Pico-ITX SBC runs Android on quad-core ARM SoC Via Technologies announced what it says is the industry’s first quad-core ARM-based Pico-ITX single board computer (SBC), featuring Android or Ubuntu Linux running on the 1GHz Freescale i.MX6Quad system-on-chip.
The VAB-820 offers 1GB RAM, 4GB flash, a microSD slot, and coastline HDMI, gigabit Ethernet, composite video, and dual USB 2.0 ports, and supports extended temperature operation. The Via VAB-820 is the first SBC to use Via’s Pico-ITX form-factor that also offers a quad-core ARM SoC, says Via Technologies. The tiny, 100 x 72mm SBC offers Freescale’s i.MX6Quad SoC which combines four Cortex-A9 cores clocked to 1GHz with a trio of GPUs for OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics, 2D graphics, and OpenVG 1.1.
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Development Boards - ARM. Intel announces Edison: a 22nm dual-core PC the size of an SD card. LinuxAndroidPlatform < LinuxKernel < Foswiki. Commands and tools on Linux based host (instructions are for Ubuntu/Debian) The information here is according to instuctions.
Please always check the above page. Notes There are some more things to bare in mind: You will need a 64-bit Linux box to built Android now The Sun JDK is no longer in Ubuntu's main package repository. Java 6: for Gingerbread and newer. Arch Linux ARM. Intel shrinks a computer to fit inside an SD memory card - Gadget Guy Australia. Computers are getting smaller, and our smartphones are a testament to that, but Intel has done something remarkable by making a computer fit inside the size of an SD card.
Unveiled this week at CES in Vegas, “Edison” is a new project whereby Intel has found a way to developer a computer supporting wireless connectivity inside the chassis of an SD card. Designed to be used by inventors, product designers, and entrepreneurs, Intel Edison effectively could make it possible to run a computer inside any device that sports an SD card slot, which includes a lot of different gadgets out there. The Edison tiny computer supports an x86 compatible processor, and will connect with WiFi, Bluetooth, and a small amount of storage, while consuming a small amount of power in the process in the tiny and slim size.
“Wearables are not everywhere today because they aren’t yet solving real problems and they aren’t yet integrated with our lifestyles,” said Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel. LPC1114FN28 with Open Source Tools « Meat and Networking. I’ve been excited about the LPC1114FN28 for a while now (at least, as excited as one could be about a microcontroller).
The LPC1114FN28 is a microcontroller from NXP with an ARM Cortex-M0 core in a 28 pin DIP package. With 32k of flash and 4k of RAM, this chip isn’t the biggest or baddest on the block, but at $1.50 in small quantities, it has just about every other uC beat in the performance-per-dollar arena. It’s got the basic peripherals, SPI, Serial, ADC, and I2C. It’s programmable via SWD or serial bootloader. Programming the LPC810M021FN8. Created: 11 May 2013, Last modified: 7 April 2015 An eight pin 30MHz 32bit Cortex M0+ The moment I read about this MCU I immediately knew I wanted to try it.
It's a 32 bit processor in a DIP package and requires no extra components even including a internal oscillator, meaning it can be easily breadboarded. There are only eight pins but the configuration allows for any pin, besides Vdd and Vss, to be either GPIO, USART, I2C or SPI. Memory is limited to 4KB flash and 1KB SRAM and can run at 30 MHz. It reminds me a lot of the Atmega Attiny MCUs. This article got featured in Hackaday.com: Programming a through-hole ARM microcontroller. Circuit for In-System Programming In this example we will be using an inexpensive UART/USB adapter and Flashmagic to upload the binary to the MCU. The needed circuit is very simple because, as stated before, the LPC810M021FN doesn't need any additional components to work. Flash Magic - Welcome. Flash Magic - Welcome. Programming a through-hole ARM microcontroller. TV features and specifications. Linux on an 8-bit micro? - Dmitry Grinberg.
Apr 16, 2012, 2am PDT: Small schematic fix (SD card's SCK & VDD were switched) Apr 3, 2012, 1am PDT: new source code archive uploaded.
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Your documents, pictures, and other files are always on computers you control. Yun based Electricity Monitor with Cloud Support / Temboo and Google Drive. This Instructable shows how to make an Electricity Monitor for your home that utilises some of the key capabilities of the Arduino Yun that make it an Ideal choice for Cloud Enabled sensor projects such as this.
Features : WiFi connection allows continuous monitoring of Power Consumed Utilises TEMBOO for Cloud Support with Google APIs Cloud Support: Writes Power Consumption to a Google Drive Spreadsheet Graphing, analysis etc.. available via Google Spreadsheet A nice feature of the project is that the monitoring is flexible and it's completely wireless (except for the Current Transformer of course), allowing continuous monitoring from a PC or phone and permanent storage on the Cloud. Measured accuracy was 6% (typical), which is excellent for such a simple circuit. Even better accuracy was observed after calibration. Linux ported to Atmel's ATmega microcontrollers. Dmitry Grinberg's design allows an Atmel microcontroller to run a full GNU/Linux operating system - albeit slowly.
The Ubuntu Linux distribution has been ported to the cheapest and most portable platform yet: An Atmel ATmega microcontroller. Arduino.