Hardkernel ODROID XU4 Review
A Closer look at the ODROID XU4
Here is a top view of the ODROID-XU4:
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As you can see, an aluminium heat sink and 40mm fan come pre-mounted on the board.
Note the eMMC module socket on the bottom of the board:
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Now let’s take a quick tour around the ODROID-XU4:
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On this side, going left to right, we have:
- 30 pin 2.0mm spacing GPIO header (1.8V)
- power switch
- 2x USB3.0 host ports
Initially I did not like the use of the 2.0mm pitch headers, but as they do a great job of preventing people from jamming in incompatible 3.3V boards, I now think it was a good idea.
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After turning the board 90 degrees clock wise, we have:
- 4 pin console serial port connector (1.8V)
- real time clock battery connector
Review Index
- Page 1: Introduction, Does XU4 look like a C1 or RPi2?
- Page 2: A Closer look at the ODROID XU4
- Page 3: ODROID-XU4 Tour (continued)
- Page 4: Feature Comparison
- Page 5: Operating Systems, Multimedia
- Page 6: Software Compatibility & Hardware Compatibility
- Page 7: WiFi Compatibility & Documentation
- Page 8: XU4 Benchmarks: Booting, Apps, Compiling Emacs
- Page 9: XU4 Benchmarks: SysBench, iperf, nBench
- Page 10: XU4 Benchmarks: Unix Bench, hdparm, dd
- Page 11: Power Utilization, Support, Conclusion
