Bunnie has announced the launch of Novena, a new open-hardware computing platform:
Novena is a 1.2GHz, Freescale quad-core ARM architecture computer closely coupled with a Xilinx FPGA. It’s designed for users who want to modify and extend their hardware: all the documentation for the PCBs are open and free to download, and it comes with a variety of features that facilitate rapid prototyping.
Check out the video after the break.
$500 – for just the board – is on par with a Zedboard.
Which FPGA does this use?
I had high hopes for this, but it’s way out of my budget now :(
Why put an ARM on it and not a x86 Intel Atom or Intel Quark? x86 is better, no?
Intel is not good for embedded systems, study computer organization