HummingBoard is a Raspberry Pi rival that lets you swap out its processor

[Dietrichw]

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You'd think the world of hobbyist mini computers would be full, considering that you've got a choice of Arudino, Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone and even Intel's NUC. That hasn't deterred SolidRun, which is releasing the HummingBoard as a more powerful alternative to the Raspberry Pi. Built on the same platform, the HummingBoard promises faster silicon (1GHz ARM v7 vs. 700MHz ARM v6)

 

It also lets you switch out the CPU and memory module, should you need some more grunt further down the road. The base unit with 512MB RAM will set you back $45 plus $10 for a power adapter, while the top-spec model with 1GB RAM and a faster chip is priced at $100.

[JAKEBAB]

Awesome I love being able to change cpu but i was hoping for a little socket and retention arm like intel it would be so cute

[antoainb]

Getting more choices and more powerful ones is always good, but nothing can beat the Pi's price. Seems pretty cool though.

[Aniallation]

Aww no Snapdragon 801 option

 

The real thing about Raspberry Pi, and the only reason I actually consider one sometimes, is the support. There's just so much community and dev support for it. However if I just need a tiny PC-on-a-board thing like the Pi or HummingBoard to use for what I'd use it for, I'd rather go and get one of those eBay Android HDMI sticks. $55 can get you a quad-core RK3188, 2GB RAM, decent IO, and a familiar OS.

[ZetZet]

raspberry pi needed updates because it became irrelevant to users, pretty sure makers would need faster raspberries too.  :lol:

[NInety]

Can we put a Tegra K1 in it?

[ZetZet]

Can we put a Tegra K1 in it?

it will melt dude

[NInety]

it will melt dude

[qwertywarrior]

a lot of these hobbyists use Freescale socs which is awesome because these socs use open source GPU drivers (Vivante GPU)

the Vivante is full featured with Direct 3D and OpenGL 3.0/2.1 OpenVG 1.1  OpenGL ES 1.1 OpenCL 1.2

 

this is what Raspberry pi should have been not an insanely slow ARM 11 with a GPU that cant pretty much do anything else

[JAKEBAB]

it will melt dude

Custom heatsink?

[ohJey]

CubieBoard 2 has the same specs plus sata, and costs less

[PortentousLad]

Sounds awesome. I still haven't done anything Pi related yet though.

[Fetzie]

it will melt dude

 

Take the heatsink off a graphics card like an FX 5200 or a chipset heatsink from a low-budget motherboard (one of those small aluminium blocks with fins) and stick it on the chip with some thermal paste

[Kyuubixchidori]

Can we put a Tegra K1 in it?

ahem:P

 

https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-tk1

[Linus_torvalds]

Wow it's very cool. I am going to make ambilight for my tv and monitor based on raspberry pi. when i will have 50$ for pi and some other stuff. 

 

 

 

raspberry pi is so cool. now this is even cooler

[mgsstar]

This is a pretty neat device. Would be pretty nice to see how good this chip is able to be overclocked with the help of a heatsink.

[Guest govinda Hinduja]

Thanks for sharing this

[Kyuubixchidori]

Wow it's very cool. I am going to make ambilight for my tv and monitor based on raspberry pi. when i will have 50$ for pi and some other stuff. 

 

 

 

raspberry pi is so cool. now this is even cooler

whoah, when you do that, can you list what you use and make a thread on it? Id like to try this. please, please share how it goes!

[IdeaStormer]

whoah, when you do that, can you list what you use and make a thread on it? Id like to try this. please, please share how it goes!

 

Here you go! http://lightpack.tv/

[Kyuubixchidori]

Here you go! http://lightpack.tv/

ah. I was looking for the ghetto rasberry pi project, because LED strips are about 35-40$ if I amazoned(new word FTW) correctly. for a 70 inch tv, like what i watch movies on in my basment, its recommend 3 light packs. 

 

as in $300 D:

 

besides, my pi has been sitting out useless for a while. 

 

that being said, I wish there was a way to upgrade my pi