Category: Development Boards

Robot Development Kit using Hardkernel ODROID-C1+, VU7 display, ODROID-XU4


Bo Lechnowsky of ameriDroid.com shows the fully-programmable robot kit based on the ODROID-C1+ and controllable through the web. We then moved on to an 8-inch tablet kit for the ODROID-C1+ which includes case, multi-touch screen and battery for less than $100 due to be available this December. After this, we looked at a new 7-inch tablet-style multi-touch display from ODROID called the VU7 that allows attaching an ODROID-C1+ to the backside providing an expandable tablet-like solution for low cost. The ODROID-XU4 was discussed, an Exynos-5422 octa-core ARM Cortex-A15 at 2.0GHz and ARM Cortex-A7 at 1.4GHz ARM board with 2GB LPDDR3 on-board, USB3.0/2.0 ports and gigabit Ethernet along with removable eMMC and microSD storage options. An ODROID-C1+ was shown which is a low-cost but powerful AmLogic S805 quad-core ARM Cortex-A5 at 1.5GHz ARM board with 1GB LPDDR3 on-board with USB2.0 ports and gigabit Ethernet, also with the removable eMMC/microSD storage options. We then moved on to a display from a partner company, Withrobot.com, that showed real-time bar- and QR-code reading from three cameras simultanously through one USB3.0 port on an ODROID-XU4 and a 5MP standalone USB camera processed by OpenCV on an ODROID-XU4. In the background was an ODROID-C1+ with a HiFi Shield and a VU7 streaming high-quality audio to a stereo running Rune Audio. Volumio is also available for this platform. Both distributions are controllable by a smartphone or tablet from anywhere.

You can order these and read more about it at:
http://ameridroid.com
http://odroid.com

BBC micro:bit on ARM’s 25 year birthday


1 million 11 year olds in the UK will receive the BBC microbit when they come back to school after the Christmas holiday in January 2016, they can use it to get started with programming and hacking with hardware. BBC micro:bit runs on Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 16MHz 32bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller, Freescale Kinetis KL26Z – 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core, that includes a full-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) controller, used as a communication interface between USB and main Nordic microcontroller, Freescale MMA8652 3-axis accelerometer sensor,
Freescale MAG3110 3-axis magnetometer sensor to act as a compass and metal detector, 25 LED lights in a 5×5 array and Bluetooth technology, it is given for free to every child in year 7 or equivalent across the UK. You can read more about BBC micro:bit here.

Banana Pi $70 Allwinner A83T Development Board BPI-M3


Banana PI BPI-M3 is a open-source hardware platform, powered by Allwinner A83T Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 and PowerVR SGX544MP1 GPU, 2GB RAM, 8GB Flash, with Micro SD card reader and SATA 2.0 port, , with 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, runs Android 5.1.1, Debian linux or Ubuntu linux, support 1080P high definition video output, the GPIO compatible with Raspberry Pi B+ and can run the ROM Image. Price at $70 for bulk order.

You can contact BPI here:(Please let them know if you watch this video)
Judy Huang,
judyhuang@banana-pi.com
Mob: +86 15999607314

Uyesee Industry Board for Server, Digital Signage, KTV, Hisilicon, Freescale, Broadcom


Uyesee shows the Industry Board used for KTV, Digital Signage and Server based on Freescale, Broadcom, Hisilicons SOCs.The Freescale Board is good solution for Digital Signage, powered by Freescale I.MX6Q Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, 1G or 2G RAM optional, 4G Flash or up to 32GB optional, Support OS including Linux, Android,and Ubuntu, with WiFi and 3G/4G module, 100M LAN, Build-in SATA HDD, with 3*HDMI 1.4 Port support up to 3 display. Uyesee have another Freescale industry board for server with Dual Giga-Lan and 4*USB port.
The Broadcom solution powered by Broadcom BMC7252 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A15, 2GB RAM, with SATA, USB3.0 port and Giga Bit Lan, with HDMI 1.4-in and HDMI 2.0-out support 4K@60fps H265, it can used for Digital Signage and 4K streaming player.

You can contact UyeSee here:
Ryan Jiang, Sales Director
Mobile:+86 186 8870 3923
Skype:nice_ryan
sales@uyesee.com
http://uyesee.com

MediaTek Labs LinkIt One development board demos

Posted by – November 17, 2015

MediaTek MT2502 based LinkIt $59 ONE development board demos, including a Weather Station IoT demo which acquires temerature, humidity and pressure data from sensors and then visualizes the data on the MediaTek Cloud Sandbox. A Bike Tracker demo utilizes GNSS features to acquire the position of a bike in real time. The data is then uploaded to the EON real-time dashboard over a GPRS connection using the PubNub LinkIt ONE library support. The EON real-time dashboard provides a visualization of the data on a map.

