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256GB eMMC Modules

Posted on by pinkodroid
23
Mar

OS Preinstalled
Ready to run out of the box

*WiKi : https://wiki.odroid.com/accessory/emmc/reference_chart

*Schematics : http://dn.odroid.com/eMMCModule/

256GB eMMC chip from Kingston

* You need eMMC Module Reader or USB3.0 eMMC Module Writer to flash or update the OS of the eMMC Module.(sold separately)

Transcend USB multi-slot SD Card reader in the below picture is not included.
LIST OF eMMC reader (converter) VERIFIED MicroSD adapter.

You need USB3.0 eMMC Module Writer 2 : Works with ODROID Orange, Red and Blue eMMC modules

(It is not compatible with the Black eMMC Modules)

 

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USB3.0 eMMC Module Writer 2

Posted on by pinkodroid
21
Mar

Easier and faster way to flash your OS image into the eMMC Module. With this unit, you will not need a separate USB card reader. Just attach your eMMC module directly to your PC/Mac via this writer board.

– USB 3.0 Interface
– Native eMMC 8bit wide data interface, instead of slow SD 4bit width
– Works in HS200 mode
– Windows / Mac / Linux Compatible
– Works with ODROID Orange, Red and Blue eMMC modules
– Use with Etcher or Win32DiskImager software on your PC
– It can’t access the eMMC hidden boot blocks
– Rated Power : 5V/500mA (including eMMC module)
– Dimensions : 60x26x4.5 mm

It does not work with the Black eMMC Modules.

We compared the OS flashing speed between our USB 3.0 eMMC Module Writer and a generic card reader.

Test environment
1. PC : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @3.60GHz 3.60GHz / RAM 16GB / 64bit Windows 10
2. Etcher version : 1.3.1
3. eMMC : 64GB Yellow
4. Input file : ubuntu-16.04.3-4.14-minimal-odroid-xu4-20171213.img(1.63GB)

Test result
USB3.0 eMMC Module Writer   : Flashing 28.18s, Validating 20.31s, Total 48.49s
Transcend USB3.0 card Reader : Flashing 93.64s, Validating 81.23s, Total 174.86s
The USB 3.0 eMMC Module Writer is 3-4 times faster than a normal USB 3.0 card reader.

With Transcend USB3.0 reader
1st trial : Flashing 93.07s, Validating 88.83s, Total 181.90s
2nd trial : Flashing 89.29s, Validating 83.55s, Total 172.84s
3rd trial : Flashing 107.65s, Validating 85.81s, Total 193.46s

With Transcend USB3.0 reader
1st trial : Flashing 93.07s, Validating 88.83s, Total 181.90s
2nd trial : Flashing 89.29s, Validating 83.55s, Total 172.84s
3rd trial : Flashing 107.65s, Validating 85.81s, Total 193.46s

More information : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/usb3-0-emmc-module-writer-2/

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M1 Metal case Kit OliveGray

Posted on by pinkodroid
10
Mar

A sleek and cool OliveGray color metal case is an available option to protect your ODROID-M1 board.
The metal cover is made with aluminum extrusion that has an abrasive blasted surface texture and anodized OliveGray color finish. It can be securely docked to the ODRID-M1 heatsink frame via sliding slot. The front and rear side covers were made with gold plated PCBs.

Package includes
OliveGray color metal body
PCB-cut made sides
5 x screws (including a spare)

Schematics : https://wiki.odroid.com/_media/accessory/cables/m1_metal_case_dimensions.pdf
DXF CAD Format : https://wiki.odroid.com/_media/accessory/cables/odroid-m1_covers.dxf.zip

For more information : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/m1-metal-case-kit/

 

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ODROID-HC4-P Kit

Posted on by pinkodroid
10
Nov

Consists of ODROID-HC4 board, a case made of a rigid PCB that can mount two 3.5-inch HDDs horizontally, cooling fan, cables and bolts. It’s your own network storage device that you can enjoy creating yourself, and the HC4’s Petitboot function and various latest OS support can be used without any changes. Please note that this product cannot mount any 2.5-inch storage device.

Package contents:

For more information : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4-p-kit/

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ODROID-N2L, very small in size but powerful in performance

Posted on by pinkodroid
08
Nov

The ODROID-N2L is the low-cost variant of our most popular and powerful ARM SBC ODROID-N2+. 

This project was actually initiated at the request of several B2B customers. They were satisfied with the performance and convenience of the highly versatile N2+. However, they wanted to embed a relatively compact, cost-effective, simple, and still high-performance SBC into their system.

Therefore, we made it!

