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New kid on the block - meet OLinuXino

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Looks like certain berry-constant named device has opened Pandora's box, Olimex Ltd. just announced another low cost Linux SBC, but this time it is going to be OSHW and they are looking for developers that could help them round up the device for general use. Ok, enough talk, here's announcement - http://olimex.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/imx233-olinuxino-development-started-today/

 

PS read the article comments, this is not going to be the last OSHW SBC by Olimex image

  • in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    I just read about ODROID-X (apparently sponsored by Samsung) in this RasPi forum thread: Alternative if you want to spend a lot more.  At US$129 plus shipping from South Korea, it's a lot more expensive than RasPi or OLinuXino, but has a Samsung Exynos4412 Cortex-A9 Quad Core 1.4GHz with 1MB L2 cache, Mali 400 Quad Core GPU, 1 GB LP-DDR2 DRAM, and HDMI.  Here's the ODROID-X web site: http://www.hardkernel.com.

     

    OS is Android/Linux, but it's supposed to be open source so someone could port GNU/Linux.  Documentation seems better than RasPi, but the SoC manual (currently for the Exynos4410) mostly documents peripherals, like RasPi's Broadcom BCM2835 document.

     

    May the most open system win!

    Hardkernel has announced some tiny versions of the ODROID-X called the ODROID-U (US$69) and ODROID-U2 (US$89).  Circuit board is 48x52 mm and comes with a "case" that's really a heat sink.  Both boards use the Samsung Exynos4412 Cortex-A9 Quad Core running at 1.4GHz (-U) or 1.7 GHz (-U2).  Looks like first delivery in Jan-Feb 2013.  SoC user documentation is now posted, but leaves out USB and (of course) Mali-400 GPU.

  • in reply to johnbeetem

    Ooo.. those look nice. The only missing piece is a row of gpio pins at the back...

     

    With a reasonable gpu driver I can imagine those becoming a decent and small media player...