My first SoC board was pcduino. Since it was one of the first boards and I used it 24/7.
It gave me some experience and I really like that Allwinner SoC A10 with 1GB RAM and 2GB storage. What I wanted was SATA so I could use my mini PC also as media server that support DLNA.Now I wanted to buy a new one, but which one?
To get the full list go to wiki.
It gave me some experience and I really like that Allwinner SoC A10 with 1GB RAM and 2GB storage. What I wanted was SATA so I could use my mini PC also as media server that support DLNA.Now I wanted to buy a new one, but which one?
To get the full list go to wiki.
I was comparing these boards:
- pcduino v1, v2, v3, lite
- cubieboard 1/2
- Cubietruck
- raspberry pi A/B
- BeagleBone Black
- A10-OLinuXino-LIME
The winner for me is Cubieboard 2
SoC A20; 1GB RAM; 4GB Storage; SATA connectore for 2,5′ disks; many extension PINs.
Price in EU: 63EUR
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| Cubieboard2 in box |
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| Cubieboard 2 after fresh start |
After some weeks I see the following disadvantages:
- Pins for hobbyists are not the standard size. Icreated a posts with this topic
- In compare to pcduino the community is limited to this cubietech forum
In next chapters I will introduce the boards…
pcDuino
Nice pcduino boards that came in many variations:
- pcDuino Lite
- Allwinner A10; 512MB; no Flash
- pcDuino Lite WiFi
- Allwinner A10; 256MB; 2GB Flash; Wifi
- pcDuino v1 (my first board)
- Allwinner A10; 1GB; 4GB Flash
- pcDuino v2
- Allwinner A10; 1GB; 4GB Flash; Wifi
- pcDuino3
- Allwinner A20; 1GB; 4GB Flash; Wifi; SATA
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| pcDuino3 |
The price is very affortable. Although pcDuino3 with SATA is about 70Eur and in this price level, you have more devices also from other vendors.
TODO: TBD