alt Hacker NewsDespite STM32 in the product name, this is a dual core Cortex-A35 SOC intended to run Linux, though he brings it up as bare metal. The STM32MP257F-EV1 dev board that he used costs $425 at Digikey. His thing is interfacing it to FPGA's. So this seems to be a hardware person's product. Most of us can probably use simpler stuff. The Pocketbeagle 2 looks interesting to me.
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> The STM32MP257F-EV1 dev board that he used costs $425 at Digikey
Most would start with the significantly cheaper Discovery Kit version.
With ST, the developer kit is usually only needed if you need every pin and function exposed because you’re developing your own board.
There is STM32MP257F-DK for $103 (without PCIe).
> The Pocketbeagle 2 looks interesting to me.
If only it had 2GB+ RAM. Since it has 4 cores, even more RAM would be better.
And 1Gbit Ethernet is what I'm missing.
I think you mean "despite the STM32 in the product name, they're 64 bit compatible cores." Because STM8 was 8 bit (though I've never seen one in any design ever, I'm sure they're just before my time) and STM32 MCUs and MPUs were always 32-bit.
I'm worried they dug too deep a trench with the 32. Like how do much from Espressif is an ESP32 now despite them ranging from slower single core to faster dual core, now even with mmu, some with Wi-Fi some not...
What is in a name?