The status quo and the future of 96Boards

1. The status quo and the future of 96Boards
Ya ng Zha ng
Director of 96Boa rds

2. What’s 96Boards
● Recognised ARMV7/8 open specifica tions
● SoC-independent
● Low cost ra pid prototyping a nd product development pla tform
● Ta ilored for different segment requirements
● A single developer community, sha ring solutions
● Open to a ll developers
● Ha rdwa re modules a re porta ble a cross a ll96Boa rds
● Lina ro help a va ila ble to ha ve the pla tform fully upstrea m

3. So which one do I choose, really?

4. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
Paradox of Choice?
Choosing wellis especially difficult for
those determined to make only the best
choices.
-
Barry Schwartz

5. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
SoC Independent
*Qua lcomm
Dra gonBoa rd
410C
AMD Opteron A1120 EE - Cello
HiSilicon
HiKey
ActionSemi
Bubblegum-96
Media Tek Helio
X20
Socionext
MB86S71
Qua lcomm SD
600eva l HiSilicon Popla r
TV
Seeed
Ca rbon -
STMIoT
A few
others...
Altera
Cha meleon
NXP I.MX7

6. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
96Boards Specifications

7. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
There is beauty in Singularity.

8. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
Single Community Sharing Solutions
STMicro a nd
Seeed
Mezza nines
LeMa ker 7” LCD
touchscreen
displa y
Aerocore-2
drones &
Qua dcopters
Eureka
Automotive
Dua l-ca mera
module with
Displa y
Ca mera
Mezza nine
Ma rvell
Andromeda Box
Robomezzi

9. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
Single Community Sharing Solutions

10. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
96Boards Steering Committee

11. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
96Boards Manufacturing Partner

12. 96Boards.org Traffic

13. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER

14. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
What’s new?

15. Qualcomm SD600eval 96Boards CE Ext.- Arrow
● Sna pdra gon 600 processor APQ8064 32bit
● Qua d-core Kra it 300 CPU 1.7GHz, Adreno 320 GPU
● 2GB PoP LPDDR2 533MHz with 16GB eMMC
● SATA a nd SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
● 1080p@30fps HD video pla yba ck with H.264 (AVC)
● PCM/AAC+/MP3/WMA, ECNS, Audio
● WLAN 802.11 a /b/g/n/a c 2x2 Dua l-Ba nd, Bluetooth 4.0/LE
with on-boa rd a s wella s externa la ntenna
● GPS/GLONASS with externa la ntenna
● 3 USB 2.0 Micro AB
● PCIe to Giga bit Ethernet via AR8151
● 40pin LS a nd 60pin HS expa nsion connector
● Vendor build Android 5.1 a nd Ubuntu/Debia n
96boards.org

16. STM B2260 96Boards CE Ext
● STiH410EJB CANNES2 multimedia server
chip, Dua lCortex A9 with Ma li400
● 1GByte DDR3L-SDRAM
● Up to 64GB with boot option SDHC
● Rea ltek RTL8723BU-combo Module
● HDMIType A + ESD protection
● 2x USB Type A, 1x USB Micro AB
● 1 SATA connector
● Giga bit Ethernet
● H.264 ha rdwa re decoding
● JTAG
● 40pin LS a nd 60pin HS expa nsion connector
● Target Linaro Consumer Reference Platform

17. MediaTek X20 96Boards CE - Archermind
● Deca -core ARMCortex-A53/A72 64 bit
● Ma li-T880 GPU up to 800MHz
● 2GB LPDDR3 with 8GB EMMC5.1
● GPS a nd Wi-Fi802.11 a /b/g/n
● Bluetooth 4.1
● 3 x USB 2.0
● Micro SD ca rd slot (SD3.0)
● Displa y:HDMIType A 1080p HD @30fps
● 40-pin Low Speed expa nsion connector
● 60-pin High Speed expa nsion connector
● 16-pin a na logue a udio expa nsion connector
● Crypto extensions
● Android 6.0 Vendor build
96boards.org/x20

18. STM Carbon 96Boards IoT - Seeed
● STM32F401RET6 ARM®
Cortex®-M4F processor
● 512KB Fla sh, 96KB RAM
● Nordic nRF51 Bluetooth v4.2
complia nt Onboa rd a ntenna
● USB Power a nd OTG
● FTDIUART
● 3.3VI/O
● 2x15pin low speed connector
● Zephyr ena bled, upstrea m in
progress
96boards.org

19. RDA 96Boards IoT - Orange Pi- i96
● RDA ARMCortex-A5 32bit
● Integra ted 2Gb LPDDR2 SDRAM,
4Gb 8Bit 4KSLC NAND
● Extremely low cost
● MicroSD
● MicroUSB or VBAT5VPOWER
● 2x USB 2.0
● CSIca mera 24pin 0.5mm FFC
● WiFi (RTL8189FTV)
● 40pin LS Expa nsion Connector
● Vendor build - Ubuntu
96boards.org

