And finally, the long awaited Volumio version for UDOOs is here among us!
As some of you may know, I have a very special relationship with UDOO, since I’ve been part of UDOO Team since its early days. And this great board is not only one of the most awesome SBC out there, but its made by a very skilled, passionate and inspiring team.
So, I am extremely proud to announce that Volumio is now available both for UDOO Quad and UDOO NEO. And the good news is that we’re capable to use most of their advanced functionalities with this Volumio release. First of which is their integrated wireless connectiviy. We’ve also prepared the groundings for I2S support, which will be fully available in future releases.
Let’s look at some of their specs:
UDOO QUAD\DUAL
- NXP® i.MX6Quad, 2\4 x ARM® Cortex™-A9 core @ 1GHz with ARMv7A instruction set
- GPU Vivante GC 2000 for 3D + Vivante GC 355 for 2D (vector graphics) + Vivante GC 320 for 2D
- Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU (same as Arduino Due)
- RAM DDR3 1GB
- 76 fully available GPIO with Arduino compatible R3 1.0 pinout
- HDMI and LVDS + Touch
- 2 Micro USB (1 OTG)
- 2 USB 2.0 type A and 1 USB 2.0 internal pin header (requires adapter cable)
- Analog Audio and Mic jacks
- CSI Camera Connection
- on board Micro SD card reader (boot device)
- Power Supply (6-15V) and External Battery connector
- Ethernet RJ45 (10/100/1000 MBit)
- WiFi Module
- SATA connector with power header
UDOO NEO
- NXP® i.MX 6SoloX applications processor with an embedded ARM Cortex-A9 core and a Cortex-M4 Core
- 512MB (Basic) or 1GB (only Extended and Full)
- Integrated 2d/3d graphics controller
- Micro HDMI interface
- LVDS interface + touch (I2C signals)
- Analog camera connection supporting NTSC and PAL
- 8-bit parallel camera interface*
- HDMI audio transmitter
- S/PIDF & I2S*
- 1x USB 2.0 Type A ports
- 1x USB OTG (micro-AB connector)
- Fast ethernet RJ45 – 10/100Mbps (only Basic and Full)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,Direct Mode SmartConfig and Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (only Extended and Full)
- 3x UART ports*
- 2x CAN Bus interfaces*
- 8x PWM signals*
- 3x I2C interface*
- 1x SPI interface*
- 6x multiplexable signals*
- 5 V DC Micro USB
- 6-15 V DC Power Jack
- RTC Battery Connector
- Arduino-Compatible through the standard Arduino Pins layout and compatible with Arduino shields.
- 32 extended GPIOs (A9 dedicated)
- 22 Arduino GPIOs (M4 dedicated)
And, if you’re wondering if the awesome UDOO X86 is going to be supported, well it is on Volumio x86 version.
As always, you can find the UDOO images in the DOWNLOAD SECTION