Some pictures of cubieboard

Today we took some nice pictures of cubieboard.

This small board looks really nice : )

cubieboard (10 Posts)


131 comments on “Some pictures of cubieboard”

  1. Gary on said:

    This board looks powerful.
    PIC looks very GOOD！

  2. sagt3k on said:

    Can I know the measurements, details of ports and consumption in watts?

  3. Richard Foersom on said:

    What is the size of the the PCB in mm?

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  5. Richard Foersom on said:

    The spec says MMC card. However on the photos the connector marked “Data Card” is clearly a micro-SD connector.

    That is good because it is difficult to get MMC card in any useful size nowadays. I bought one 7 years ago when 1 GB was the avantgarde of flash mem technology ;-) .

    I really hope the card interface is at least a micro-SDHC so it can use up to 32 GB of flash mem. If it is only micro-SD we will be stuck by 2 GB and that would be a big limit.

    One could always hope that it is a micro-SDXC (>=64 GB) or has UHS1 speed specifications, but experience tells me that trees do not grow into the sky ;-) .

  6. Bodysoda on said:

    When is the board available to purchase?

    • cubieboard on said:

      please subcribe to the mail list
      https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cubieboard
      we will announce in the mail list.

  7. MSIS on said:

    This board looks good!
    I have been trying a lot of embedded computers for robotics applications. This one looks very interesting.
    Is it possible to get the full specs and signup for beta testers?

  8. Hans on said:

    Dimensions ?
    Any plans for some kind of housing/case ?

  9. Mishu on said:

    Nicee! I want it now!!

  10. Jayanth Acharya on said:

    Have you guys tried to see if the cheap dx.com / ebay ethernet and bluetooth usb dongles work with this board ? Also, any provision to have these board powered by LiPO and any onboard LiPo battery management ?

    Finally, do you guys plan a cheaper A13 based alternative board ?

    • cubieboard on said:

      we have ethernet port why another usb ethernet dongle? the bluetooth dongle can work with this board.
      we are considering adding the battery interface.
      about a13 board, not the near thing, currently we focus on the A10, it’s more open.

      • Juan Adarve on said:

        LiPo battery support will enhance further this board. This is exactly what I need for my robotics project. I like very much having 96 GPIO pins.

        I look forward to have one of these.

      • cw on said:

        a 2nd ethernet port would allow use as a router too. I don’t have experience with usb ethernet, so I don’t know what’s realistic for routing speed on this. would it do 100Mbps?

  11. super_tnt on said:

    Is it just hdmi output and lvds?
    Also how much support is the for lvds?

  12. Amu on said:

    When will be available for users like us?

  13. MartinHell on said:

    Looks interessting. Will it ship worldwide? Specifically Sweden?

  14. pangea on said:

    Very interesting! Will it ship to China(Shanghai)? Please inform me when available, thanks!

  15. Andreas Budde on said:

    hi
    the board looks nice ! But i have same questions :
    1. is there any real time clock at the board ?
    2 is there any posibility to switch the board on/off via Software ?
    3 . how mutch power = milliwatt it need ?
    3. could you make a version with build in BT / WIFI chip set ?

    4. do you ship it to Germany – how mutch will it cost via Post ?

    • cubieboard on said:

      1. not on this revision
      2. can standby/wakeup by software
      3. no data currently
      4. you can use bt/wifi dongle
      5. yes, we ship to Germany, about 10$ shipping cost by air mail.

  16. Stefano on said:

    Plz inform us when you are ready to ship in Italy!!!!

  17. Jon Smirl on said:

    Where is the pinout for the connectors? I need access to the I2S lines on the A10.

    Why don’t you post this board to Kickstarter?

  18. morchaos on said:

    Will it ship to Taiwan? how much ? when will it available?

  19. Insanemal on said:

    Please can you inform me when it is available.
    I have an interesting project in mind for this.

  20. wizard.yang on said:

    will it can be shipped to china? and I don’t konw how to but it in CNY

  21. phalacee on said:

    When will this be available for regular orders (not pre-order or back order) and what will estimated the cost of shipping to Australia be?

    Will it come with a power supply, or will we need to source them ourselves. And the Sata 5v cable, will that be provided, seeing as it has a less common connector?

    • cubieboard on said:

      it will come with a usb cable, most people have power adapters(from mobile phones or tablets), they don’t need another one. the sata 5v cable will also be provided.

  22. Dirk on said:

    When will datasheets and applications (NAS) be available? What else is required to power and control the module (baseboard, 5V,1A)

    • cubieboard on said:

      we are still at the eary stage of development. The datasheet is already available on linux-sunxi.org. The application of NAS will start developing when the boards ships.

  23. Luca on said:

    I would love to know a release date ;)
    It looks very interesting for me.
    From where do you ship it??

