Paris, Eduporium's Product Guy, presents to you ...
The Udoo!
I backed Udoo on Kickstarter because I was looking for a more powerful alternative to the Raspberry Pi and liked the idea of an Arduino combo. I am very happy with the Udoo Quad. Basically, it is a Quad core Micro Computer with built-in Wi-Fi + an Arduino Due on one board, which enables you to program the Udoo from itself or even remotely. One of my favorite things on this board is the SATA connector, as well as the included Wireless adapter. So far all I've done is test a couple of the image files (Linaro, and Android).
The Udoo and Arduino Due boards with a display, demonstrating the Android Jellybean OS.
The Linaro OS includes the Arduino software preinstalled, so all you have to do is write it to a Micro SD card and you're good to go.The Udoo quad has many potential applications, such as an arcade/Jukebox using Android with a simple kiosk app—the possibilities are endless. This is a powerful learning/development device.
Here is a list of the specs:CPU Freescale i.MX 6 ARM Cortex-A9 Quad core 1GHz
GPU Vivante GC 2000 + Vivante GC 355 + Vivante GC 320
Integrated accelerators for 2D, OpenGL® ES2.0 3D and OpenVG™
Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU (same as Arduino Due)
RAM DDR3 1GB
76 fully available GPIO: 62 digital + 14 digital/analog
Arduino-compatible R3 1.0 pinout
HDMI and LVDS + Touch
2 Micro USB (1 OTG type a+b)
2 USB type A (x2) and 1 USB connector (requires a specific wire)
Analog Audio and Mic
CSI Camera Connection
on board Micro SD card reader (boot device)
Power Supply (6-15V) and External Battery connector
Ethernet RJ45 (10/100/1000 MBit)
Wi-Fi Module
SATA
I will post further progress as I figure out what my first project involving the Udoo quad will be…