The ODROID means Open + Droid. It is a development platform for the hardware as well as the software.
The Website of this product can be seen on this link.
Here is a brief history of ODROID :
- ODROID : The world first Android mobile game console developement platform with S5PC100 (2009′ Fall)
- ODROID-T : The world first Android 10.1“ tablet development platform with Exynos3110 (2010′ Springl)
- ODROID-S : An affordable Mobile development platform with Exynos3110 (2010′ Summer)
- ODROID-7 : E-Book/CNS development platform with Exynos3110 (2010′ Fall)
- ODROID-A : The world first Dual-core & 3G modem integrated tablet development platform with Exynos4210 (2011′ Spring)
- ODROID-PC : Internet TV and Smart Set-top box development platform with Exynos4210 (2011′ Winter)
- ODROID-A4 : Palm sized Handheld Mobile & Media player development platform with Exynos4210 (2012′ Spring)
- ODROID-Q : The world first ARM Quad-Core integrated tablet development platform with Exynos4412 (2012′ Summer)
- ODROID-X : The world lowest cost ARM Quad-Core development board with Exynos4412 (2012′ Summer)
- ODROID-X2 : The upgrade version of ODROID-X with 1.7GHz Exynos4412 Prime and 2GB RAM(2012′ Fall)
- ODROID-U2 : The upgrade version of ODROID-U with 1.7GHz Exynos4412 Prime and 2GB RAM (2012′ Winter)
- ODROID-XU : The world lowest cost ARM Octa-Core big.LITTLE board computer with Exynos5410 (2013′ Summer)
- ODROID-U3 : The upgrade version of ODROID-U2 with 1.7GHz Exynos4412 Prime and 2GB RAM (2013′ Winter)
- ODROID-XU3 : The world’s first HMP enabled ARM Octa-Core big.LITTLE board computer with Exynos5422 (2014′ Summer)
- ODROID-W : The world’s first Raspberry Pi software compatible miniature computing module based on BCM2835 SoC (2014′ Summer)
- ODROID-C1 : The world’s most affordable ARM Quad Core board computer (2014′ Winter)
- ODROID-XU4 : The world’s most affordable ARM Octa-Core big.LITTLE high-performance board computer (2015′ Summer)
- ODROID-C2 : The world’s most affordable ARM 64bit 2Ghz Quad Core board computer (2016′ Spring)
Spesification of The Latest Odroid C2 :
- Amlogic ARM® Cortex®-A53(ARMv8) 2Ghz quad core CPUs
- Mali™-450 GPU (3 Pixel-processors + 2 Vertex shader processors)
- 2Gbyte DDR3 SDRAM
- Gigabit Ethernet
- HDMI 2.0 4K/60Hz display
- H.265 4K/60FPS and H.264 4K/30FPS capable VPU
- 40pin GPIOs + 7pin I2S
- eMMC5.0 HS400 Flash Storage slot / UHS-1 SDR50 MicroSD Card slot
- USB 2.0 Host x 4, USB OTG x 1 (power + data capable)
- Infrared(IR) Receiver
- Ubuntu 16.04 or Android 5.1 Lollipop based on Kernel 3.14LTS