Imagination Technologies wireless IoT development kits, in distribution
Built on open industry standards, the Creator IoT framework is supported by an ecosystem including reference software and projects available at https://creatordev.io
The Creator Ci40 IoT hub includes a high-performance and low-power microcomputer board that has a subsystem optimised specifically for the development of IoT applications. The cXT200 SoC in the subsystem integrates a dual-core dual-threaded MIPS processor running at 550 MHz together with the Ensigma connectivity engine, which covers super-fast 802.11ac 2×2-MIMO Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth Classic, low-energy Bluetooth Smart and 6LoWPAN wireless communication technologies. The Creator Ci40 board also features a number of I/O headers and standard interfaces, allowing users to add a choice of existing accessories or expansion boards.
In addition to the computer board, the Ci40 ‘IoT in a box’ kit comes with two battery-powered MikroE 6LoWPAN Clicker expansion boards with a mikroBUS socket, enabling the addition of sensors; and three Click companion boards, each respectively offering a temperature sensor, motion sensor and relay switch.
The Creator Ci20 computer board hosts the 1.2 GHz JZ4780 dual-core mobile application-processor from Ingenic Semiconductor (China), which runs at 1.2 GHz and delivers multimedia capabilities. The JZ4780 SoC integrates a dual core MIPS CPU from Imagination as well as the company’s PowerVR SGX540 graphics processing engine that supports OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics and up to 1080p video decoding at 30 frames per second. The board also offers 1 Gbyte of RAM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and a range of peripherals including GPIO, SPI, I²C, ADC and UART interfaces, for flexibility in developing IoT projects.
The Ci20 supports a range of Android operating systems including KitKat, Lollipop and Marshmallow, together with a wide choice of Linux distributions, and is supplied with Debian installed. The Ci40 also supports a wide choice of operating systems including Linux distributions such as OpenWrt and Debian, as well as Brillo, the IoT-optimised OS from Google.
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