System-On-A-Chip And Single Board Computer: Advantages And Disadvantages
A system-on-a-chip incorporates plenty of system components into a single silicon chip. On the other hand, single board computers are an entire computer built on a single circuit board. It also has a memory, microprocessor, and input-output features needed for a functional computer.
Generally, it comprises of a range of peripherals, memory, and an application processor. This is a small chip with all the required circuits and electronic components in a given system, such as a smartphone or PC, on a single integrated circuit.
Advantages Of System-on-a-Chip (SoC)
Size
SoC is basically small and it has some useful features and functions. This makes it more advantageous to consider.
Flexibility
The design of the SoC is built for flexibility, which is quite tough to beat. Its suppleness can be derived from its chip size, form factor, and power.
Cost-Efficient
Video codes from application-specific SoCs can be cost-efficient. This is particularly true with software in terms of effort and time.
High Volume
For high capacity products, SoCs are countless, since it makes it so easy to defend the resources and engineering cost.
Disadvantages Of SoC
- Time-Consuming
- Resource Limitations
- Lower Volume
Advantages Of Single Board Computer (SBC)
Easy To Use
When it comes to single-board computers, you can rest assured that they are easy to use.
Verified Hardware
When designing SoC, it is quite expensive to consider pursuing it. In the case of SBC though, you are guaranteed that such a risk can be avoided.
Adaptable
The ability to apply modifications to your board only means that you are just giving for what you need.
Single Source
The bill of materials for a simple SoC can still be worth hundreds of dollars. However, considering SBC deems it informal for logistics.
Time To Market
The design of single board computers is essentially faster compared with that of the SoC.
Disadvantages Of SBC
Price
When it comes to products of high capacity category, it makes it more logical to do your individual design and validate engineering costs.
Flexibility
Doing a system-on-a-chip is more valuable to deliberate as opposed to a system board computer, particularly when you want a lot of customizations.
Knowledge
It will be very worthwhile to spend some time and determination for developing a deep understanding of the invention, when you are planning to use the same SoC for several products, as opposed to SBC.
Differences Between SoC And SBC
System-on-a-chip and Single Board Computers are quite different from each other because the former can be a significant component of the latter. Basically, SoC comprises of different functional units on a single silicon chip. On the other hand, SBC is a complete personal computer on a single printed circuit board, CPU, RAM, and non-volatile memory.
Furthermore, SoC is widely used across the embedded industry because of the features, such as the computational quality, low power consumption, and small form factor. SBCs are standard products that can be utilized to advance the results for different industries.
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