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Thoughts on Wandboard

techguyz

Hi Experts,

Being an Linux and Android enthusiast I am always looking for the development boards to try something new in it.

I would like to hear upon Wandboard which uses iMX6 DL processor from freescale which seems to be at reasonable price.

Regards,

Lyf

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    Hi TechGuyz

    The Wandboard with the NXP i.MX6 DualLite seems nice for Android.

    Even if the board is on the market for quite a while it is still well supported and recently the guys pushed Android 6.0 a.k.a. Marshmallow out, see here:

    http://www.wandboard.org/

    They also have the full source code available for download as well as a Demo images available.

    That seems good for a) getting the full source code to compile your own image  or b) debug on a working image if you hit problems.

    They also have a good Forum with a active community offering support for Android, but also other Linux based Operating systems like KODI, Ubuntu and so on. (http://forums.wandboard.org/)

    Also the Wandboard has support for Android 5, Android 4.4 Android 4.2, so it seems like it is a well developed product.

    I'm more from the Hardware point and I like it because it uses a Module approach. Means there is a SOM (System-on-Module) on a Carrier board, where you can later change the CPU board. OK, thats more a industry feature, but like I said, I'm more HW...

    So from Software point of view (especially Android) it looks like a good product with a smooth start.

    Note/Disclosure: I have working contact to the Wandboard Team from time to time, so my view might be not neutral and you might want get more than just my feedback!

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    Hi TechGuyz

    The Wandboard with the NXP i.MX6 DualLite seems nice for Android.

    Even if the board is on the market for quite a while it is still well supported and recently the guys pushed Android 6.0 a.k.a. Marshmallow out, see here:

    http://www.wandboard.org/

    They also have the full source code available for download as well as a Demo images available.

    That seems good for a) getting the full source code to compile your own image  or b) debug on a working image if you hit problems.

    They also have a good Forum with a active community offering support for Android, but also other Linux based Operating systems like KODI, Ubuntu and so on. (http://forums.wandboard.org/)

    Also the Wandboard has support for Android 5, Android 4.4 Android 4.2, so it seems like it is a well developed product.

    I'm more from the Hardware point and I like it because it uses a Module approach. Means there is a SOM (System-on-Module) on a Carrier board, where you can later change the CPU board. OK, thats more a industry feature, but like I said, I'm more HW...

    So from Software point of view (especially Android) it looks like a good product with a smooth start.

    Note/Disclosure: I have working contact to the Wandboard Team from time to time, so my view might be not neutral and you might want get more than just my feedback!

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