The Wandboard is a tiny computer or developer board which looks a bit like a Raspberry Pi, but which has a starting price about three times as high and which packs significantly more power. That’s because while the Raspberry Pi has an ARM11 single-core processor, the Wandboard features a faster Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9 processor. […]
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BeagleBone Black is a $45 Android, Linux computer and hardware prototyping board
There’s a new player in the low-cost, ARM-based, mini-computer space. The BeagleBone Black is a $45 device which can run Linux or Android software and which can be used as a barebones computer or as the brains of a hardware project such as a robot, a home automation system, or more. It’s sort of what […]
VIA launches VAB-600 Pico-ITX board with a WM8950 CPU
VIA has introduced a new board which you can use to build a low-power, small form-factor PC or embedded device. The VAB-600 is a Pico-ITX board which measures just 3.9″ x 2.8″ and which features an 800 MHz VIA Wondermedia WM8950 ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Mali-400 graphics. Clearly a system with that chip isn’t likely […]
$99 MarS Board dev board features Freescale i.MX6 Dual processor
Embest Technologies plans to offer a new dev board/mini-computer with a low power processor in May. It’s called the MarS Board and it’s sort of like a Raspberry Pi, but it costs more than twice as much as delivers far more power. The $99 MarS Board packs a 1 GHz Freescale i.MX6 Dual ARM Cortex-A9 processor, […]
ARMBRIX Zero dev board is canceled, pre-orders to be refunded
The ARMBRIX Zero dev board was supposed to be a relatively low-cost computer board with an ARM Cortex-A15 dual core processor and a range of input and output ports which would make it a good platform for use as a hardware prototype… or as a home theater PC. HowChip started taking pre-orders for the ARMBRIX […]
Gizmo Explorer Kit is a $199 AMD-powered mini PC/development kit
Want to build a robot, digital signage system, or a low power computer? The Gizmo Explorer Kit is a $199 package that will let you do any of those things, and more. At the heart of the kit is the Gizmo Board: a computer board featuring an AMD G-Series 6.4W processor and 1GB of RAM. […]
ARMBRIX Zero dev board packs a Samsung Exynos 5 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU
Looking for a tiny ARM-based computer board with a little more power than the $35 Raspberry Pi or $49 VIA APC? The latest dev board from ARMBRIX features a Samsung Exynos 5250 dual core ARM Cortex-A15 processor. That’s the same chip featured in the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook and Google Nexus 10 tablet, and as […]
Hardkernel introduces credit card-sized ODROID dev boards for $69 and up
Hardkernel offers a range of developer boards with ARM-based processors. But the new ODROID-U and ODROID-U2 are the smallest and cheapest of the bunch. Each board is basically a tiny computer with an ARM Cortex-A9 processor, support for Ethernet and USB connections, and the ability to run Android or Ubuntu Linux. But they’re small enough […]
6 new TI OMAP 5 ARM Cortex-A15 system-on-a-module designs coming soon
Texas Instruments may be scaling back its efforts to get its chips into consumer products. But the company isn’t sitting on its hands. Instead TI is aiming its next-gen chips at industrial development. Today TI unveiled 6 new system-on-a-module designs that will be available in early 2013. They’re all basically computer boards with TI OMAP […]
$179 Sabre Lite dev board has a Freescale i.MX6 quad-core CPU
Element14 is taking pre-orders for a new developer board called the i.MX6Q Sabre Lite. It’s basically a single-board computer aimed at developers, featuring Freescale’s latest quad-core processor. You can pre-order a Sabre Lite board for $179. The board features a 1 GHz Freescale i.MX6 Quad processor, 1GB of RAM, Ethernet, HDMI, audio jacks, and a […]