You can find out more about MediaTek LinkIt here:
Get Started with AWS IoT Services on the LinkIt™ ONE Development Platform: If you have purchased the MediaTek LinkIt™ ONE and Grove IoT Starter Kit Powered by AWS or want to get started with the Amazon IoT cloud using the LinkIt ONE development board, this guide will get you started.
API reference: All the details you need to discover the full range of features you can add to your sketches.
Documentation & Tutorials: In addition to the developer’s guide you can find handy documents such as the LinkIt ONE pin-out diagram, reference design and product briefs on this page. There is also a growing list of tutorials on using specific classes of the API and building full proofs-of-concept.
This document provides you with detailed information on the LinkIt ONE development board, LinkIt ONE SDK tools and an introduction to the LinkIt ONE API.
Projects: Find inspiration in LinkIt ONE projects created by MediaTek Labs maker and developer community.
FAQ: Get answers to the most common technical and business questions about the LinkIt ONE development platform.
Forums: Discover answers to technical questions and, once you have registered your MediaTek Labs account, pose questions to MediaTek LinkIt technical gurus and exchange views with the Labs community.
Partner Connect: When you’re ready to take your projects beyond a proof-of-concept, check out MediaTek’s suggested partners that can help with everything from product design to cloud service.

AMD Huskyboard 96boards Enterprise Edition explained by Jon Masters of Red Hat

Posted by – November 16, 2015

Jon Masters, Chief ARM Architect at Red Hat, talks about the AMD Huskyboard, the first 96boards Enterprise Edition, with an open specification for running a lot of the enterprise software including the software from Red Hat.

AMD Huskyboard 96boards Enterprise Edition, SoftIron Overdrive 3000

Posted by – November 16, 2015

AMD Huskyboard 96boards Enterprise Edition available soon and the SoftIron Overdrive 3000 ARMv8 64bit server board. AMD also shows what they are doing for NFV Network Function Virtualization, developing solutions to power advanced networking.

22€ computer module by Toradex, Swiss, Embedded, Computing


Toradex is a developer of computer modules on Nvidia, Freescale, Marvell and carrier boards, most of the times where Toradex’s customers designs their own custom carrier board.

Qualcomm Open Source on Dragonboard 410c

Posted by – November 11, 2015

Qualcomm talks about their Open Source Software Strategy, getting upstream support in the Linux Kernel for the Qualcomm based Development Boards like the Dragonboard 410c. Supporting Linux, Android, supporting Freedreno the Open Source GPU driver for Qualcomm processors, working towards support of OpenCL and more.

96Boards IoT Starter Kit with UART and Arduino-compatible Sensors Platform

Posted by – October 20, 2015

Grant Likely of Linaro introduces the http://96Boards.org IoT Starter Kit with retail price aimed at around $45 which includes the 96Boards UART also available at http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/96Boards-UART-p-2525.html and the Arduino-compatible 96Boards Sensors adapter board.

eInfochips Eragon 410 and Eragon 600 ultra-small boards based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 and 600


The eInfochips Eragon 410 is based Snapdragon 410 processor and comprises of on an ultra-small (26mm x 35mm) System-on-Module that acts as a building block for a wide range of products requiring low power consumption and connectivity, while providing a superior multimedia experience with solid processing power. The development kit comprises of a state of the art connector-less carrier board that interfaces the SoM via edge castellation for an added cost and size benefit. This benefit of Price, Performance, Package and Power makes the Eragon410 an ideal solution for robotics, infotainment, automation and control, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including wearable technology.

The eInfochips Eragon 600 is based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Processor comprising of the high performance featuring a Qualcomm Krait 300 CPU with an advanced ARMv7 compliant architecture. The System on Module (SoM) is an MXM connector based high performance solution that comes in an 82mm x78mm form-factor including 2GB Memory, eMMC, GPS and integrated Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, making it an ideal solution for power efficient applications. eInfochips also has different versions of development kit to suit your end application. The engineering version of the development kit comes with an advance carrier card including Zigbee, Bluetooth, GPS, MPCIe, SATA, LVDS, MIC, and Speaker whereas the productized version of the Development Kit comes in a chassis with 7” LCD screen, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi antenna.

Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c 64bit development board at Techcrunch Disrupt


Qualcomm talks about the Dragonboard 410c now to be launched into mass production soon available on http://arrow.com, enabling affordable ARMv8 64bit low-cost development, with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 with Adreno 306 GPU, with integrated WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, also expandable according to the http://96boards.org platform.

