Cubieboard

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Cubieboard
A computing cluster made up of eight Cubieboards, controlled with the Apache Hadoop software .

The Cubieboard is a single-board computer that was presented as an open source project in September 2012 and was sold from October 2012. A special feature of the system is its SATA connection (which is unusual in this performance class) , which has been replaced by USB 3.0 in the latest Cubieboard4 version . Android is preinstalled as the operating system in the flash memory , alternatively various adapted Linux distributions or OpenBSD can be used.

In terms of the ARM processors used , the memory and interface equipment , the concept is more powerful than the common, comparable Raspberry Pi , but the Cubieboards are also a lot more expensive. Computers are much less popular, and software availability is also somewhat lower overall. There are four versions, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubieboard3 (also called Cubietruck ) and Cubieboard4, which are more powerful or better equipped with increasing numbers. Compared to the previous models, the Cubieboard3 has been expanded to include Gigabit Ethernet , WLAN , Bluetooth , an optical TOSLINK audio output, a VGA connection and a real-time clock .

The one-chip systems used in Cubieboards 1 to 3 are from the manufacturer Allwinner Technology and each combine a microprocessor (with the Allwinner A20 with two processor cores ) with ARM architecture and two graphics units ( GPU and VPU). These are so powerful that video signals can be decoded according to the new Ultra HD standard (2160p, also known as 4K), which corresponds to four times the resolution of the current Full HD (1080p). Cubieboard4, released in March 2015, received an even more powerful Allwinner A80 Octa Core processor with eight processor cores, four of which are clocked at up to 1.3 GHz and four cores at up to 2 GHz .

The A20-based Cubieboards also offer access to the CAN bus on the GPIO pins .

Specifications

The following table lists the specifications of the Cubieboards:

Cubieboard Cubieboard2 Cubietruck (Cubieboard3) Cubieboard4 Cubietruck Plus (Cubieboard 5) Cubieboard6 Cubieboard7
Size:
10 cm × 6 cm
11 cm × 8 cm
14.6 cm x 14.2 cm
 14.2 cm x 8.7 cm
CPU: Allwinner A10 SoC ( ARM - Cortex A8 core with 1 GHz clock frequency) Allwinner A20 SoC (2 ARM Cortex A7 processor cores with 1 GHz clock frequency) Allwinner A80 Octa Core , ( Cortex A7 x4 cores up to 1.3 GHz and Cortex A15 x4 cores up to 2 GHz) AllWinner SOC H8 (Cortex-A7 x8 cores) Actions SoC S500 (Cortex-A9, x4, 1.2 GHz) Actions SoC S700 (Cortex-A53, 64 Bit)
Graphic: Mali-400MP- GPU and CedarX-VPU; can decode 2160p video ( Ultra HD ) PowerVR G6230 PowerVR SGX544MP1 PowerVR SGX544
Random access memory: 512 MB (test) or 1 GB (production) DDR3 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM with 480 MHz 2 GB LRDDR3 SDRAM
Connections: 2 × USB host, 1 × USB on-the-go, 1 × CIR, 1 × SATA connection 2 × USB host, 1 × USB on-the-go, 1 × CIR, 1 × SATA 2.0 connection 4 × USB 2.0 host, 1 × USB 3.0 OTG, VGA 2 × USB host, 1 × USB OTG, 1 × CIR, 1 × SATA 2.0 (via USB converter chip) 2 × USB host, 1 × USB OTG, 1 × CIR, 1 × SATA 3 2 × USB host, 1 × USB OTG, 1 × CIR, 1 × SATA 3
Video output: HDMI 1080p output VGA, HDMI 1080p output VGA, HDMI 1.4-1080p output HDMI 1080p output
Audio output: S / PDIF, headphone and HDMI audio output
Audio input: Microphone and line-in input
Non-volatile memory: 4 GB NAND flash , 1 × MicroSD slot 8 GB NAND flash, 1 × MicroSD slot 8 GB NAND flash, 2 × MicroSD slot 8 GB eMMC flash, 1 × MicroSD slot
Network: 10/100 Ethernet port 10/100/1000 RTL8211E Ethernet PHY, WLAN and Bluetooth onboard via PCB antenna (chip: Broadcom BCM4329 / BCM40181) 10/100/1000 Ethernet, WLAN n , Bluetooth 4.0 10/100/1000 Ethernet, WLAN a / b / g / n (2.4 / 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0
Debug interfaces: 96 connection pins including I²C , SPI , LVDS 54 connection pins including I²C and SPI, no more LVDS UARTO, JTAG, I²C 70 connection pins including I²C, SPI and UART 96 connection pins including I²C, SPI and UART
Power consumption: maximum 2A at 5 V if both USB ports are supplied with 500 mA each and a 2.5 inch hard drive is connected maximum 2.5 A at 5 V. 5 V maximum 2.5A about 12.5 W and a 3.7 V Li-ion battery

power

The performance of the original Cubieboards is already higher than that of the Raspberry Pi (model B) and the Arduino Due. The - compared to the SD card - faster internal flash memory and one GByte main memory, together with the Cortex-A8 CPU with 1 GHz clock rate, lead to higher computing power.

