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PCduino

2013-04-02T13:03:21+01:00

You can get a full spec 7" android/linux tablet for about the same price with
built in multi-touch HD display. If you need more USB ports or I/O an adaptor can usually be found.
HDMI is the wrong video tech it seems to me.
Its the main reason I have no interest in the raspberry pi. It makes
it far too expensive to do anything serious with.
(yes I have a 4D systems ulcd-32 here for trial - they do work on the Pi but dont cut the mustard either price or spec wise.)

Statistics: Posted by mantrid — Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:03 pm

PCduino

2013-03-30T17:09:08+01:00

Beaglebone looks very good, but in the last minute I decided to buy the Pandaboard for the CPU power, I still want to use it with Kinect / Xaction.

When will you receive it ? Have benn already published the specifications?

By the way, I just hav discovered this interesting introduction video tutorial about Beaglebone programming in C/C++:

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Statistics: Posted by siempre.aprendiendo — Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:09 pm

PCduino

2013-03-30T16:59:04+01:00

very nice. shame about the cpu
These android sticks are doubling in performance every week
check out Rockchip RK3188 and also there's the new upcoming beaglebone (which RoboSavvy will be carrying)

I just tried upgrading my Rasberrypi XMBC media player to a couple of new sticks but the formal android support for XMBC and various codecs is not great so i'm stuck with the slow RPi.

Statistics: Posted by limor — Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:59 pm

PCduino

2013-03-30T14:34:06+01:00

http://www.pcduino.com/

It seems pretty interesting, isn't it?

Hardware Specifications

Items Details
CPU 1GHz ARM Cortex A8
GPU OpenGL ES2.0, OpenVG 1.1 Mali 400 core
DRAM 1GB
Onboard Storage 2GB Flash, microSD card (TF) slot for up to 32GB
Video Output HDMI
OS Linux3.0 + Ubuntu 12.04

Android ICS 4.0
Extension Interface 2.54mm Headers
Network interface 10/100Mbps RJ45 and USB WiFi extension (not included)
Power 5V, 700mA
Overall Size 125mm X 52mm

Software Specifications

Items Description
OS

Ubuntu 12.04
Android ICS 4.0

Language

English

API

All the arduino shield pins are accessible with the provided API
It consists of API to access the following interfaces:
UART
ADC
PWM
GPIO
I2C
SPI

Programming language support

C, C++ with GNU tool chain
Java with standard Android SDK
Python

Statistics: Posted by siempre.aprendiendo — Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:34 pm