For those interested, here’s the list of hardware platforms I own [Updated in May 2017):
- Linux Development Boards
- Raspberry Pi – Development board powered by Broadcom BCM2835 (ARM11) that supports several Linux distributions
- Raspberry Pi 2 – Development board powered by Broadcom BCM2836 (4x ARM Cortex A7) that supports several Linux distributions
- Raspberry Pi Zero – Minimal version of Raspberry Pi board.
- ODroid-X – Development board based on Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad core cortex A9 processor for Linux and Android development – See unboxing and Android review.
- Cubieboard – Development board featuring AllWinner A10 processor. Read Unboxing and quick start post for details.
- Olimex A13-OLinuXino-MICRO – Open source hardware AllWinner A13 development board. Read my board review for details.
- Wandboard Dual – Development board powered by Freescale i>MX6 Duallite processor. See unboxing and quick start guide. My short Ubuntu review may also be interesting.
- OPENBRIX Zero – Development board based on Exynos 5250 that will never see the light of the day. You can still have a look a some unboxing pictures.
- BeagleBone Green Wireless – Inspired from BeagleBone Black but adding WiFi, Bluetooth, more USB port, and two Grove connectors. See getting started guide for details.
- MQMaker MiQi – Development board powered by Rockchip RK3288 processor. See Android and Linux benchmarks for more info about performance.
- SAMA5D3 Xplained – Atmel SAMA5D3 ARM Cortex A5 board. Read Atmel SAMA5D3 Xplained Board Unboxing and Quick Start Guide for more information.
- Khadas Vim Pro – Amlogic S905X board. You may want to read Khadas Vim Review / Ubuntu 16.04 Quick Start Guide.
- NanoPi NEO and NanoPi NEO 2 – Allwinner H3/H5 boards with Ethernet for headless application. I’m using the former currently used as MQTT server. Read posts tagged nanopi for product announcements, quick start guides, and tutorials.
- Next Thing CHIP – Allwinner R8 board currently used as printer server.
- Orange Pi ONE – Low cost Allwinner H3 board. Read the getting started with Armbian guide for details.
- Orange Pi 2 mini 2 – One of the first Shenzhen Xunlong’s board based on Allwinner H3 processor. Check out the Quick Start Guide, Video Review, and GPIO tests for more info.
- GeekBox – Rockchip RK3368 development board with case and baseboard. Read the assembly guide, and review & benchmarks with Android for further info.
- Pine64+ – Allwinner A64 development board. Read an early review with Android for some more details.
- DragonBoard 410c – 96Boards compliant board powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410c processor. The Android quick start guide, and my report about using Debian may be worth a read.
- Banana Pi M2 Ultra – The only Allwinner R40 board for makers so far.
- Radxa board – Rockchipr RK3188 quad core Cortex A9 development board. More info in the quick start guide, Android build instructions, and Ubuntu build instructions.
- Cubieboard 4 (CC-80) and Cubieboard (Allwinner A10). Check out Cubieboard4 (CC-A80) Unboxing and Getting Started Guide and Cubieboard Unboxing and Quick Start Guide.
- RoseApple Pi – Actions Semi S500 development board. See Linux Quick Start Guide for Roseapple Pi Board based on Actions Semi S500 Processor.
- Pine64 ROCK64 – First development board based on Rockchip RK3328 processor.
- “IoT” Development Board
- Wio Link Starter Kit – Kit with ESP8266 WiFi board and several Grove modules.
- Onion Omega2+ – $5 and up OpenWrt WiFi IoT board powered by Mediatek MT7688 MIPS SoC. I reviewed Omega2+ board with its dock.
- Tiva C-Series Connected LaunchPad – ARM Cortex-M4 board with Ethernet and Exosite cloud access. See Quick Start Guide.
- LinkIt Smart 7688 and 7688 Duo – OpenWrt WiFi IoT board powered by Mediatek MT7688 MIPS SoC. For more details, check out the Getting Started Guide.
- LinkIt ONE – Board based on Mediatek MT2503 “Aster ” MCU with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and GSM connectivity. The previous link contains both specs and a quick start guide.
- ESP32-Bit module with ESP32-T board – One of the many module and board based on ESP32. I explain how to solder it, and use Arduino Core in the aforementioned link.
- Wemos D1 mini – Tiny and ultra cheap ESP8266 board that supports equally tiny shields. Getting Started with Wemos D1 mini ESP8266 Board, DHT & Relay Shields is one of the most popular posts on CNX Software.
- NodeMCU – One of the most popular ESP8266 board on the market. I’ve also written a NodeMCU quick start guide.
- Wio GPS – 2G GPS Tracker with Grove connectors made by Seeed Studio.
- MCU Development Boards
- Emcraft Freescale K70 SoM + baseboard – Development platform made of a baseboard and a SoM based on Freescale Kinetis K70 MCU capable of running uCLinux – See review.
