[HH] Cubieboard

[Bennett Marks]

Big differences:
  MALI graphics vs. Broadcom
  No CSI or DSI
  SATA connector
  1Gbyte memory vs. 512 Mbyte
  4Gb NAND Flash
  Better/More extender pinouts
  uSD vs. SD
  1Ghz vs. 700Mhz

$59 vs. $35

It'll all come down to if they can deliver, and what kind of support the
dev community generates.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>wrote:

> Cubieboard is a Kickstarter project by a Chinese company for a Raspberry
> Pi-class single board computer.
> http://www.indiegogo.com/cubieboard
>
> Specs:
>
>     1G ARM cortex-A8 processor, NEON, VFPv3, 256KB L2 cache
>     Mali400, OpenGL ES GPU
>     1GB DDR3 @480MHz
>     HDMI 1080p Output
>     10/100M Ethernet
>     4GB Nand Flash
>     2 USB Host, 1 micro SD slot, 1 SATA, 1 ir
>     96 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
>
> Aside fro the I/Os, I'm not seeing much here that distinguishes it from
> RPi (which recently boosted its RAM to 512 MB).
>
> It's described as an "open ARM box" but they never elaborate on what
> they mean by "open."
>
> One of the listed uses is:
>   NAS - Cubieboard can drive 2.5 inch hard disk, you can use it as a
>   home network file server.
>
> If it is port multiplier compatible, then it might be useful. (Or per an
> earlier thread, use it as an AOE-to-SATA converter.)
>
> If you infer pricing from the "perks", it looks like it'll sell for
> around $50.
>
> This is one of the most bare-bones Kickstarter pages I've seen. Not much
> info. They've raised a bit less than half of their $50K goal. The
> campaign ends December 7.
>
>  -Tom
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