NanoPi is a new Linux development board powered by Samsung S3C2451 ARM9 processor with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE connectivity, connectors for a camera and an LCD display, as well as two expansion headers including a 40-pin “Raspberry Pi compatible” header.



NanoPi specifications:

Processor – Samsung S3C2451 ARM9 @ 400Mhz

System Memory – 64M DDR2

Storage – micro SD slot

Connectivity – AP6210 module for 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0

USB – 1x USB 1.1 host port, 1x micro USB OTG port for power and data (serial or Ethernet)

Display I/F – LCD Interface: 0.5mm pitch SMT FPC seat, support full-color LCD (RGB: 8-8-8)

Camera I/F – DVP Camera Interface: 0.5mm pitch FPC connector, including ITU-R BT 601/656 8-bit, I2C and GPIOs

Debugging – Serial Port

Expansion Headers “GPIO1” – 40-pin header including UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO pins (Raspberry Pi compatible) “GPIO2” – 12-pin header including I2S, I2C, UART pins

Power – 5V via micro USB port or headers

Dimensions – 75 x 30 mm

The board is said to run u-boot, a Linux distribution based on Linux 4.1 and Qt, as well as Debian. You can download firmware images, source code, and schematics (PDF only), and checkout the Quick Start Guide to find out how to get started with a PC running Ubuntu.

NanoPi launch is planned for the 1st of August, and it will sell for $16, although I’m not sure whether shipping is included. Visit nanopi.org for details.