  • Smaller and neater form factor: 69 x 56mm 
  • Small size allows for mounting inside a variety of small devices
  • Suitable for various standalone embedded system which don’t require Ethernet connectivity
  • Suitable for building robots, drones, arcade consoles, human-machine-interface devices, and many other applications
  • Faster and lower power consumption LPDDR4 RAM
  • Lightweight
  • Low cost

We replaced the DDR4 RAM chips with a single LPDDR4 chip to minimize the PCB form factor and reduce power consumption. As a bonus, around 20% higher DRAM interface clock frequency is an obvious and important improvement. We could find 10% to 20% of increased system performance compared to the original N2+ in various benchmark test results. The GPU benchmark glmark2-es2 also showed about 10% of increased performance which is  very similar to the improvement of the memory bandwidth (MBW) test.

ODROID-N2L with 4GByte RAM : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-n2l-with-4gbyte-ram ODROID-N2L with 2GByte RAM : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-n2l-with-2gbyte-ram

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The ODROID H-series is back

Posted on by pinkodroid
12
Oct

The ODROID H-series is back It is more powerful, offers higher performance and comes in two brand new models.

ODROID-H3+ : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3-plus/

ODROID-H3 : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3/

Intel® Quad-Core Processor Jasper Lake N5105(H3+: N6005) has a base clock of 2GHz and a boost clock of 2.9GHz (H3+: 3.3GHz) with 1.5 MB L2 and 4 MB L3 cache by a 10 nm process.
Up to 64GB Dual-channel Memory DDR4 PC4-23400 (2933MT/s)
Two SO-DIMM slots, up to 32GB per slot
PCIe 3.0 x 4 lanes for one M.2 NVMe storage
2 x 2.5Gbit Ethernet ports
2 x SATA 3.0 ports
SSE4.2 accelerator (SMM, FPU, NX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES)
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs(H3+:32 EUs) Turbo 800MHz(H3+:900MHz)
HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.2 multiple video outputs
A configurable Unlimited Performance mode allowing the CPU to run in sustained turbo boost mode.

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ODROID-GO ULTRA

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ODROID-GO ULTRA is a new gaming focused development platform. Its overall system was designed based on our powerful ODROID-N2+. OGU’s exterior and LCD size are the same as OGS, but the internal core components have been completely redesigned. The OGU PCB shape is identical to the OGS, but it has a totally different circuit design and requires a heatsink to cool down its more powerful CPU.

ODROID-GO ULTRA Dim Gray

ODROID-GO ULTRA Clear White

Specification

ProcessorCPU : Amlogic S922X (Quad-core Cortex-A73(2.2Ghz) and Dual-core Cortex-A53(2Ghz)
ARMv8-A architecture with Neon and Crypto extensions
GPU : Mali-G52 GPU with 6 x Execution Engines (846Mhz)
OSUbuntu 20.04.4 on Kernel 4.9.277 Aarch64
Modified EmulationStation front-end with Libretro. GPU accelerated OpenGL-ES on DRM-FB
Memory2GiB (LPDDR4 1608Mhz, 32 Bits bus width)
StorageOn board 16GiB eMMC, Micro SD Card slot(UHS-1 Capable interface)
Display5inch 854×480 TFT LCD (Wide viewing angle display, MIPI-DSI interface)
AudioEarphone stereo jack, 0.5Watt 8Ω Mono speaker
BatteryLi-Polymer 3.7V/4000mAh(76.5×54.5×7.5mm), Up to 6 hours of continuous game playing time
Power Supply5V input, USB-C power connector : A USB -C charging Y cable with type-A is included in the package.
Maximum drawing current: 1.5Amp
Support USB 2.0 Device on the USB-C port
External I/OUSB 2.0 Host x 1
Input ButtonsF1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, A, B, X, Y, Direction Pad, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder, Left Shoulder2, Right Shoulder2, Analog joystick, Analog joystick2
WirelessOptional USB dual-band WiFi Bluetooth combo adapter
Power consumptionGame emulation: 800 ~ 1300mA (depends on backlit brightness and type of game emulations and the wireless usage), Power off mode: <1mA
Charging time3 ~ 4 hours when off. 6 ~ 7 hours when in use.
Dimensions204x86x25 mm, Weight: 299 g (8 oz)
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ODROID-M1 with a wide range of useful peripherals

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The ODROID-M1 is a single board computer with a wide range of useful peripherals developed for use in a variety of embedded system applications. 8GByte RAM and 4GByte RAM versions are available.

The CPU has four ARM Cortex-A55 processors with low power consumption and high efficiency operation at 2Ghz. A larger 8GB of LPDDR4 DRAM Memory is available. Petitboot pre-installed into the on-board 16MiB of SPI-Flash Memory helps manage various OS and kernel versions easily and supports booting from microSD, eMMC, NVMe, SATA, and USB storage devices. A standard size 22mm x 80mm M.2 NVMe storage device can be directly installed on the ODROID-M1 board. A single native (non-USB) SATA 3.0 port is provided for use with a 2.5inch HDD or SSD NAND Memory storage device. The four-lane MIPI-DSI port can be directly connected to a LCD panel. The two-lane MIPI-CSI port can be directly connected to a camera sensor module. Since Machine Learning has been a trend in this industry, there is a neural network processing unit (NPU) which can deliver up to 0.8 TOPS on the M1 single board computer. A sleek and cool blue M1 Metal Case Kit is an available option to protect your ODROID-M1 board. 

