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
