunate that they didn't take this revision opportunity to boost the RAM and switch to USB3

• mschuster91 10y ago
  "mechanical compatibility" is the answer for USB3. Simply swapping the micro-usb connector would have broken that (because it's larger).
• bsder 10y ago
  > It's unfortunate that they didn't take this revision opportunity to boost the RAM and switch to USB3. IMHO. Well, the RAM on the Bone is DDR3 while the RAM on the RPi3 is DDR2. I'll generally take the extra performance over an extra 512MB. With respect to USB3, USB Type-C connectors are WAY more expensive than micro-B. We're talking like more than a dollar vs less than 10 cents. And USB Type-C cables are way more expensive, too. And you'd still only be doing USB 2.0 speeds anyhow. I doubt Type-C USB is going to be making it into this space anytime soon.
  • rektide 10y ago
    You've conflated USB 3.0 with Type-C. Many many people ship USB3, many of them being fairly low cost wifi routers, but yes, they use USB 3.0 Type-A connectors, the big rectangular ones. I'm also generally unconvinced the Type-C scaremongering is real. Difficulty now is high, costs are high, but it still doesn't seem as impervious a barrier as many people intone.
    • bsder 10y ago
      > Many many people ship USB3, many of them being fairly low cost wifi routers That's fine, but most embedded things can't even do USB high speed. So why incur the cost of USB 3.0 when they can't even use USB 2.0 to the fullest?
  • yuhong 10y ago
    > RPi3 is DDR2 *LPDDR2