Announced by Cubieboard 5 / Cubietruck Plus and HDD-RAID Shield
Team cubeiboard announced two amusing little things - cubietruck plus and HDD-RAID shield
Cubieboard5 / Cubietruck Plus
The Cubieboard team announced a
Let's see what they did:
Comparison of versions 5 and 3
| Cubieboard 5 / Cubeitruck Plus | Cubieboard 3 / Cubeitruck |
|---|---|
| AllWinner SOC H8 , ARM Cortex-A7 Octa-Core, PowerVR SGX544 GPU @ up to 700MHz Supports OpenGL ES 2.0 / 1.1, OpenCL 1.1, DX 9_3 | AllWinner SOC A20 , ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-Core, ARM Mali400 MP2 Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0 / 1.1 |
| 1GB / 2GB DDR3 @ 480MHz (960MTPS), 2GB Default | 1GB / 2GB DDR3 @ 480MHz (960MTPS) |
| HDMI & DP 1080P @ 60Hz display output | HDMI & VGA 1080P @ 60Hz display output |
| 100M / 1000M Ethernet RJ45 | 100M / 1000M Ethernet RJ45 |
| Broadcom AP6330 Wifi + BT4.0 wireless connection with antenna on-board 1 | Broadcom AP6210 Wifi + BT4.0 wireless connection with antenna on-board |
| SATA 2.0 interface support 2.5 'HDD, (for 3.5' HDD, need another 12V power input) | SATA 2.0 interface support 2.5 'HDD, (for 3.5' HDD, need another 12V power input) |
| Storage solution: NAND Flash + MicroSD card slot / TSD + MicroSD card slot / 2 * MicroSD card slot | Storage solution: NAND Flash + MicroSD card slot / TSD + MicroSD card slot / 2 * MicroSD card slot |
| 2 x USB HOST, 1 x OTG, 1 x Toslink (SPDIF Optical), 1 x IR, 4 x LEDs, 1 Headphone, 3 x Keys | 2 x USB HOST, 1 x OTG, 1 x Toslink (SPDIF Optical), 1 x IR, 4 x LEDs, 1 Headphone, 3 x Keys |
| Power ： DC5V @ 2.5A with HDD ， support Li-battery & Real Time Clock battery | Power ： DC5V @ 2.5A with HDD ， support Li-battery & Real Time Clock battery |
| 70 extended pins including I2S, I2C, SPI, CVBS output, Low Resolution ADC x2, UART, PS2, PWMx2, TS / CSI, IRDA, LINEIN & FMIN & MICIN, TVIN video output signal with 2.0mm pitch header pins | 54 extended pins including I2S, I2C, SPI, CVBS output, Low Resolution ADC x2, UART, PS2, PWMx2, TS / CSI, IRDA, LINEIN & FMIN & MICIN, TVIN analog video output x4 with 2.0mm pitch header pins |
A little promo photo
As we see, in general, the models are identical, there are changes, but not revolutionary, but rather evolutionary.
Changes inside:
- Replaced the Allwinner A20 (dual-core) with the Allwinner H8 (eight-core), whether it is good or bad - you decide!
- Together with the SoC, the video core also improved, it was Mali 400MP2, it became PowerVR SGX544, which should have a positive impact on the performance of the entire video subsystem. Moreover, the manufacturer positions SoC H8 as a basis for home entertainment centers.
- Updated the Wi-Fi + BT chip was the AP6210 became the AP6330. Added 802.11a mode and, which is not specified in the updates, but there is a datasheet on the AP6330 chip, there is an FM receiver. Now the radio will be made easier)
Perhyria:
- Video: Instead of VGA, we now have DisplayPort. HDMI has not gone anywhere and now you can connect two monitors, though they will show the same picture
- Audio: A microphone input has been added to the headphone jack
- Connection: instead of the 54-pin connector - now 70 pins. 54 pins are compatible with CB3. Incompatible pins moved to separate connector
As for CB3, for CB5, full support for Android 4.4.4 and Ubuntu Linaro 14.04 is declared (as recalled in the comments for CB3 there is a problem with hardware accelerated video in linux, I hope it was overcome here). But no one forbids using other distributions (for example, www.armbian.com )
HDD-RAID + USB3 Shield
But that's not all, because together with CB5, the manufacturer announced an HDD-RAID expansion card
Through this card, you can connect an additional SATA disk and combine them into a RAID (possible variations of RAID0, RAID1, JBOD, PM).
In fact, you connect two disks to this board and connect the shield and CB3 / CB5 with the mainboard wire (and yes, the manufacturer claims compatibility with Cubieboard3 / Cubietuck, which I, as the owner of the CB3, am happy about.)
Also, this board bears the USB 3.0 connector, which also is good news.
More photos HDD-RAID shield
PS As a cubieboard3 user, I am very pleased that the manufacturer after the release of cubieboard4 did return to the true path and did not develop a line of motherboards without hardware SATA. Since In my opinion, good without sata and so lacking (all sorts of raspberries, oranges, etc.)
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PPS Saw an inaccuracy? Have a comment? Write! I would be happy to help.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/304132/
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