  24. keith on said:

    Good morning-
    just heard of your project via Dangerous Prototypes. we are currently prototyping a system for an Art Project next spring and your board looks promising.
    What is your anticipated ship date? how many are currently available for purchase? when will your software port become available?
    thank you very much
    keith

  25. norbert79 on said:

    Looks great, I wonder when a casing will be available for it. Any additional inventory to be expected, like power supply, or do we get the board itself?
    What about shipping prices towards Hungary?

  26. Prem on said:

    when it will be available in India…..will it be sold online through element14?

    • cubieboard on said:

      we sell on aliexpress for now.

    • Chanakya on said:

      In India, you can buy it at DigiBay.
      http://www.digibay.in/development-boards/arm/cubieboard-hackable-developer-board-linux-and-android-a10-1ghz-processor-with-1gb-ram

  27. GSS Mahadevan on said:

    Hi,
    Thanks for this board with wonderful specs.
    I have few questions:
    * When you are going to start taking orders?
    * Would you be shipping to India?
    * What will be shipping charges (approximate) for India?

    Thanks & regards,
    mahadevan

  28. DS on said:

    does it have a rtc chip

  29. Gonzo on said:

    Hello; When you purchase the cubieboard do yo include in the packedge some tipe of information on the ports, sensors, programming,etc.?
    What are the differences betwen this board and others like the arduino?
    Do you recommend this board to someone who`s starting with microcontrollers and programming?

    • cubieboard on said:

      yes, we will provide getting started instructions on our wiki. the difference between this board and arduino is this board running full software stack like android makes the app development more easy.

      actually i don’t recommend it to someone who’s getting started with mcu, but we will try to make getting started with it easier.

  30. KPR on said:

    The RTC revision is a cool addon.. What is the eta for the boards with that revision, and what would shipping costs to Canada be?

    thx.

    K.

  31. Curious on said:

    How come no one makes these small boards with dual ethernet?

    • cubieboard on said:

      that will be … a wireless router…

      • cw on said:

        the vast majority of wireless routers have slow cpu’s and little ram, depending on dedicated chipset for most of the work. they also don’t have SATA to double as a NAS.

  32. Jon Smirl on said:

    Where is the pinout for the connectors? I need access to the I2S lines on the A10.

  33. michal on said:

    well, there are boards with dual ethernet.

    Some devboards are sold disguised as routers and WiFi acces points, some are sold as general purpose system like sheevaplug.

    Of course, given the limited space and pin count by including dual ethernet some other devices have to be left out.

    Especially since the above mentioned tend to be based on cheaper and less powerful SoCs targetted at embedded applications whereas cubie uses mid-range desktop grade SoC.

  34. john on said:

    Can this be powered via USB like?

  35. J. Smirl on said:

    Where is the pinout for the connectors? I need access to the I2S lines on the A10.

  36. Michael on said:

    Cool stuff, will order one as soon as possible!

    Does anybody know of a board with at least 5 gigabit-nics ? This would be great for building firewalls.

    Best wishes from Germany.

    Michael

  37. optiix on said:

    Hello.
    Could I get the specs by email please.
    USB 3.0 ?
    SATA 600 ?
    Supports up to 3 TB wd black?

    What are the correct size of this chip (WHERE on the metal plate that I might build shall I drill the mounting holes???)

    Please email this to me on the specified email. Cannot find it on the site…

    Best regards, optiix

  38. Nicolas on said:

    Will you provide full Android 4.x implementation and source code, including, specifically, HDMI-CEC interface code ?

    Best Regards,

    • cubieboard on said:

      we will provide android 4.x source code based on CM9. i am not sure HDMI-CEC interface code is included, but you can check when we release it.

  39. Sedropop on said:

    Please try to support Power over Ethernet (PoE) in the RJ45 connector.
    And make available somewhere on the PCB.
    Because that is very helpful.
    THX!

  40. Bill on said:

    Photo’s look nice. Might be the board for a project I am considering, good price, but ..
    What different OS options are available?
    Are dongles available to connect video out to a standard SVGA computer display, as opposed to only HDMI?

    Am concerned by limited IO, project would need keyboard, mouse, storage (either SD slot, USB thumb drive, or preferred small USB or SATA HD), standard video out. Any ideas?

    I read a previous post that said USB could power the board, but what are real power requirements, as this might be a battery powered project eventually?

  41. anon on said:

    It has IrDA or CIR? MMC or MicroSD?
    Audio ports aren’t too close to connect both jacks?

  42. Not Relevant on said:

    I think you need to take all the questions and the answers and put them on a single page (FAQ?!) so everyone can get an idea about the board and its capabilities at a glance!

  43. brunialti on said:

    what about linux distributions?
    Which one will be supported ?

  44. Lamp on said:

    missing the photo with USB in the front.

  45. fabio on said:

    It’s nice but why only 100M and not 1G ethernet?
    Do you can restore firmware damaged?
    how much power it consumes ?

