====== ARM Powered Guide ======

Gather information and document various (advanced) ARM-based development platforms.

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===== Comparison Table =====

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^  -  ^  BeagleBone  ^  BeagleBoard\\ (orig/xM)  ^  PandaBoard\\ (orig/ES)  ^  Raspberry Pi\\ (model A/B)  ^  CubieBoard  ^  A13-OLinuXino  ^
^  CPU (platform)  |  ARM Cortex-A8  |  ARM Cortex-A8  |  ARM Cortex-A8  |  ARM1176JZF-S  |  ARM Cortex-A8  |  ARM Cortex-A8  |
^  CPU (model)  |  TI AM335x  |  OMAP3530  |  OMAP4430 (orig)\\ OMAP4460 (ES)  |  BCM2835  |  Allwinner A10  |  Allwinner A13  |
^  CPU (MHz)  |  500 (on USB)\\ 720 (adapter)  |  600 (orig)\\ 1000 (xM)  |  1000 (orig)\\ 1200 (ES)  |  700\\ 1000 (clocked)  |  1000   |  1000  |
^  Graphics  |  -  |  PowerVR SGX  |  PowerVR SGX540  |  Broadcom VideoCore IV  |  Mali 400  |  Mali 400  |
^  RAM (MB)  |  256  |  512  |  1024  |  256/512  |  1024  |  512  |
^  Ethernet  |  yes  |  yes  |  yes  |  no (A)\\ yes (B)  |  yes  |  no  |
^  Audio out  |  no  |  jack  |  jack, HDMI  |  jack, HDMI  |  jack, HDMI  |  jack  |
^  Audio in  |  no  |  jack  |  jack  |  no  |  jack  |  jack  |
^  Video  |  no  |  S-Video, HDMI  |  HDMI  |  RCA, HDMI  |  HDMI  |  VGA  |
^  USB  |  yes  |  yes  |  yes  |  yes  |  yes  |  yes  |
^  SD card  |  microSD  |  microSD  |  SD  |  SD  |  microSD  |  microSD  |
^  Flash  |  no  |  no  |  no  |  no  |  4 GB  |  no  |
^  SATA  |  no  |  no  |  no  |  no  |  yes  |  no  |
^  Wireless  |  no  |  no  |  yes  |  no  |  no  |  optional  |
^  Bluetooth  |  no  |  no  |  yes  |  no  |  no  |  no  |
^  ADC  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  yes  |  ?  |
^  CAN  |  2  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  ?  |  ?  |
^  GPIO  |  66  |  ?  |  ?  |  8  |  96  |  20+4  |
^  I2C  |  2  |  1  |  1  |  1  |  yes  |  3  |
^  PWM  |  8  |  ?  |  ?  |  0  |  ?  |  ?  |
^  SPI  |  2  |  1  |  1  |  1  |  yes  |  ?  |
^  UART  |  5  |  1  |  1  |  1  |  yes  |  2  |
^  Price ($)  |  89  |  149  |  179  |  25 (A)\\ 35 (B)  |  49  |  59  |
===== Cubieboard =====

  * [[http://cubieboard.org/]]
  * [[http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard]]

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===== Raspberry Pi =====

  * [[http://raspberrypi.org]]

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===== Beaglebone =====

  * [[http://beagleboard.org/bone]]

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===== Beagleboard / Pandaboard =====

  * [[http://beagleboard.org/]]
  * [[http://pandaboard.org/]]
 
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^ PIN ^  Beagleboard  ^  Pandaboard  ^  
^  1  |  1V8  |  1V8  |
^  2  |  5V  |  5V  |
^  3  |  MMC2_DAT7  |  MMC2_DAT7  |
^  4  |  MCBSP3_DX  |  MCSPI1_CS3  |
^  5  |  MMC2_DAT6  |  MMC2_DAT6  |
^  6  |  UART2_TX  |  UART4_TX  |
^  7  |  MMC2_DAT5  |  MMC2_DAT5  |
^  8  |  UART2_RX  |  UART4_RX  |
^  9  |  MMC2_DAT4  |  MMC2_DAT4  |
^  10  |  MCBSP3_DR  |  MCSPI1_CS1  |
^  11  |  MMC2_DAT3  |  MMC2_DAT3  |
^  12  |  MCSPI4_SIMO  |  MCSPI1_SIMO  |
^  13  |  MMC2_DAT2  |  MMC2_DAT2  |
^  14  |  MCBSP1_CLKX  |  MCSPI1_CS2  |
^  15  |  MMC2_DAT1  |  MMC2_DAT1  |
^  16  |  MCSPI4_CS0  |  MCSPI1_CS0  |
^  17  |  MMC2_DAT0  |  MMC2_DAT0  |
^  18  |  MCSPI4_SOMI  |  MCSPI1_SOMI  |
^  19  |  MMC2_CMD  |  MMC2_CMD  |
^  20  |  MCSPI4_SCLK  |  MCSPI1_SCLK  |
^  21  |  MMC2_CLK0  |  MMC2_CLK0  |
^  22  |  MCBSP1_FSR  |  GPMC_AD15  |
^  23  |  I2C2_SDA  |  I2C4_SDA  |
^  24  |  I2C2_SCL  |  I2C4_SCL  |
^  25  |  REGEN  |  REGEN  |
^  26  |  nRESET  |  nRESET  |
^  27  |  GND  |  GND  |
^  28  |  GND  |  GND  |

===== A13-OLinuXino =====

  * http://linux-sunxi.org/A13-OLinuXino
  * https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A13/A13-OLinuXino/

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===== A10-OLinuXino =====

  * http://linux-sunxi.org/A10-OLinuXino
  * https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A13/A13-OLinuXino/

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