Comments on: IBOX Review

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:02:20 +0000

About my probems with HDMI connections.
I recently got a HDMI to VGA adapter that worked well with my IBOX.
I got my IBOX connected nicely to several PC monitors without problems.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 08:57:00 +0000

Another A20 based platform:

Tough Banana Pi: a Raspberry Pi for colour-blind diehards
Wi-Fi? Check. SATA 2 port? Check. Screen – Ow, my eyes!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/28/banana_pi_review/

The Raspberry PI Model B+ is the hot new SBC (Single Board Computer) of the moment. The cheap price, low power usage, good support and ease of use make it a very good buy for DIY nerd projects and media front ends.

One common complaint is lack of RAM and CPU. Now, however, there are choices for Power users – the Banana PI from Le Maker, backed by the PRC’s Shenzhen University.

In terms of raw specifications, the Banana Pi blows the Raspberry Pi out of the water. This hot banana is one cool computer. The Banana Pi specs include:

Dual 1GHz ARM Cortex CPU
1GB SDRAM
10/100/1000 Ethernet (Realtek)
Wi-Fi B/G/N
SATA 2 Port
IR receiver

It has all the usual SD card slot and 2 USB slots, audio and such. Banana Pi also has more RAM and CPU (pretty much double the specs of the Raspberry Pi Model B+), but there are some other tasty treats that potentially make it really appealing to power users.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:48:55 +0000

Banana Pi: The New Age of Single-Board Computers
http://www.eeweb.com/blog/rob_riemen/the-new-age-of-single-board-computers

Having a dual-core processor gives the Banana Pi twice the processing power of the original Raspberry Pi. The dual core gives the operating system the illusion that the computer has two 1GHz processors.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:40:06 +0000

IBOX Operating System Startup Location
http://blog.iteadstudio.com/ibox-operating-system-startup-location/

IBOX can run various versions of operating systems, including linux and android , etc.

Whether it is linux or Android, NAND FLASH version and the SD card version only differ in the installation position: one is installed in the NAND FLASH and another is installed in a Micro-SD card. System of SD card version cannot work in NAND FLASH, vice versa.

At present, IBOX boot sequence gives priority to SD card, if there is an SD card and a system that can run on the SD card , it will boot directly from the SD card. If there is no SD card or no operating system that can run on the SD card, the system will boot from NAND FLASH.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:37:46 +0000

First add-on and new OS version to IBOX seems to be coming:

” arduino add-on ” .
http://blog.iteadstudio.com/ibox-production-schedule-update-20140331/

1, arduino add-on has been finalized , the prototype board has been finished testing, and it will begin for mass production.

Features:
interface for arduino shield;
two Grove interfaces for electronic bricks;
SATA interface and 5V external power supply ;
On-board USB-TTL chip CP2102, can be identified as a serial port in the computer after connecting to a MicroUSB cable

2, Release IteadOS 2.0 alpha for ibox
On the basis of IteadOS1.0, we made the following updates:
Replaced fs of linaro with debian7.0 since linaro has many small bugs such as failing to shut down in graphical interface
Rewrote the entire SDK code to optimize GPIO rate, etc.
Newly added IteadOS for A20