Marvell enters the 3D Printing Market with SoC solutions

[JRDM]

Can anyone that's familiar with this and what's on the BeagleBone Black and make a worthwhile comparison? BBB runs an AM3358/9 running at 1GHz, dual real time microprocessors for motion control, has a network jack, has graphics, seems to have all the features the Marvell chip claims. How well each feature stacks up, is an open question.

As it is, BBB hasn't made much of an impact in 3D printing. The biggest drawback for a custom board is AM3358/9 is that it's a pain to design a board for because of how TI set up the pads, it's more difficult to work with than other BGA chips.

First party support is an improvement though. Put out an affordable evaluation board please? One that can actually be wired to a 3D printer without grief, with software that is ready to use? I know that's a lot, but if it costs too much or is too much hassle, hobbyists probably won't switch to it. RAMPS has been supersceded by RAMBo, and yet there's work on improving RAMPS rather than trying to find ways to make RAMBo less expensive, because RAMPS is so inexpensive.