- Emcraft MicroSemi SoM + baseboard – Development platform (baseboard + SoM based on MicroSemi Cortex M3 MCU (A2F500M3G) ) capable of running uCLinux – See review.
- Energy Micro EFM32 Tiny Gecko Starter Kit – Cortex M3 development kits with LCD module – See review.
- Texas Instruments F28069 Piccolo controlSTICK – Evaluation kit (USB Stick) for TI C2000 MCU – See review.
- Infineon XMC4500 Relax Lite Kit – Low cost cortex M4 development kit. – Read getting started guide to know more.
- Infineon Hexagon Application Kit – Cortex M4 development kit with expansion boards – See unboxing and quick start guide.
- Unnamed STM8S board – $1 board based on STM8S MCU. I’ve explained how to program such STM8S board from Linux.
- MPLAB Xpress Evaluation Board – Microchip PIC16F18855 MCU board with mikroBUS header and other I/OS that the company gave away for free for a while. I quickly play with it showing how quickly we can get started with MPLAB Online IDE.
- Android TV boxes
- Mele A1000 – Android Set-top box based on AllWinner A10 Cortex A8 processor – See review.
- Tronsmart Orion R68
- Rikomagic MK22
- Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos
- Ugoos UT4
- U4 Quad Hybrid with DVB-T2/DVB-S2 tuners
- Mecool KIII Pro Android STB with DVB-T2/DVB-S2 tuners, HDMI 2.0 port
- OpenHour Chameleon
- Eweat R9 Plus with 3.5″ SATA bay – Android TV box, NAS, and OpenWrt Router
- Sen5 dual tuner Android STB
- U5 PVR Android set-top box
- Beelink SEA I
- A95X R2 TV Box
- Vorke Z3
- HiMedia Q30
- Linux/OpenELEC TV boxes
- EzeeCube (without hard drive)
- ARNU Box Mach 10 64-bit Pure Linux
- Windows 10 mini PCs
- MINIX NGC-1
- Voyo V1 VMac Mini (N4200 processor, Blue color)
- MeLE PCG03 Apo
- Misc
- SKY-VR CX-V3 Android virtual reality kit
- PocketCHIP Portable mini Linux computer
- Vernee Apollo Lite – Smartphone based on Mediatek Helio X20 deca-core processor. See review.
- Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch – Real watch used as a development platform for MSP430 MCU – See unboxing post and data logger function example use..
- Wansview IP Camera – IP camera based on HiSilicon Hi3512 (ARM9) + OV7725 sensor running Linux.
- Nextion 2.4″ and 5″ TFT serial displays
- NextDrive Plug
- Beyond Debug Key (JTAG)
- Semlamp wireless switch
- GOLE 360 360 deg camera
- MINIX NEO A2 Lite / A3 air mice
- S77 Air mouse
- RabbitMax Hat and Anavi IR pHat
- Sonoff POW (office power consumption) and Sonoff TH16 (water pump)
- v.Air Monitor air quality monitor connected to Thingspeak
- MAXOAK K2 large capacity (50A) power bank
Hi I have ordered what appears to be a cx-01 but the spec sheet includes allegedly a micro sd slot, I think the seller has mistakenly put the mk802 spec up and doesn’t seem technical.
Can you tell me if it is the CX -01 has anyone successfully ran a linux distro as embedded instead of android
@Teaker1s
No Linux on CX-01 for now AFAIK. I had a look, but the kernel does not seem to be in a partition, but burnt directly into an address in the flash (somewhere in /dev/block/mtdblock0), maybe I’ll try a different approach, but I’m afraid to brick my device.
@Teaker1s
Probably you bought this:
http://dx.com/p/cx-01-android-4-0-network-tv-player-w-4gb-wi-fi-hdmi-black-146871
can we have an update please
@mary
I’ll see what I can do. When I first started, I did not expect to get hardware basically every week, which is what is happening right now, and it’s difficult to keep up.
Can we get the updated list please?
I’ve done a partial update, removing the items I don’t have anymore, and adding all TV boxes and mini PCs I have.
I have not updated the list of development board yet.
I’ve updated the list with everything I have.
Which one is the best tv box that you own or you use daily basis from the list above?
@amar
You can read that post: https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/04/25/whats-the-best-android-tv-box/
I’m not using any TV box on a daily basis, I don’t really like to watch TV or movies.
Do we have any ARM or Intel based development board with NVMe, PCIe interfacing the FPGA, CPLD in the market?
I’m not sure that’s what you are looking for but there are two FPGA boards specifically designed for PCIe development:
https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/03/22/nitefury-xilinx-artix-7-fpga-m2-card/
https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/03/27/aller-artix-7-fpga-board-m-2-interface/
Those are M.2 cards meant to be attached to the host computer / board.