A new powerful single board computer and Raspberry
Pi alternative has been created in the form of the Odroid-N2 which offers seven
times the speed of a Raspberry Pi for double the cost. Supporting Android 9 Pie
and offering connectivity via USB 3.0 and 4K video the single-board computer is
priced under US$ 100 from US$ 63 and equipped with a Amlogic S922X Processor (12nm)
Quad-core Cortex-A73(1.8Ghz) and Dual-core Cortex-A53(1.9Ghz).
Supported by ARMv8-A architecture with Neon and
Crypto extensions and Mali-G52 GPU with 6 x Execution Engines (846Mhz). The
mini PC can also equipped with a choice of either 2 or 4GB of DDR4 RAM with
32-bit bus width. Storage is provided in the form of 1 x eMMC connector
offering 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G and 128G together with a handy microSD slot offering
DS/HS modes up to UHS-I SDR104.
Connectivity is provided by:
- 1 x GbE LAN ports (RJ45, supports 10/100/1000 Mbps) – Realtek RTL8211F (Ethernet transceiver) – LED indicators (Green: 100mbps, Amber: 1000mbps connection)
- Optional WiFi USB adapters
- 1 x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@60Hz with HDR, CEC, EDID)
- 1 x Composite video (3.5mm jack)
- 1 x Stereo Audio line-out (3.5mm jack)
- 1 x HDMI digital output
- 1 x Optional SPDIF optical output
- 4 x USB 3.0 Host ports (shares one single root hub)
- 1 x USB 2.0 OTG port for Host or Device mode. (No power input)
- 1 x Debug serial console (UART)
- 1 x Peripheral Expansion Header (40-pin, 2.54mm pitch) –
- 2 x DC 5V, 2 x DC 3.3V, 1 x DC 1.8V, 8 x GND – 1 x SPI – 1 x UART – 2 x I2C – 25 x GPIO (Max) – 2 x ADC input (10bit, 1.8V Max) – All 3.3V I/O signal level except for ADC input at max 1.8Volt.
The replacement to the original Odroid-N1 is built
around a system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for high-end Android TV appliances,
the Amlogic S922X and will be available to purchase price from US$ 63 for 2GB
version and US$ 79 for the 4GB during March 2019 and will start shipping in newly
April.
