Development boards have been favourites for hobbyists and tinkerers alike. While boards like the Arduino UNO and the Raspberry Pi remain to be the crowd favourites, more powerful alternatives are available for those that require more hardware prowess. Allwinner has been quite active on that front, and it looks like the interest has far from dwindled.
The latest dev board that’s just announced is the H88 HummingBird, which is similar to the H8 but adds some extra grunt. Take a look at the specifications below:
- Allwinner A80 big.LITTLE 4x Cortex A15 + 4x Cortex A7 cores
- 4GB DDR3 RAM
- On-board GPS
- 8GB on-board storage, expandable by up to 32GB via microSD
- HDMI, VGA output
- 3.5mm headphone jack, line in
- IR receiver
- 2x USB 2.0 ports, 1x USB OTG port
Documentation and support for the H88 HummingBird (including sourec code) for Android v4.4.2 KitKat and Linux 3.4 is provided, but we’re not sure how good its going to be if you don’t speak Chinese.
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screw that, we just got Raspberry PI 2 today!!
Which is severely outclassed by this. Too bad the software support of this is questionable.
screw that, we just got Raspberry PI 2 today!!
Which is severely outclassed by this. Too bad the software support of this is questionable.
No one with even a milligram of brain will ever buy this as a development board as any kind of development is impossible on it.
The problem are Power VR GPU driver’s that are extremely Linux unfriendly & property only. Lol they where even incapable to go up to date with anything. Linux 3.4 source is actually telling you that & Android is based on 3.4 kernel & not a now day’s mainline 3.10. This is a joke of a development board. As soon the Chinese get in their head that people want sources & that they really need wide spreaded driver support including open driver’s they can actually me by get somewhere. & this amazes me again & again from a Communist country. I think they government should intervene & make them do it.
No one with even a milligram of brain will ever buy this as a development board as any kind of development is impossible on it.
The problem are Power VR GPU driver’s that are extremely Linux unfriendly & property only. Lol they where even incapable to go up to date with anything. Linux 3.4 source is actually telling you that & Android is based on 3.4 kernel & not a now day’s mainline 3.10. This is a joke of a development board. As soon the Chinese get in their head that people want sources & that they really need wide spreaded driver support including open driver’s they can actually me by get somewhere. & this amazes me again & again from a Communist country. I think they government should intervene & make them do it.
Can anyone point me in the direction of the H88 hummingbird board to purchase.. I am having trouble getting hold of Merrii even though I would like some custom source developed too…
Can anyone point me in the direction of the H88 hummingbird board to purchase.. I am having trouble getting hold of Merrii even though I would like some custom source developed too…