GrapeRain G4418 SBC more than a HD TV Player

[hiper]

Shenzhen GrapeRain Technology released a G4418 SBC, it is a Nexell S5P4418 based Cortex-A9 Quad-Core SoC with 1GB DDR3 RAM and 4/8/16GB eMMC, it also features Gigabyte Ethernet Phy and a wide range of extension ports as RGB LCD, MIPI LCD, LVDS, DVP camera, etc.
G4418 is quite small considering all the extra ports it features. One can make it as a Android TV player, vehicle device, multimedia tablet, advertising machine with no problem.

G4418 SBC front hardware layout shows below

The rear side of G4418 SBC shows below

Product Features Details shows below Core: ARM Cortex-A9 quad core;
Frequency: 1.4GHz * 4;
Memory: 1GB DDR3, 2GB DDR3 optional;
Flash: 4GB / 8GB / 16GB EMMC optional, default 8GB emmc;
24bit RGB interface;
8bit LVDS interface;
VGA interface supported
MIPI CSI interface
2 channels USB HOST interface, support more USB devices used together;
USB OTG interface;
2 channels TTL electrical level UART interface;
2 channels TF card interface;
Reset key;
Software switch;
Support external speaker;
Support MIC input;
Support earphone output interface;
Support the launch configuration switch design;
Support backlit stepless adjustment;
Support HDMI interface;
Support 5 points capacitive touch screen;
Support USB interface WIFI/BT two-in-one module;
Support SPI, I2C, UART etc.;
Support MPEG4, H.263, H.264, MJPEG video decoding;
Support all most video decoding;
Support 2D, 3D high-performance graphics acceleration;
Support RTC;
Support gigabit Ethernet RTL8211E;
Support BT656/BT601/MIPI camera interface;
Support GPS interface;
Support GPRS interface;
Support USB 3G module;
Support USB mouse and USB keyboard;
Support Integration of infrared receiving;
We can run Android 4.4.2 Kitkat and Ubuntu 12.04 on it.


Android Kitkat runs quite smoothly.







Wifi and Bluetooth module RTL8723BS works pretty good.

You can find more info of this SBC by visit Shen GrapeRain Technology website below.

http://www.graperain.com/product.asp?id=31

[mitchell4you]

Hmm..
I never heard of graperain.. can you give some info about your company?

Note/hint...
Most people like me.. checkout the support section of a company prior to buying anything/development boards,
i see.. that Home/support/downloads is emty
That's for me a big no no... you might need to look in to this (just add : manuals/technical info/firmwares/sdk/recovery info ect)

Cheers..

[scooter2014]

Ya lots if support for listed but No actual support on site at all. Most people don't check this and when device stock firmware not even on manufactures site says alot about NO SUPPORT.

[hiper]

mitchell4you You can visit GrapeRain website by clicking link below.

[hiper]

Ya lots if support for listed but No actual support on site at all. Most people don't check this and when device stock firmware not even on manufactures site says alot about NO SUPPORT.

scooter2014 Well GrapeRain will give you stock firmware, Android SDK and Ubuntu firmware after you placed order. They have not released their firmware on public.

[mitchell4you]

scooter2014 Well GrapeRain will give you stock firmware, Android SDK and Ubuntu firmware after you placed order. They have not released their firmware on public.

Why..is this not stated on graperain site?
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I also tried finding a review/benchmark results.. of any graperain devices.. there is zero to find?
Tried to find a development forum for graperain devices... there is zero to find?

My advice for graperain...
Start posting a review of your device on freaktab.. (use cnx-software review of a tvbox as template) with lots of screenshots
-benchmarks Ubuntu and Android / does hardware acceleration work / does it play games? Kodi? Hevc? Max resolution gui? Max video resolution
-info about : known SW issues to work out... known hardware issues..

Anyway.. goodluck