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Raspberry Pi-Compatible Development Board Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the chips-and-dips dept.

kodiaktau writes: Hardkernel has released a new Raspberry Pi-compatible development board based on the Samsung Exynos SoC. The board is smaller than a typical Pi, keeping basic HDMI, USB and CSI interfaces. It also has a 26-pin expansion board with more GPIO available, though it lacks an Ethernet jack. Initial prices as estimated around $30. The article makes the interesting point that this and other devices are marketed as "Raspberry Pi-compatible." The Raspberry Pi Foundation may run into name retention issues (similar to the ones Arduino had) as related hardware piggybacks on its success.

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  1. NOT Samsung Exynos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The ODROID-W board uses the same Broadcom 2835 SoC as the Raspberry Pi board, that's why it's 100% software compatible.

    There's also a Smart Watch implementation based on it.

  2. Pi has poor flash file system by rfengr · · Score: 2

    Call me when they develop a reliable file system for sd-card flash memory. I have had nothing but trouble with the Pi.

  3. Re:Here's a novel idea by wiredlogic · · Score: 3, Informative

    BeagleBone Black is that board. Better GPIO, no broken USB stack and other Broadcom SOC BS.

    Without Ethernet, I don't see how this is supposed to be competitive against RPi considering that TI has the nice EK-TM4C1294XL Tiva C Series Connected Launchpad for $20.

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  4. Re:Here's a novel idea by Anon-Admin · · Score: 3, Informative

    As much as I hate to say it, have you looked at the Banana Pi? Dual core 1ghz A20 with a gig of ram, sata port, etc, etc, etc.

    I did a review of them not long ago at http://www.xganon.com/index.ph...

  5. That's not a Exynos SoC by phoenix_rizzen · · Score: 3, Informative

    What makes this thing truly "Raspberry Pi-compatible" is that it uses the same Broadcom SoC. There's nothing Samsung about this thing.

  6. The new Pi has a redesigned power supply by Marrow · · Score: 2

    Maybe that will solve the problems. The form factor is a little different though, so not all the old toys work.

  7. Re:Here's a novel idea by MoonlessNights · · Score: 2

    Their main products (if you look at their web site) are much more substantial.

    I am writing this while using Ubuntu on one of their Odroid-U3 devices, right now. It is a great little machine. I highly recommend it if you are looking for a low-power, low-cost, small ARM Linux machine.