AMLOGIC S905X - Inphic SPOT i7 PRO - A product development story...

[prahjister]

When you first develop the board do you solder all the components by hand on test boards?

[Inphic]

When you first develop the board do you solder all the components by hand on test boards?

Usually the SMD components are not soldered by hand, just some ones and the bigger parts as well as connectors.

[Inphic]

Finally we got the first motherboards with AMLOGIC S905X for TESTING:







Later I will explain some details...

[Inphic]

I forgot to say.... ANDROID 6.0.1 is already running

[Inphic]

RGB LED lights may allow us to display APP notifications (as a mobile phone), even when our TV is off.

[balbes150]

White connector on the right side with 4 pins is the UART ? He will only test boards or the serial will be on all the samples ?
Judging by the pictures of the reverse side of the Board, the memory will be 2 GB ?

[Javimetal]

Hi guys, SPOT i7 PRO running. This is one of the testings running a new launcher under development.
(sorry, I will try to get some screencaptures when everything is more advanced)

[RISCy Dude]

Interesting launcher. Anxious to see more.

[scooter2014]

Ill stick to launcher3 or squarehome.😃

[scooter2014]

The test board has some neat lighting and network bullet?

[trebor]

RGB LED lights may allow us to display APP notifications (as a mobile phone), even when our TV is off.

Could these leds be used to indicate SD/USB card access, something different ?
Cheers

[Inphic]

White connector on the right side with 4 pins is the UART ? He will only test boards or the serial will be on all the samples ?
Judging by the pictures of the reverse side of the Board, the memory will be 2 GB ?

Hi, that connector should be there just on test boards. These connectors are not populated and really few few people is going to use this port.

This sample features 2GB RAM, we must to test this. The board is ready for 2GB, but the plan will be decided later.

[balbes150]

Hi, that connector should be there just on test boards. These connectors are not populated and really few few people is going to use this port.

This sample features 2GB RAM, we must to test this. The board is ready for 2GB, but the plan will be decided later.

I highly recommend to use a variant with 2 GB RAM. Some increase in prices is completely offset by the increase in demand. This will allow efficient use of miniPC i7 as for gaming, office applications etc.. Or release two versions with 1GB and with 2GB.
I'm ready to buy the version with UART connector and 2 GB of memory.

p/s/ It is possible to produce a test batch of 5-10 pieces with UART and 2 GB. 1 thing I am ready to pay in advance.

[Inphic]

I highly recommend to use a variant with 2 GB RAM. Some increase in prices is completely offset by the increase in demand. This will allow efficient use of miniPC i7 as for gaming, office applications etc.. Or release two versions with 1GB and with 2GB.
I'm ready to buy the version with UART connector and 2 GB of memory.

p/s/ It is possible to produce a test batch of 5-10 pieces with UART and 2 GB. 1 thing I am ready to pay in advance.

Hi, do not worry, first of all we always produce 100pcs of the final motherboard and run a test with all them working for at least 2 days. We have time to think about these things. Also we can add the connector for you if needed.

[kevin1341]

I highly recommend to use a variant with 2 GB RAM. Some increase in prices is completely offset by the increase in demand. This will allow efficient use of miniPC i7 as for gaming, office applications etc.. Or release two versions with 1GB and with 2GB.
I'm ready to buy the version with UART connector and 2 GB of memory.

p/s/ It is possible to produce a test batch of 5-10 pieces with UART and 2 GB. 1 thing I am ready to pay in advance.

I agree with balbes150 also.
Would also pay in advance for this unit.
Been very happy with i7 with extra cooling on cpu (fan).
Cheers
Kevin