operating system

A version of the Android operating system is installed in the internal NAND flash memory as standard . Alternatively, another operating system such as Lubuntu can be installed there, and there is also the option of inserting a MicroSD card with a corresponding operating system. You can choose between Android , Lubuntu and Cubian, a Debian derivative. Because OpenBSD is ported to the ARMv7 microprocessor architecture, it can be installed on the Cubieboard and Cubieboard 2. The "OpenBSD / armv7" project has existed since 2013.

Further developments

The Cubieboard is constantly being further developed by the Cubieboard project; As a further development, the Cubieboard2 has been available since June 2013 , and the Cubieboard3 ( Cubietruck ) has also been sold since October 2013 .

Cubieboard2

Cubieboard2

The Cubieboard2 has been available since June 2013 , which differs from the first version in that it has a faster processor. The AllWinner A20 contains two ARM-Cortex-A7 cores and the improved Mali-400P2 graphics processor, which can handle OpenGL ES 2.0 / 1.1. Otherwise the board is unchanged.

Cubietruck / Cubieboard3

The Cubietruck (also Cubieboard3 ) is an improved variant of the Cubieboard, which was tested in September 2013 and has been sold since the end of October 2013. An acrylic housing including screws, SATA cable and USB cable are supplied as accessories.

The Cubietruck is also based on the Allwinner-A20-CPU (dual-core with 1 GHz clock frequency, Mali-400MP2 GPU), but comes with up to 2 GB of RAM, WLAN , Bluetooth , VGA connection , RTC , SPDIF via TOSLINK and a Gigabit Ethernet port. It only has 54 connection pins compared to the 96 of the predecessor models, LVDS was omitted .

Cubieboard4

The Cubieboard4 (previously announced as Cubieboard8) is an improved version of the Cubietruck, was announced in May 2014 and was officially released on March 10, 2015. It is based on an Allwinner A80 Octa -SoC (with four ARM Cortex-A15 - and four Cortex- A7 processor cores with a clock frequency of 2 GHz each and a PowerVR G6230 graphics unit). In addition to USB 2.0 ports, it now also has a USB 3.0 port ( USB on-the-go ). However, the SATA connection is no longer available.

Cubietruck Plus / Cubieboard5

The Cubieboard5 (also known as Cubietruck Plus ) is an improvement on the Cubietruck. Its heart is an Allwinner H8 with eight Cortex-A7 cores. For the first time, a DisplayPort interface is available for graphics output . The SATA 2.0 output is connected via a USB 2.0 converter chip, which makes it very slow: 14.9 MB / s when writing, 30.6 MB / s when reading from an SSD.

Similar devices

Web links

Commons : Cubieboard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ready to ship (German: ready for dispatch). Cubieboard.org, September 30, 2012.
  2. ^ A b Mathias Wilhelm: Tested: Cubieboard Raspberry Pi competitor examined more closely. heise.de, August 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b OpenBSD / armv7 .
  4. ↑ OpenPCTV on Cubietruck / Cubieboard2. Cubieboard homepage, accessed January 20, 2014
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cubietruck.com
  6. ↑ http://www.cubietech.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=125
  7. ↑ a b Mirko Dölle: Raspi alternatives. In: c't 16/2016 (23 July 2016), p. 86.
  8. ↑ Cubieboard.org: Cubieboard.org (English)
  9. ↑ Cubian: Cubian.org (English)
  10. ↑ a b Cubieboard3: Cubietruck is all ready (English) at cubieboard.org, October 30, 2013.
  11. ↑ Linuxgizmos.com: Cubieboard2 open SBC ships, Cubietruck model revealed , accessed September 2, 2013.
  12. ^ Cubietruck (English) at cubieboard.org, accessed on October 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ Cubietruck, Hardware Specs at docs.cubieboard.org, November 11, 2013.
  14. ↑ [1] accessed on April 16, 2015
  15. ↑ http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/10/21/buy-cubieboard-4-cc-a80-development-board/
  16. ↑ CubieTech Will Promote A80 High-performance Mini PC (English) at cubieboard.org, May 22, 2014.
  17. ↑ DragonBoard 410c (English)
  18. ↑ Wandboard i.MX6 (English)