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Radxa Rock - The $99 Quad Core, 2 GB RAM Mini Computer With Android And Linux Support

Raspberry Pi - the hacker friendly, cheap mini-computer started a whole new niche of users tinkering with these easily accessible hardware and open-source software to create awesome projects. There are now a plethora of such ARM development boards from single-core, dual-core to quad-code varieties having all sorts of ARM CPU options like Rockchip, i.MX Freescale, Samsung Exynos etc. with various RAM, connectivity and falsh storage options.

Radxa Rock is the newest entry into this arena and seems to pack a solid punch of hardware and software power, powered by Quad core ARM Cortex-A9 processor the board manages to clock as high as 1.6Ghz and as low as 324Mhz, balancing between performance and power saving. The single-board computer uses RK3188 as the quad-core CPU and comes with 2GB DDR3 @ 800Mhz, 8GB Nand Flash, Micro-SD SDXC up to 128GB, Mali400-mp4@533Mhz GPU with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, video output via HDMI 1.4 up to 1080p@60hz, integrated Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi with external antenna, LAN, RTC, IR, USB OTG, S/PDIF, headphone jack, built-in microphone and 80 pins including GPIO, I2C, SPI, Line in, USB 2.0, PWM, ADC, LCD, etc. allowing users to easily connect rock with breadboard or other sensor boards.

Radxa Rock
Model radxa rock radxa rock lite
Cost (in USD) $99 $79
System
CPU ARM Cortex-A9 quad core @ 1.6Ghz
Memory 2GB DDR3 @ 800Mhz 1GB DDR3 @ 800Mhz
Storage 8GB Nand Flash, Micro-SD SDXC up to 128GB 4GB Nand Flash, Micro-SD SDXC up to 128GB
Display and Graphics
GPU Mali400-mp4@533Mhz, OpenGL ES 2.0
Digital Video HDMI 1.4 up to 1080p@60hz
Analog Video AV output
Network
LAN 10/100M Ethernet port
WIFI 150Mbps 802.11b/g/n with antenna
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 None
I/O
Audio S/PDIF, headphone jack
USB HOST 2 USB 2.0 standard A type
USB OTG USB OTG micro-USB connector
Serial Serial Console for debugging
IR Support self defined IR remote
Key 1 power key, 1 recovery key, 1 reset key
Other
Led 3 programable leds
RTC Support power off alarm
Extend header 80 pins including GPIO, I2C, SPI, Line in, USB 2.0, PWM, ADC, LCD, etc
Radxa Rock mini quad core ARM computer that simply rocks.
Quad core ARM Cortex-A9 processor running as high as 1.6Ghz and as low as 324Mhz, balancing between performance and power saving. With 80 pins 2.54mm extension headers, you can easily connect rock with breadboard or other sensor boards.
Radxa Rock
Date published: 03/16/2014
9 / 10 stars

Website : http://radxa.com/

Comments

very interesting. available in the EU?

There are numerous distributors shipping worldwide, see their website and click on the Buy link.

very nice and simple

Hey Guys, we've just replenished our inventory of Radxa Rocks. Head over to www.effiall.com to check it out.

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