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ODROID-HC4 is new Home-Cloud platform

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ODROID-HC4 is new Home-Cloud platform based on the same ARM CPU as the ODROID-C4. We adopted a 12nm fabricated energy efficient 1.8Ghz Cortex-A55 quad core processor with faster 4GB DDR4 RAM. A 16MiB SPI flash chip exists on the board for the useful Petitboot feature.

ODROID-HC4 with OLED : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4-oled/

ODROID-HC4 : https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4/

Technical information at WiKi : https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-hc4/odroid-hc4

We adopted a 12nm fabricated energy efficient 1.8Ghz Cortex-A55 quad core processor with faster 4GB DDR4 RAM. A 16MiB SPI flash chip exists on the board for the useful Petitboot feature.

We decided to drop the use of USB3.0 to SATA bridge solutions (quirks, additional IO layer, etc) for the ODROID HC4. We are therefore using a more native and reliable PCIe to SATA direct bridge solutions. In doing so the HC4 board provides two SATA storage docks.

A 5.5mm DC power jack, UHS-1 compatible micro-SD slot, USB 2.0, HDMI 2.0 and 1GbE port are available on the rear side of the transparent shell case.

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Need for Speed? Need for More Speed? ODROID-N2+

Posted on by pinkodroid
15
Jul

We announced the S922X hexa-core powered ODROID-N2 device almost 15 months ago as one of the fastest ARM single board computers.
The default maximum Cortex-A73 quad-core clock frequency was 1.8Ghz and Cortex-A53 dual-core frequency was 1.9Ghz.

Recently, the SoC vendor Amlogic released a revised silicon design of the S922X.
Rev-A is replaced by Rev-C with an improved CPU core power rail budget and higher clock frequencies.

Before: Meson chip version = RevA (29:A – 40:0)
After: Meson chip version = RevC (29:C – 40:0)

With the revised chip design, the Cortex-A73 big-core maximum clock frequency is now 2.2Ghz.
This results in a 22% performance improvement over the previous 1.8Ghz clock frequency.

We call this new beast of a SBC the “ODROID-N2-Plus”. The price will remain the same as the previous model.

Need even more performance? Why not!
We’ve just tested over 300 samples of the revised N2+ boards, and we found that all of the boards could be overclocked to 2.4Ghz. This is a 33% clock frequency improvement over the original N2.
We could finally enjoy some GameCube retro games on 64bit Android OS with a playable speed thanks to the overclock.
Please note that we can’t guarantee the overclock to 2.4Ghz but we believe most of them will work at that frequency range.

The Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome desktop experience with the Wayland GPU driver is also quite impressive. Upstream kernel 5.7 can use the hardware VPU acceleration via a slightly modified MPV.

We will release Android and Ubuntu OS images for ODROID-N2+ within a couple of days.

Here is a brief performance comparison chart

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A cooling fan may be required to prevent “throttling” due to the SoC temperature if your computing load is continuously very high at 2.4Ghz clock speed and the ambient temperature is 35°C (95°F) or higher.
We are selling a large 80mm quiet cooling fan separately to support the 2.4Ghz turbo speed at higher ambient temperature. https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/80x80x1 … connector/
Otherwise, the stock heatsink is enough for a normal room temperature 25°C (77°F) or less.

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Additionally, the onboard RTC backup battery source was changed to a widely available bare RC2032 coin cell instead of a proprietary one. You can keep the time over several years once you install a coin battery.

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The system height decreased from 34mm to 29mm approximately thanks to the slimmer heatsink.

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Availability: You can order 4GB model now and we will start shipping from 20 July.
N2+ 4GB model($79) https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid- … yte-ram-2/
N2+ Cooling Fan($4) https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/80x80x1 … connector/

2GB model will be ready to order from 21 July and shipping from 24 July.
N2+ 2GB model($63) https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid- … yte-ram-2/

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ODROID-H2+ is now available with more features

Posted on by pinkodroid

– Intel J4115 is a slightly modified version of J4105.
– 2x 2.5GbE networks are implemented with the latest NIC chipset RTL8215B.
– USB2.0 and HDMI CEC signals are added to GPIO ports increasing the number of pins to 24 from 20.
-12Volt SATA power circuit is changed to improve the suspend-resume power controller sequence of 3.5inch HDDs.
https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2plus/