Engineering:GoWarrior
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| Type | Single-board computer |
|---|---|
| Processor | ARM Cortex A9 |
| Memory | 1GB DDR3 |
GoWarrior is an open-source and community-supported computing platform.[1] GoWarrior is designed for the world of makers, hackers, educators, hobbyists, and newbies to build electronics projects.[2] It offers a complete package of hardware, software and cloud service.[3]
TIGER Board
TIGER Board is a single-board computer performs as hardware for GoWarrior platform. It contains ARM Cortex A9[3] based M3733-AFAAA[4] (SoC), ARM Mali-400 MP2, as well as integrated 1GB DDR3 RAM.[1]
The picture points the MicroSD card slot on TIGER Board
Hardware specification
GoWarrior specifications[5] are:
| Component | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Soc | ALi M3733-AFAAA |
| CPU | 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex A9 |
| GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP2 |
| RAM | 1GB DDR3, dual-channel |
| Internal Storage | 4GB NAND Flash |
| SD card | MicroSD card slot (up to 64GB) |
| PMU | Embedded Power Management Unit (PMU)
Supports Real-time Clock |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | 10/100Mbit/s |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| IR | IR receiver for infrared remote control |
| HDMI | Supported resolutions: 720x480, 720x576, 1280x720, and 1920x1080 |
| Analog A/V Out | 3.5mm to RCA |
| USB | 2 X USB 2.0 + 1 X Micro USB |
| Buttons & Switch | One button is for client mode. The other two buttons are user-defined buttons.
One Switch for selecting to boot to from NAND Flash or MicroSD card. |
| LEDs | Total 11 LEDs to indicate different status |
| Expansion Headers | Two 40-pin male headers. J3 and J4 are multiplexed to provide access to the features. |
| Other Debug | One JTAG connector reserved on the board, but requires additional hardware and software. |
| I/O expansions | GPIO: 63 pins
PWM: 2 pins UART |
| Operating system | Android 4.4.4 based GoDroid |
| Weight | 1.48oz (42grams) |
| Dimensions | 93.2mm X 59.7mm |
| Power | 5V via MicroUSB and/or 1.3mm barrel connector (DC In Only) |
Available operating systems
GoDroid
GoDroid is an Android KitKat 4.4.4.[6] based optimized operating system for GoWarrior platform. In addition to original Android functionalities, GoDroid pre-integrates some useful middleware components and libraries, as well as some self-developed function blocks, which makes it also a software development kit for Android applications.[7]
Features
Booting option
GoDroid supports booting from NAND Flash or from MicroSD card that contains the boot code and image files.[8]
Multimedia
By replacing Android native media engine StageFright with GStreamer and utilizing hardware acceleration facilities, GoDroid supports various audio/video/container hardware decoding and multiple network protocols including Microsoft Smooth Streaming, HTTP Live Streaming and KODI 14.2 has variety of supported video/audio plug-ins.[9]
Wireless display standards
Besides the screen mirroring function of Android Miracast, GoDroid also implements DLNA system service for sharing digital media among multimedia devices. DMR, DMS and DMP are supported.[7]
Programming language
In addition to C/C++/Java, GoDroid also integrates QPython2engine for Python 2 programming on Android.[6]
Inter-connection with other OSH platform
TIGER Board provides 2 sets of 40-pin expansion headers, one of which is compatible to Raspberry Pi connector. Raspberry Pi Python applications can be ported and run on GoDroid.[3]
Integrated development environment
GoDroid supports Android Studio as application IDE. With API level 19 configuration to match GoDroid provides the availability of not only original Android API, but also proprietary extended API, such as GPIO/IC2/SPI/PWM.[5]
Debugging
GoDroid supports standard ADB debugging via Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB.[1]
GoBian
GoBian is a Linux-embedded operating system running on TIGER Board for the GoWarrior platform.
GoBian is developed based on Raspbian which is from Debian 7 wheezy armhf, and differs from Raspbian for the extra features, for example, GoBian encapsulates the RPi.gpio and other I/O libraries to facilitate transplanting projects which use the related libraries from Raspberry Pi to TIGER Board. Furthermore, GoBian provides support for multimedia by integrating GOF, KODI and other middle-ware modules and applications out-of-the-box.
Features
Networking & remote access
GoBian enables the Internet connection through Ethernet or Wi-Fi through the Ethernet port and Wi-Fi module on TIGER Board, and thus supports various methods to access the projects and transfer data, such as FTP, SSH.
Timekeeping
GoBian automatically synchronizes the system time with Internet time servers using the NTP protocol.
File system
GoBian integrates a built-in file system for data management.
Built-in programming environments
C, C++, Python, Perl, and shell script.
I/O interfaces
GoBian lets you call the GPIO/I2C/UART/SPI interfaces directly in your projects with the built-in RPi.gpio and other libraries.
Multimedia
GoBian makes it easy for the secondary development of multimedia applications with the customized GOF middle-ware for TIGER Board.
Multitasking
The on-board M3733-AFAAA processor makes GoBian a multitasking system with good performance.
Linux software
The software programs that are available for Debian are basically compatible with GoBian.
Low-power sleep mode
GoBian supports the ultra-power-saving sleep mode (PMU Standby), with the entire board power consumption as low as 0.35W.
Multi-screen sharing
GoBian integrates with DLNA to fully support the multimedia sharing and multi-screen interaction.
Community support
The GoWarrior community is already launched to support your projects with GoBian.
CloudQ
CloudQ is a comprehensive back-end community support to help users easily build up their projects.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "GoWarrior Tiger Development Board with ALi M3733 SoC To Support Android, Debian and FreeRTOS". http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/12/10/gowarrior-tiger-development-board-with-ali-m3733-soc-to-support-android-debian-and-freertos/. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ "TIGER Board: A New High-end Single-board Computer". https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/hardware/general-hardware/839139-tiger-board-a-new-high-end-single-board-computer. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "daytoncallie". http://daytoncallie.livejournal.com/. Retrieved 18 December 2015.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "ALi Launches Hardware-assisted DRM Solution Integrating Microsoft’s PlayReady Technologies<3041.TW>". Reuters. 5 January 2015. https://www.reuters.com/article/ali-corporation-idUSnBw045079a+100+BSW20150105. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Raffaele Tranquillini. "TIGER Board". http://www.board-db.org/detail.php?boardid=101. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Marconi Jiang". HWTrek. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152358/https://www.hwtrek.com/profile/marconi-jiang.4176. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The "Carpenter" Ali GoWarrior: -PROG3.COM computing hardware and software platform for a comprehensive open source". http://prog3.com/article/2015-11-19/2826270-GoWarrior-interview-jinjiang. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ "让你无法抗拒折腾的开源硬件板——TigerBoard评测 - 爱板网". http://www.eeboard.com/evaluation/tigerboard/. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Seeedstudio Forum • View topic - GoWarrior: TIGER Board First Boot and Kodi Settings". http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6444. Retrieved 18 December 2015.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
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