"Suddenly remembering a unique feelings" excellent business, always habits themselves to eliminate their own products ".up Board, this is a Chuangkeing Board launched in 16 years, Intel 14nm Atom X5-Z8350 4 core processor The configuration of + 4GB RAM + 64 GB EMMC is at the time that the absolute performance advantage of "will be the top of the mountain", the performance champion in the board computer, even if it is now, it can be more than the shoulder. Nothing. However, in the past, the technology was developed to refresh this record. The new product Up Squared Board came again to refresh the configuration limit of the board computer. (All pictures of the article can click to enlarge the HD map)
Up Squared Board Unpack
Up Squared Board, also known as UP2 Board, using Intel's latest Pentium N4200 processor + 8GB RAM + 64GB EMMC configuration, there is no doubt, this is the most powerful creation board, the current performance of the panel, look at it Lushan is true.
The front box is printed is the photo of UP2 Board, and there is a familiar slogan, but it has changed "Are You Up for Up" at that time "Are You Up for Up2".
In the back of the box, you can see the UP2 Board series specification parameters, the CPU includes Intel Celeron N3350 / Pentium N4200 / Atom E3940 optional; memory includes 1GB / 2GB / 4GB / 8GB LPDDR4 optional; storage includes 16 / 32/64 / 128GB EMMC is optional, as for other peripheral interfaces, it is the same, will be introduced one by one later. You can also see the difference between UP2 Board and UP Board, as shown in the following table, is really large.
Fortunately, the pavilion has got a high-profile, equipped with Intel Pentium N4200 processor + 8GB LPDDR4 + 64GB EMMC, such a configuration can say it, it is larger than that of my current work.
After opening, I found that the internal is very simple, there is no extra accessories, but the UP2 Board is a very strict parcel in the electrostatic bag, which is well protected. In addition, there are two sheets of single paper instructions, briefly introduce the hardware framework of UP2 Board and how to use it, it is worth noting that there is a TIP prompt: be sure to use 5V DC / 4A ~ 6A adapter power supply, otherwise it is very difficult to burn maintenance. Think about it, in case the Intel's processor is burned, don't mention more difficulties when repairing, it is not cheap.
Open the electrostatic bag, see the first feeling, exquisite, exquisite, and the first feeling in the hand is thick, and the heat dissipation aluminum sheet in the weight contributes a lot. Throw other factors, the feeling of UP2 Board will give you a reliable.
Put a few overall charts first, then look at the details.
Up Squared Board Hardware
As a creative board, UP2 Board has reserved a lot of resources available to DIY DIY, which is equipped with a rich peripheral interface, and is very simple and simple interface, such as fan power supply interface, hard disk interface, minipce interface, M.2 2230 interface, etc., of course, also provides more open free 40pin GPIO extensions, and is compatible with the 40pin extension interface on the Raspberry.
The above figure shows the power switch of the UP2 Board, 5V DC Jack input interface, USB3.0 Host interface * 2, DP interface, HDMI interface, and two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. At present, many open source board computers have canceled the Ethernet interface, don't say two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
Looking at the circuit on the board, two Gigabit network port circuits are achieved by two realtek RTL8111G Gigabit Ethernet controllers.
In the above figure, the left direction is the RTC interface (onboard RTC battery), reset / power pin interface (black), SATA power interface (white), SATA3 hard disk interface, SATA3 interface is very happy, this It is also a place relative to the former UP Board, the UP Board at the time was left a lot of regrets because there was no hard disk interface.
The above figure is black for the M.2 interface, but due to space limit, only support 2230 is supported, so it can only be selected to match the SSD, WiFi / BT module of this specification. There is also a USB3.0 OTG interface next to M.2, which is great, but this Micro USB 3.0 B interface is somewhat can't keep up with the era, or it is easier to accept USB-TYPE-C.
There is a USB3.0 Host interface next to the USB3.0 OTG interface, so the entire UP2 Board has 3 USB3.0 Host interface, which is very convenient for Clenolians who need to use USB peripherals, and watch the circuit design. These USB3.0 interfaces are not extended by USB HUB, but it is also "arrogant" through Intel Pentium N4200 processor.
UP2 BOARD 40pin pin extended interface is not directly brought by Intel Pentium N4200 processor, and as a 40pin extended signal left to Chuangke DIY is not good at Intel processor, so this is through Intel The FPGA chip extends, the FPGA chip is under the heat sink on the back, and you can see it. Seeing a small platooning interface next to 40pin, this is actually a JTAG interface, not used to debug the INTEL's processor, but the FPGA chip used to debug the board.
In addition to some of the common interfaces described above, the next is some special custom interfaces on the UP2 Board (you should say this), as shown in the figure above, is still in the order of the left, white interfaces contain two USB2. 0 * 2 and a UART interface; the middle is an EDP (Embedded DisplayPort) interface; the last is the MIPI-CSI interface (support 4-lane).
The interface in the figure above is also the MIPI-CSI interface (but only 2-lane), the more Lane, the greater the pixels supported, and the size from the interface can be simple to determine.
The large interface in the middle of the above figure believes that everyone is unfamiliar, minipci-e interface, can connect peripherals such as wireless network cards, solid hard drives on the market, and implement UP2 Board expansion.
Let's see a few chips on the front of the UP2 Board board, as shown in the figure above, the left is the 64GB EMMC storage of Hissanti, the right side is the beautiful LPDDR4 memory granules, 2GB * 2, a total of 4GB, it is undoubtedly There should be two on the back.
Up2 Board back, is covered by a large heat dissipation aluminum sheet, and it is integrated.
