Thread: Vision on separate board
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Re: Vision on separate board
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Originally Posted by Noam787 View Post
what specs of the board should i look for when picking one?
I'd look for at least an ARM A9 dual core processor, RAM, Ethernet, USB Host, i2c running Linux and OpenCV. This has been well-documented and there are a lot of recent threads on this forum that you will find useful.

As mentioned before, the Odroid (www.hardkernel.com) is a good unit and I think it's one of the best specifications (quad core, etc). I think we will be getting one to experiment with. In the past, we have used one of the single core Mk801 Android PC units. We upgraded to a dual core Mk808, but never used it in competition.

I would not use an onboard laptop unless you absolutely have to - the size and weight concerns far outweigh the small cost of an ARM-based single board computer.