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ARM Powered Guide
Gather information and document various (advanced) ARM-based development platforms.
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Comparison Table
| - | 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
Raspberry Pi
Beaglebone
Beagleboard / Pandaboard
| 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 |