On the side or you can see two interfaces, as shown in the figure, the extended EXHAT interface of 60pin and the fan power interface. The EXHAT interface has 20PIN to be expanded through the FPGA, and the remaining is the signal extension interface of the Intel Pentium processor, including I2C, LPC, DMIC, SPI and other signals. Signal interfaces extending from UP2 Board Whole Board We can roughly speculate that the integration of these interfaces is nothing more than to make the game customers better develop prototypes directly based on UP2 Board. Of course, if it is true, such a small board is so much. Signals If you don't use a similar interface processing, it is difficult to fully implement extension, or even if it is expanded, it will be a layout of very "ugly".
Continue to look at the back of the board, the heat dissipation aluminum sheet is fixed through 4 screws, and it is very easy to remove.
The remaining two 3GB LPDDR4 were found in the first time, so the entire UP2 Board should be 8GB. It is also possible to see two chips that are relatively large in the back surface, one is a processor, and the other should be a power management chip, which is thermally conductive heat dissipation on the heat dissipation aluminum sheet with a silicone lipid.
The picture above is Intel Pentium N4200 processor (please ignore the broken heat sink), the official price of the official standard is 161 US dollars (some exaggeration, believe that the manufacturer of truly used is subsidized, can not be so expensive), the package size is 24mm x 31mm, this is the Apollo Lake-based processor, 14nm process released by Intel last year, believes that friends who know the Intel crafts should have been heard, and the 14nm of Intel is equivalent to the current Tower Power or Samsung 10nm process, even more it is good.
The Pentium N4200 processor is a low-power processor, 4 core, integrated 2M cache, the Intel, the highest frequency is 2.5GHz, integrated with Intel HD Graphics 505 graphics processor, belonging to Intel 9th generation The core graphics card series, that is, with the six-generation Core skylake, with 18 EU units, Turp, up to 750MHz, support H.265 / VP9 4K video encoding hardware acceleration.
Scene power consumption (SDP) indicated by this processor on the official website is 4W, and SDP can be understood as some daily use. It simulates the power consumption value of the CPU in video playback, content creation, etc., SDP concept It is easy to confuse, because Intel has no clear definition, nor does it indicate which applications or programs are used to simulate this load, but the SDP is equivalent to the power consumption of the CPU actual application.
The circuit of another area next to the Pentium N4200 processor is the power management section, which is equipped with a lot of power MOS tube, and the supply circuit design is very complicated.
The other side of the board is Intel FPGA MAX10, which is also the 40PIN expansion interface on the board we mentioned above and the 20PIN GPIO in the 60pin extension interface is implemented by this MAX10 FPGA, which also has this on the positive of Up Squared Board. The JTAG interface for the FPGA chip is specially available to program this FPGA chip. At present, after Intel acquiring Altera, the scheme that is demonstrated in the form of processor + FPGA will be more and more, you can achieve more performance + functions, multi-combined DIY solutions, future diversified products, the combination of products is quite expected .
Finally, the hardware block diagram of the UP Squared Board is coming to see below.
Up Squared Board
Using the officially recommended 5V @ 6A adapter on power-on, discovery up Squared Board after power-on, but directly enters the BIOS.
The official website provides several adapter systems for the UP Squared Board, which is based on WinD Win10 systems, respectively, and Linux-based Ubuntu and Ubilinux 4.0, where Win10 and Ubuntu can download 64 official website, and Ubilinux 4.0 is research Based on the Debian Stretch customized system, in other words, it may be the best adaptability.
Ubilinux system burning
If the burning system is used, the U disk burden mode is used, and the burning software is recommended to recommend RUFUS. First use the rufus software to burn the U disk, and then you will be recorded by the UP Squared Board.
Ubilinux system download address ubilinux-installer-4.0
RUFUS burning software settings.
Set the preferred start-up mode in the BIOS of the UP Squared Board to the U disk mode. Since the USB3.0 is supported by the USB3.0, the Up Squared Board is also the USB3.0 interface, so the speed is very fast during the process of burning the UP Squared Board.
Ubilinux system is started normally, the password is Ubilinux
Win10 system burning
Burnt Windows 10 system is relatively simple, just like our ordinary PC, the method is used, and the Win10 system directly supports the version of the Microsoft official website, but only uses the GPIO port on the board. The IO driver provided by technology.
The drive Win10 like chipsets and graphics cards comes with, which is mainly installed with power management and the driver of GPIO ports.
After the Win10 system is installed, the Up Squared Board can be used as a miniPC. It may be that this may be the most smooth access to the EDGE browser, compare all open source hardware boards on the market, Up Squared The performance of Board is undoubted.
CPU-Z tool test results.
GPU-Z tool test results.
PCMark displays the performance results of the Pentium N4200 processor.
Up Squared Board's disk performance, test results are quite unexpected, and the onboard EMMC performance is still very uncomfortable. If you have a request for the read / write speed of onboard storage, it is recommended to purchase additional SSD installation.
During this time, the UP Squared Board experience is still very good, but the UP Squared Board is still very big when running some performance test software. If the summer is used, it is recommended to match a cooling fan, this is still It is very necessary.
summary
The latest UP Squared Board, the latest UP Squared Board once again pushed the performance of the card computer to the ultimate, Intel Pentium N4200 processor + 8GB LPDDR4 + 64GB EMMC configuration undoubtedly went to the performance championship of the board, but for the development The development materials provided by Up Squared Board are not enough (of course, this big reason is that the board is also listed), and the development group needs a higher technical threshold. It has experience in the development of Windows or Linux development.The creker, UP Squared Board is also very recommended, if you are interested, you can purchase in the 5th anniversary of the panel.
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