Android Mini PC MK802
The Android Mini PC MK802 is a PC-on-a-stick produced by Rikomagic, a Chinese company using AllWinner A1X SoC, based on an ARM architecture, composed of an ARM V7 based Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, a Mali-400 MP GPU and a housemade VPU CedarX able to decode 2160p video.
It has been dubbed as "the smallest Google TV player", which was first brought into market in May 2012, and is a thumbsize device with which you can turn a computer into a television, and vice versa. Since its introduction four other models have been released: The MK802+ and MK802 II both resulted in minor redesigns and amendments of the original product.
- The MK802 III brought a new design with a Rockchip RK3066, a dual-core CPU (Cortex-A9 at 1.6 GHz), ROM with either 4 GB or 8 GB and Android 4.1 (instead of 4.0 at previous versions).
- The MK802 IIIS added Bluetooth.
The product is relatively cheap, selling at about $US50.
It can also be used as a light internet and office computer by installing a Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Lubuntu.[1]
Besides, MK802 with Ubuntu or Lubuntu could also be used for mobile/wireless control of physical world with ECMA Script/JavaScript in combination with Arduino and node.js. [2]
It looks like an ordinary USB flash drive. Housing a processor, RAM, storage and I/O ports, it can perform like an ordinary computer. This kind of device shares some characteristics with the Cotton Candy..
Connectors[3]:
- mini-HDMI
- mini-USB
- Power
See Also
- List of single board computers
- Cotton Candy
- Ugoos
- Intcrown
- CuBox
- PandaBoard
- Raspberry Pi
- Gooseberry
- Hackberry
- Sheevaplug
- Mini-X
- Origen
- Trim-Slice
External links
- http://www.rikomagic.com/ - Official Factory Site
- http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/ - Official Site in GB
- http://www.rikomagic.su/ - Official Russian Site
- http://www.allminipc.com/ - Firmware\ software\ hardware dev team.
- http://www.sainsmart.com/android-mini-pc.html - Open Hardware company
- https://www.miniand.com/products/MK802%20Android%20Mini%20PC - Another company specializing with PC-on-a-stick devices