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MarS Board – Freescale ARM Cortex-A9

A super ARM DIY Platform. Measuring only 65.46mm by 102.04mm, the MarS Board is a low-cost highly-integrated controller board based on Freescale’s i.MX 6 Dual ARM Cortex-A9 application processor which encompasses a dual-core platform running up to 1 GHz with 1 MB of L2 cache and 64-bit DDR3 or 2-ch., 32-bit LPDDR2 support.

MarS Board – Freescale ARM Cortex-A9

MarS Board - Freescale ARM Cortex-A9

The MarS Board is a ready-to-run platform with ported Linux 3.0.15 or Android 4.0.4. Additionally, Embest provides the demo for uC/OS-II V2.92.05 for user experience. It is an ideal core processing component for your end devices based on a single hardware design

Features Include These too

  • MarS Board is a Multi-Display platform.
  • MarS Board is a Multi-Expansibility Platform
  • NEON SIMD media accelerator
  • HD class 1080p encode/decode video engine
  • 10M/100M/1Gbps Ethernet Interface
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BeagleBot – Beagle powered robot

“For measuring distances I chose to use SRF08. It is an ultrasonic ranger with I2C bus and measure range from 3 cm to 6 m. The sensor has a beam width of 55 degrees (-6 dB points) and when mounted on top of one of the servos it can be used for covering well over 180 degrees.”

BeagleBot – Beagle powered robot – A small experimental robot with Beagle Board as it’s heart.

Servo System -Double Hitec HS-422 servos mounted on a special two axis brackets. – 5 pcs of normal RC servos with 50 Hz PWM control. ATMega16 at the expansion board creates the PWM for all of the servos and provides an I2C control interface for them. User space application running on beagle board can thus control the servos just sending only a simple I2C message.

BeagleBot - Beagle powered robot

“The Beagle Board is a low-cost, fan-less single-board computer based on Texas Instruments OMAP35x processors featuring the ARM Cortex-A8 core”

The USB-powered Beagle Board is a low-cost, fan-less single board computer that unleashes laptop-like performance and expandability without the bulk, expense, or noise of typical desktop machines.

Beagle Board – Create Open Embedded Devices

The BeagleBoard.org Foundation is a US-based non-profit corporation existing to provide education in and promotion of the design and use of open-source software and hardware in embedded computing.

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Android Hardware Development Kit

The Android Hardware Development Kit is designed for enterprise embedded developers looking for a single, all-inclusive solution for a variety of prototyping needs.

Android Hardware Development Kit

Android Hardware Development Kit is the first Open Hardware solution designed for full hardware customization. Together it is a Open System Design Solution.

Android Hardware Development Kit
Runs with a 720MHz ARM-based, open source BeagleBoard C4

Some Features are

  • Display: 4.3 inch touch display
  • Screen: 480×272 OLED screen
  • RAM: 128MB
  • 32bit Single Core
  • SD Storage: 4GB SD Storage
  • On Board Flash: 256MB
  • 4 USB Host Port Adapter
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
  • Ethernet (RJ-45) USB 2.0 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
  • Video Output: DVI to HDMI
  • Video Output: S-Video
  • Speaker (Stereo Headphone Out): 3.5mm Audio Out