SolidRun Ltd has unleashed what it boasts as its latest credit card sized computer. The HummingBoard was developed as a small and powerful, low-cost ARM computer, and joins SolidRun's CuBox-i mini-computer family.

Starting at just $45, the HummingBoard family offers design flexibility and multiple connectivity options, and is available in three models. The HB-i1 has 512MB RAM, two USB ports and a fast Ethernet network port. It's powered by Freescale's i.MX6 SoC, and includes a 1GHz ARM A9 core, video acceleration and GPU engine capable of outputting 1080p video. The board also offers access to the computer's GPIO pins and CSI connector for direct connection to expansion boards, cameras and more. The highest end version, HB-i2eX, comes with additional features, such as a more powerful GPU, two additional internal USB ports, mini PCIe expansion and LVDS interface for connecting to touch screens.

The i.MX6 technology is based on ARMv7 instructions, allowing it to easily support a variety of open source OS such as Android, Ubunto, Debian, Yocto, Arch and others. It is one of the best choices for running media applications such as XBMC.

According to Rabeeh Khoury, SolidRun's CTO, the HummingBoard is an open source community-driven project: "We believe that the HummingBoard will excite both the commercial customers as well as the makers, who will use it to work on innovative IoT projects."

The HummingBoard is available for pre-order on the company's website.

By: DocMemory
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