eMMC is 8 bit wide. That makes it faster. SD card cage plus SD card is more expensive than one eMMC. eMMC is cheaper.
Gerald On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a question about the inclusion of eMMC in the current BeagleBone > Black. > > Could it been cheaper to include 2 microSD slots instead of the current > setup of eMMC + microSD? > > I just wondered why it was included the eMMC, because, the board could > have been cheaper without the eMMC (abeit getting the microSD cages was a > problem once). > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Gerald [email protected] http://beagleboard.org/ http://circuitco.com/support/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
