New kid on the block the pcDuino ...

Another board from a crowdfunding campaign arrived yesterday, the Iteaduino Plus:

- 1GHz ARM cortex-A8 processor, NEON, VFPv3, 256KB L2 cache

- Mali400, OpenGL ES GPU

- 1GB DDR3 @480MHz

- HDMI 1080p Output

- 10/100M Ethernet

- 2 USB Host, 1 micro SD slot, 1 SATA, 1 USB OTG

- 70 extend pin including I2C, SPI, RGB/LVDS, CSI/TS, FM-IN, ADC, CVBS, VGA, SPDIF-OUT, R-TP.

- Running Android, Ubuntu and other Linux distributions

It arrived with the USB cable, SATA cable, laser cut acrylic protective "case" with standoffs, a heatsink for the A10, a *** tool to remove the core board, all in a very nice box.

How much did I pay for it ?

            $39 including shipping...

SO LONG Raspberry Pi :-)

That looks quite excellent!

I had a look around their Indigogo project page and the whole Iteaduino Plus package looks amazingly polished and featureful, both hardware and software.  At "$39 including shipping" that seems better value than any other board currently available.

This video of "ITEAD OS GPIO And UART Operation Demo" shows how slick they've made it --- this is no bare board with the software left for the user to sort out.  And I was tickled by the video showing the GSM module connecting to the Iteaduino Plus through an "RPi compatible 26-pin connector".  That's pretty funny, and makes for good marketing.

Here is CNXSoft's writeup -- "$59 Iteaduino Plus ARM Linux Board Features Raspberry Pi and Arduino Compatible Headers".  Interesting comment there -- "The baseboard has been designed for both A10 and A20 if we are to believe the silk screen markings, so a version with AllWinner A20 CPU module may be coming soon."  -- Awesome.

I love the detachable CPU module.  A clear rival to the EDM and EOMA-68 form factors, this modular approach is how all systems should be made, allowing you to upgrade just your CPU and memory parts rather than the whole board.  And with an A20 module likely to come ...

That looks quite excellent!

I had a look around their Indigogo project page and the whole Iteaduino Plus package looks amazingly polished and featureful, both hardware and software.  At "$39 including shipping" that seems better value than any other board currently available.

This video of "ITEAD OS GPIO And UART Operation Demo" shows how slick they've made it --- this is no bare board with the software left for the user to sort out.  And I was tickled by the video showing the GSM module connecting to the Iteaduino Plus through an "RPi compatible 26-pin connector".  That's pretty funny, and makes for good marketing.

Here is CNXSoft's writeup -- "$59 Iteaduino Plus ARM Linux Board Features Raspberry Pi and Arduino Compatible Headers".  Interesting comment there -- "The baseboard has been designed for both A10 and A20 if we are to believe the silk screen markings, so a version with AllWinner A20 CPU module may be coming soon."  -- Awesome.

I love the detachable CPU module.  A clear rival to the EDM and EOMA-68 form factors, this modular approach is how all systems should be made, allowing you to upgrade just your CPU and memory parts rather than the whole board.  And with an A20 module likely to come ...