Re:The Intel Edison: Linux Maker Machine in a Matchbox
by shawnee_ on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @07:25AM
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Despite being "x86" it's near impossible to add custom drivers or rebuild the OS. What's the point of being "x86" if you can't make use of the ecosystem?
Edison isn't supposed to be a hub; it's a lightweight and specialized piece of hardware that can be customized to travel and explore and communicate high-load (poll-heavy) data gathering situations to a hub. Having x86 in octopus tentacles that can efficiently communicate with the x86 hub brain (which is where your heavy OS/custom driver code should be stationed) means you actually can make pretty good use of the ecosystem, and create projects that can get real-time data online quickly.
Edison isn't supposed to be a hub; it's a lightweight and specialized piece of hardware that can be customized to travel and explore and communicate high-load (poll-heavy) data gathering situations to a hub. Having x86 in octopus tentacles that can efficiently communicate with the x86 hub brain (which is where your heavy OS/custom driver code should be stationed) means you actually can make pretty good use of the ecosystem, and create projects that can get real-time data online quickly.