Monday, October 2, 2023

Dev Board With Splendid Functionalities For High-End Applications

By Vinay Minj

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The PICO-WHU4 computing platform comes with a much more powerful processor which can be considered a suitable alternative to Raspberry Pi

The PICO-WHU4 (Image credit: www.aaeon.com)

Raspberry Pi is one of the most popular development boards out there. After all, it offers DIY enthusiasts a platform to create simple to complex electronic projects while consuming less time, energy, and money.

Now, a development board that is much more powerful than the newest Raspberry Pi board is set to change the game. Presenting the PICO-WHU4, a compact single-board computer built for AI and Edge computing by AAEON. As compared to Raspberry Pi’s most enhanced offering, the Raspberry Pi 4 that has Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC, the PICO-WHU4 is equipped with 8th Generation Intel® Core and Celeron® processors that are available in four variants: i7-8665UE (1.7GHz up to 4.4GHz), i5-8365UE (1.6GHz up to 4.1GHz), i3-8145UE (2.2GHz up to 3.9GHz) and 4305UE (2GHz). And it doesn’t stop there.

  • RAM: 16GB (as compared to Raspberry Pi 4 1GB, 2GB or 4GB)
  • Processing speed: 4.45 GHz (Raspberry Pi 4 has 1.5GHz)
  • I/O ports: 4 USB ports (including two USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and two USB 2.0 headers), 2 Ethernet ports and 2 COM headers
  • Cooling option available
  • Power: 12V
  • Operating temperature: 0 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius
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These powerful capabilities enable users to create projects that require high performance such as AI and Edge computing applications for smart retail and smart city.

The board measures 100mm x 72mm and costs US $783 (Raspberry Pi 4 price ranges from US $35 to US $55). Although that is highly expensive, the impressive specs are worth the price.

For detailed information, see here.


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