Khadas VIM2 Amlogic S912 3/64GB, Ac WiFi Gig Lan, BT

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What to do when you have 90 Vim2 and you're into Cryto currency ?

Put em all in a big box and go for it


Full story can be found
http://forum.khadas.com/t/vim2-based...r-build/2102/7

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New Case/heatsink kit for VIM just about ready to go















Tone Board:








Tone Board


Source: http://forum.khadas.com/t/diy-case-h...r-vims/1290/57

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Khadas Tone Board Hi-Res Audio XMOS ES9038Q2M DAC DSD256 384KHz 32-bit

Geekbuying

Amazing Khadas, Always Amazes You! < click

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New Fan and Heatsink assy available now


Fan

Heatsink

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New Fan and Heatsink assy available now

Fan

Heatsink

Nice... i m8 ask for one!

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Now we have the Tone board up and running on Windows
Arrived this day…Excellent

First a bit of a play Windows 10 and Headphones, no stereo gear here where I play (yet)

Should be easy, find a RCA to 3.5mm socket and plug Headphone direct to RCA.

That was not the case, could not find one…Looking everywhere high and low nothing,
Not even a 3.5mm socket I could Hack and connect to RCA, my pile of junk has let me down.

Can get one easy online or a run to the shop…takes time.

More Looking, Looking,

As always when pulling PC cases to pieces or anything keep the junk may come in handy,
Found while looking, a front USB Microphone and Headset thingy, this will do the job




Music to my ears,

Marked plugs are what normally plug into the MotherBoard of PC.
Soldered 3 Pins to the end of the Black cable that leads to 2 x RCA.
Plugging Sennheisers into the Green socket,

What a beautiful noise

Easy to set up in windows, Install driver. < Click
Plug in device to usb C and USB on Windows PC Done done

Find all the specs and set up http://forum.khadas.com/t/khadas-ton...anual-tbd/2478

Lots Features to be found










Just to mention a few,
Now to Purchase a few 3.5mm Stereo Sockets
and a RCA to 3.5mm Stereo socket cable

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More VIm Fun

This time the case with DTV Fitted sorta













Pity can't plug Tone Board in by just removing 40 pin cover, of with the surround for this to happen.

Could not get any screw supplied to fit Fan to heatsink at this stage very small

Needed to improvise with Spacers to make it all sit and stick solid

Bit of fun

Enjoy

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More Fiddling

was a pity can’t plug Tone Board in by just removing 40 pin cover from lid, But, Just fit the lid of the old Vim and it can now plug In




Also clear base plate of vim, spaced with some 2/3mm nuts just for the look I guess

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A little more tinkering and they all lived happily ever after, or until the next addon

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New casing For Vim for those that my not have seen:

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Yep, picked up a few of the cases. Used them for a little kitbashing to house a VIM2 and Tone board.

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More things to do with your VIM 2

The TV Tuners VTV have bben pretty cheap of late one user over at khadas has double his Fun Adding 2 Tuners for PVR watch one record another

Source: https://forum.khadas.com/t/dvb-dtv-e...m2-vtv/880/156

KVIM2 with dual VTV boards.





Pinout for connecting second VTV board.



2x VTV is supported by the latest CE 8.99.2 in crazycat or latest dvb drivers addons with gxm_kvim2_2vtv.dtb.
Following picture shows simultanous reception two different transpoders, first by DVB-S #0 and second by DVB-S #1




Advantage of dual tuner:

• possible recording while watching another channel;
• fast channel zapping in TVH by predictive tuning;

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Well like all things, updates and upgrades are needed, Here we have some information on the Newer Vim2:
Current model of Vim2 is not available:
So stay tuned
Or have a look over at Khadas for the Latest Information:


we plan to launch new VIM2 next month, so the existing VIM2 not available


Enjoy

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New Version On the Vim 2 Improved design for better thermal dynamics and more.
You can see more details over at Khadas

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Also due to be released next month is the "New VIM2 SBC", version 1.4. This new VIM2 is designed to work with the "New VIM Heatsink" and "3705 Cooling Fan" to provide a more efficient and quieter cooling solution.

In v1.4, hot air is ejected from the casing via the button-holes, rather than bouncing off the side wall in v1.1-v1.2. This results in faster airflow with less re-circulation, so hot air is not trapped within the casing.

The lower temperatures allow the fan to run slower, and therefore produce less noise. Do note that at maximum speed, even though the fan motor itself is noiseless, you will definitely be able to hear the air as it buffets against the heatsink fins.

For users who are worried about the ROM support, all images that you download from https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/VIM2/ will be compatible with both v1.2 and v1.4. The ROM can identify the SBC via its Version ID.

To see all changes between v1.2 and v1.4, read this PDF Guide.

Thanks for your support, we hope to bring you more amazing products this year!

Khadas Team