20. HiSilicon Poplar 96Boards TV - Tocoding
● Qua d-core ARMCortex-A53 64 bit HiSilicon
Hi3798CV200 Ma liT720
● DDR3/3L/4 SDRAMinterfa ce, 2 GB
● Two USB 2.0 ports, One USB 3.0 port
● 1 GBe Ethernet
● PCIe 2.0 interfa ces
● 8pin JTAG
● Sta nda rd 160×120 mm 96Boa rds Enterprise
Edition form fa ctor
● 802.11AC 2*2 with Bluetooth
● Sma rt Ca rd a nd 2X12pin Tuner Interfa ce
● 2x20pin low speed connector
● Android 5.1.1 Vendor build
96boards.org/poplar

21. MStar Kava 96Boards TV
● MSO9580A qua d-core 64-bit ARMCortex-A53
CPU up to 1.5 GHz per core, up to 13800
DMIPS, Ma li-T820
● 2 GB DDR3, 8MB SPIwith 8GB eMMC
● micro SD ca rd slot (3.0),PCIe 2.0
● HDMI2.0 Input/Output (HDCP 2.2 up to 4K@
60Hz)
● H.265/VP9 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
● H.264 HP/5.0 up to 4K2K@30fps
● S/PDIF (optica l)Audio
● 10/100/1000 Ba se-T
● 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 host, 1x UART
● Sma rt Ca rd a nd 2X12pin Tuner Interfa ce
● 2x20pin LS connector
96boards.org

22. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
What’s next?

23. Altera Chameleon CE NXP I.MX7 96Boards CE

24. Fill in the blank?

25. ● Latest SoCs technology
● Pa th to productiza tion
● Awesome user experience
● Generic pla tform for ra pid development
● Sta nda rdiza tion where everyone ha s to
reinvest
● Ta king a dva nta ge Lina ro a nd its’members
colla bora tive engineering output
● Low cost
● Wide distribution OS support
● Upstream support
Wouldn’t it be nice?
● Latest SoCs technology● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Generic platform for rapid development
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Generic platform for rapid development
● Standardization where everyone has to
reinvest
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Generic platform for rapid development
● Standardization where everyone has to
reinvest
● Taking advantage Linaro and its’ members
collaborative engineering output
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Generic platform for rapid development
● Standardization where everyone has to
reinvest
● Taking advantage Linaro and its’ members
collaborative engineering output
● Low cost
● Latest SoCs technology
● Path to productization
● Awesome user experience
● Generic platform for rapid development
● Standardization where everyone has to
reinvest
● Taking advantage Linaro and its’ members
collaborative engineering output
● Low cost
● Wide distribution OS support

26. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
○ Usa bility is the key
○ Documenta tion
○ Universa lI/O support
○ Tutoria ls, a lots of them!

27. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
● Showca se projects
○ Automotive
○ Robotics/Drones
○ Virtua lRea lity
○ Artificia l Intelligence

28. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
● Showca se projects
● Focused development pla ns for two different tiers of 96Boa rds
○ Community 96Boa rds
■ Vendor built softwa re,hosted on 96Boa rds.org
■ 96Boa rds ha rdwa re specifica tion complia nce
■ 96Boa rds documenta tion complia nce
○ Lina ro Reference Softwa re Certified 96Boa rds
■ Lina ro Reference Pla tform Kernel(RPK)
■ Other softwa re (firmwa re, bootloa der,gra phics,distribution)follow 96Boa rds softwa re complia nce
■ 96Boa rds ha rdwa re specifica tion complia nce
■ 96Boa rds documenta tion complia nce

29. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
● Showca se projects
● Focused development pla ns for two different tiers of 96Boa rds
● Bring out 96Boa rds Networking pla tform with pa rtners
○ One of the most exciting spa ce for ARM
○ 96Boa rds Networking Pla tform specifica tion
○ Multiple SoCs
○ Multiple tiers

30. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
● Showca se projects
● Focused development pla ns for two different tiers of 96Boa rds
● Bring out 96Boa rds Networking pla tform with pa rtners
● Better exposure to wider community inc. product designers, a pplica tion
developers, ma kers, ODMs, higher educa tion institutions etc.
○ Enga ging distribution pa rtners in 96Boa rds progra m
○ Enga ging high educa tion institutions
○ More ma nufa cturer pa rtners with diversified designs

31. We want to be better at ...
● Improve cross boa rds out of box user experience
● Showca se projects
● Focused development pla ns for two different tiers of 96Boa rds
● Bring out 96Boa rds Networking pla tform with pa rtners
● Better exposure to wider community inc. product designers, a pplica tion
developers, ma kers, ODMs, higher educa tion institutions etc.
● Encoura ge Mezza nine development a nd cross-a doption
○ Exa mple, currently shipping ~500 per Mezza nine design
○ Clea r dema nd of Mezza nine from ta rget a udience of the boa rds
○ Clea r requests from multiple SoC vendors
○ 96Boa rds pa rtner progra m outrea ch

32. ENGINEERS
AND DEVICES
WORKING
TOGETHER
...and things you consider important, and
are willing to help ...

33. Thank You
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