  46. John Doe on said:

    Is that a coke nail? :)

  47. anon on said:

    Audio ports aren’t too close to connect both jacks?

  48. zdd on said:

    hi,请问是否在深圳设计生产的？深圳应该能很快到货吧？期待价格哦。（看到一元硬币了，哈哈）

    全志4核 是否OK了呢？

    Really looking forward to your product！

  49. Mango on said:

    Which SATA spec. will cubieboard support?
    SATA1: 1.5Gbps
    SATA2: 3Gbps
    SATA3: 6Gbps

  50. Seahorse on said:

    Oops, was in the wrong section, sorry
    So,
    1)will it have vga or cvbs available on the pins?
    2)it would be great to have xbmc running on this, but it seems they still have issues with Allwinner to get the support for the hard video decoding. Has that been resolved yet?
    Thanks

    • cubieboard on said:

      1) yes, vga and cvbs are in the headers
      2) yes, xbmc is under development by the xbmc developer gimli

  51. Roberto on said:

    LVDS means it can drive laptop LCDs directly?

    (I have some)

  52. mcguyver on said:

    Good stuff…
    Are there any I/O available on the connectors ?
    I just was in Shenzhen, should have known before…
    So please add me to the list of prototype receivers !
    THX

  53. Ramesh Yadav on said:

    Hi,

    What would be the total cost of the board including shipping to India and when can I expect this board.
    And also please let me know from where can I buy this board?

    Best Regards,
    Ramesh

    • cubieboard on said:

      hi, i have invited you to our forum.

    • Chanakya on said:

      In India, you can buy it at DigiBay.
      http://www.digibay.in/development-boards/arm/cubieboard-hackable-developer-board-linux-and-android-a10-1ghz-processor-with-1gb-ram

  54. floriano on said:

    is there an analog audio out?
    is there an analog video out?

  55. wizgrav on said:

    Will you provide implementations of OpenMAX on Linux? (I’m mainly interested in JPEG encoding)

    • cubieboard on said:

      Allwinner will do that.

      • Jayanth Acharya on said:

        OpenMAX support is very desirable. @Cubieboard, do you guys have any commitment / roadmap from AllWinner on when they might have an OpenMAX implementation ready, and what all parts of OpenMAX they plan to implement ?

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  57. Eddie85 on said:

    can i connect to sata multiplier?

  58. scoot on said:

    So you are saying that there is no way to shutdown the unit by way of command? The only modes are standby and wakeup? Powerup only by connecting power to the unit?

    Thank You

    • cubieboard on said:

      Po, there is a pmu on board. You can shutdown the board with linux “shutdown” command, and power up the board with long press the power button.

  59. Bill on said:

    Still waiting patiently to BUY!
    Where >>> When ?

    I mean to say, this product is so slow to dealers as to make prospective users C R Y

    • cubieboard on said:

      Hi, this project is at early stage, we must make sure that the board is stable and usable when delivered to the customer. It takes a long time for us to prepare before shipping, including the box packaging, the sata cable.

  60. sid on said:

    looks like there is an audio input. is it Mic or Line-in?

  61. ali on said:

    Will you ship to Turkey?

  62. Jeevas V on said:

    As per the A10 datasheet the chip has already an inbuilt RTC. All you need to do to make it work is to add a 50 cent lithium Battery. Why nobody is doing it? Why it hurts so much to have a Correct Date and Time whenever you switch on your board/Tablet or TVBox ?

    • cubieboard on said:

      Hi, yes, the first idea of cubieboard is put as less as possible components on the board and make it as small as possible. Now we know there are a lot demand of the RTC and the battery, we will add it in the next hardware revision.

  63. Saurabh Singh Parihar on said:

    taobao is showing cubieboard in stock, but is it possible to purchase from the site if outside china??

  64. Boris Pavlin on said:

    Hello!

    Is it possible to install Android / Linux on SSD using this SATA port? Will this run XBMC? Do you ship to Croatia?

    Thank you in advance for your reply.

    • cubieboard on said:

      It’s possible to install Linux/Android on SSD. This can run XBMC but not the best performance now. We can ship worldwide.

      • andreas on said:

        Where can I find some instruction for installing Android on this device ? And where can I find Android Image

        • simos on said:

          Check the http://cubieboard.org/download/ for instructions on LiveSuit.
          Also there is the option to use PhoenixCard.

          For more details, check out the http://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page Wiki (info about LiveSuit, PhoenixCard).
          You can also subscribe to the discussion list at http://cubieboard.org/contact/ for more technical questions.

  65. John on said:

    Does the hdmi support audio over hdmi?

  66. John on said:

    Will the new production run for indiegogo crowdfunding include a real time clock?

  67. cimeng on said:

    can i ask pinmap for this device ?
    like where the i2c pin ?

    • simos on said:

      See the Download section of this website. You can find the schematics of the Cubieboard available for download, which show the I2C pin location.