Arrow launches $75 Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c 96boards Quad-core 64bit ARM Cortex-A53

Posted by – September 23, 2015

Arrow Electronics is about to launch the mass production of this 64bit Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c development board, based on the Linaro Consumer Edition specification, featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 at 1.2GHz with Adreno 306 GPU, to run Android 5.1, Ubuntu 15.4 and Windows 10. You can read more about Dragonboard 410c and order it at http://partners.arrow.com/campaigns-na/qualcomm/dragonboard-410c/

$75 LeMaker HiKey 64bit with HiSilicon Kirin 620 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53


LeMaker releases their $75 LeMaker HiKey development board, it’s powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 620 Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 64bit CPU at up to 1.2GHz and high performance Mali 450MP4 GPU. It also has 1GBLPDDR3 DRAM (800MHz) and 8GB eMMC storage on board. The price is $75 for the 1GB RAM version and $99 for 2GB RAM.

The LeMaker HiKey board follows the Linaro LCG 96boards design specification, with the standardized expansion buses for peripheral I/O, display and cameras in the 96boards ecosystem, we have many add-ons to work on HiKey. LeMaker, as one of the LCG members will contribute more resources and technical support to 96boards community.

This video also features LeMaker Guitar on Actions S500 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, LeMaker Banana Pro on Allwinner A20 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 and LeMaker Piano on Freescale i.MX6Quad and Dual Quad-core and Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9.

Texas Instruments BeagleBoard-X15


Texas Instruments shows BeagleBoard-X15 for the performance Linux-hacker-focused line. It has dual-core ARM Cortex-A15, dual-core ARM Cortex-M4, dual-core C66x DSP and dual-core SGX544 GPU.

Qualcomm QCA401x Wi-Fi chip, Internet of Everything, QCA4002 Wi-Fi on GT202 development platform


Qualcomm shows their AllJoyn open source project part of the AllSeen Alliance Internet of Everything development platform featuring the Qualcomm QCA4002 on the GT202 reference design development board with Freescale Freedomboard, Renesas RX11 and STMicroelectronics Microcontrollers, as well as launching the very low power Qualcomm QCA401x Wi-Fi chip that includes a RTOS based Microcontroller to power end-point devices like light bulbs and home surveillance cameras to answer manufacturer demand for increased computing, memory, and advanced features while lowering size, cost, and power consumption.

Acer Cloud Professor – IoT Education Kit

Posted by – September 9, 2015

Acer Cloud Professor is a “Plug, Play, Code & Make” IoT starter kit for people in all ages to feel the vibe of Internet of Things development. Using mobile devices as input interface, anyone can conduct IoT remote control by simply following the tutorial kits by any popular programming languages such as Scratch, LiveCode, JavaScript, and C/C++. Its open architecture, open source, and cross platform App features support major OS. Users can get started now with Cloud Professor’s easy and quick prototyping tool to go instantly on to the Acer Cloud. Users can simply plug it in and be ready to go!

Hackaday.io platform for Hackers

Posted by – July 31, 2015

Hackaday serves up Fresh Hacks Every Day from around the Internet. Posts on Hackaday aim to be the gold-standard in entertainment for engineers and engineering enthusiasts. Find out more at http://hackaday.io

Nordic Semiconductor ARM Cortex-M0 Ultra Low Power Wireless IPv6 over BTLE


Nordic Semiconductor shows their ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy, Ant, 2.4Ghz ARM Cortex-M0 based system on chips for trying to simplify the development of Wearables, Internet of Things devices, they are working to make things as simple as possible. One of the features that Nordic Semiconductor is able to demonstrate is to send voice over Bluetooth Low Energy. Nordic Semiconductor’s implementation of Thread and mbed are being demonstrated.

Shenzhen Maker Faire: Atmel SMART SAM L21 ARM Cortex M0+


Atmel SMART SAM L21 is the world’s lowest power ARM Processor based on ARM Cortex-M0+, can use as low as 35 µA/MHz in active mode and 200nA in Sleep mode. Atmel shows examples in Shenzhen, including to run an E Ink diplay, showing how they are getting hardware makers to use this solution for ultra-low-power Internet of Things (IoT). The Atmel module can also feature Full Speed USB host and device, Event System and Sleepwalking, 12-bit analog, AES, capacitive touch sensing, built in opAmps and much more. As introduced at the Shenzhen Maker Faire show, these Atmel modules are sold to makers on Alibaba.com and Taobao.com