News Arduino Reveals Portenta X8: $240 Industrial Internet of Things SBC

[Admin]

Arduino's Portenta X8 is an industrial grade board with nine cores to play with.

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[Alabalcho]

Definitely not the first...

• BeagleBoards
• Intel Galileo

and probably more

 

[Areshiones]

Why would I spend 240 USD for something I can do with a 10 to 20 USD board?

 

[Alabalcho]

Why would I spend 240 USD for something I can do with a 10 to 20 USD board?

industrial grade board

, with accent on "Industrial" which means

• guaranteed lifetime
• extended temp range
• various certifications needed here and there
• etc

 

[Areshiones]

, with accent on "Industrial" which means

• guaranteed lifetime
• extended temp range
• various certifications needed here and there
• etc

Why would industry buy this stuff when they can just jump on cheaper SoMs with same or better functionality and certs... I just cannot complain on how far from customers some of the manufacturer are these days...

I would not pay 240 USD !!! for something I can get with half that price... On the other hand, arduino is more for a maker audience, thanks for the effort with accent of "Effort" but nahhh

 

[Alabalcho]

Because that "cheaper SoM" wont be available nex year, and you will need to redesign your product, re-cert, retrain support etc etc. And this costs much more that what you have saved.

 

[Areshiones]

Why an already available in the market cheaper SoMs won't be available next year??