
For hackers who missed out on the Chumby craze, Adafruit has a pile of Chumby PCBs for sale.
The Chumby Hacker Board is a cool single board Linux computer that has much of the same hardware as the famous Chumby One. It’s great for people who are experienced with Linux and want to have the power of a microcomputer with audio and video output while at the same time getting all the peripherals of a microcontroller such as analog-to-digital conversion, PWM outputs, sensors, bit twiddling, and broken-out GPIOs!
Here’s what you get for $89:
รขโฌยข Freescale iMX.233 processor running at 454 MHZ and 64 MB onboard RAM.
รขโฌยข Comes with 512MB uSD card with 100 MB Linux installation all ready to go.
รขโฌยข 3.3V I/O pins can talk to most sensors, motor drivers, etc. No struggling with 1.8V levels.
รขโฌยข Low power, fanless design draws only (200?) mA at 5V.
รขโฌยข Built-in Lithium Ion/Polymer battery charger and 5V boost converter for portable projects.
รขโฌยข Three USB ports!
รขโฌยข 1W mono speaker amplifier (0.1″ JST onboard connector.)
รขโฌยข Microphone input (0.05″ JST onboard connector.)
รขโฌยข LCD controller with 2mm output port.
รขโฌยข 3.5mm A/V output jack with stereo audio and NTSC/PAL composite video.
รขโฌยข Back of board has GPIO outputs on 0.1″ header spacing, plug in an Arduino proto shield!
รขโฌยข 5-way joystick and 3-axis accelerometer on-board.
รขโฌยข 3.3V TTL serial port for easy shell access.
Looks pretty sweet!
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