Zolertia Linux Embedded Devices Comparison: Yun, BeagleBoard, Rascal, Raspi, Cubieboard & pcDuino Awaiting for the new release, Arduino Yun, I think it's very interesting to know more about the new linux devices in the market. There are a lot of emerging ones and many of them agree in the same feature: to be Arduino-compatible. Why? Arduino was launched in 2005 and it has become in a standard as a modular platform, so all new devices want to add this feature, allowing people to use each platform as easy as Arduino. Some can carry Ethernet, Wifi, HDMI, NAND flash... these features change in each board we are going to compare. A quick review of each one Which one should I choose? As I said in my previous post, comparing Arduino Yun and Raspberry Pi, it depends of your final purpose: miniPC: if you are looking for a portable PC with HDMI connection, there are 4 options in the table: BeagleBoard-xM, Cubieboard, pcDuino and Raspberry Pi, but Raspberry Pi allows to use a RCA output if your TV doesn't support HDMI connection. Here you can find a comparison between the boards:
List of 39 Low Cost Linux Friendly Boards and Products Dmitry (omgfire), one of my awesome readers, compiled a great tabular list of Linux friendly boards and products that sells for less than $300 US (usually less than $200). This list includes technical details such as the processor, GPU, memory, NAND flash, connectivity, ports, supported Linux distributions… as well as availability and pricing information. There are currently 39 Linux devices in total. The vast majority are ARM based boards, but he also included 2 x86 products by VIA, but those are relatively pricey ($265 and up). Here’s a summary list with SoCs used, links to blog posts and product pages (if available), as well as price information. Raspberry Pi Board Model B Beaglebone Snowball PDK Lite The list is obviously not exhaustive (this would include hundreds of boards), but this still pretty good. You can download Dmitry’s PDF file that shows side-by-side comparison of 5 devices at a time.