pcDuino8 Uno: 8 cores high performance Single Board Computer

It has the same System-on-Chip (SOC) and AXP818 PMU as an Allwinner A83T Testboard.RAM: Samsung K4B4616460-HYKO.Gigabit Ethernet: Realtek RTL8211E.[2015-10-25] Ubuntu 14 works much better than 12 Beta. Both the shutdown bug and the HDMI over-scan bug are fixed. Looking forward to future updates![2015-09-27] If using Ubuntu 12 Beta and the Ethernet does not request an IP address automatically, run 'sudo dhclient eth1' to get it. Edit the line in '/etc/rc.local' from 'dhclient eth0 &' to 'dhclient eth1 &' to fix it at next boot. Changing HDMI over-scan does not work (it hangs) as well as booting to console mode and shutting down. Strangely, the 'dhclient' command also hangs if not run from within the graphical environment. DON'T change to booting to console mode! Connect UART and run 'sudo board-config.sh' to fix this![Software] http://www.linksprite.com/?page_id=1496

Lack of OS images really turns me off of this. It works but not that great with the 2 images provided (android and Ubuntu 14.04). I wanted to try this out as an emulator to run N64 and older games but the support just isn't there

Would not boot. I tried several micro SD cards, downloaded the OS image multiple times, but it never managed to boot up. Others have reported similar issues. Sadly, I have a number of pcDuino3 and pcDuino2 boards and they have always run like champs.

The board I received doesn't output to HDMI. I've tested on multiple monitors and with known good cables. The soldering looks bad on the HDMI pins and the printed circuits looked scratched. Ordering a replacement, will update my review if the board works.

Very good product. Having fun with them.

I bought this board for such a low price I bought two. It is small and the hardware is well made. The software while I have not completely tested it was not ready on initial release and it took a few updated images to really see capabilities come to light. The Linux build still only outputs 780p through the HDMI port. The discussion on the linksprite forum reveals that it can't be changed. The OS image they give is very secure to Linksprite's advantage. They say they have proprietary software on it and have released the image in a way that it is very difficult to customize. Some complaints were remedied by Linksprite releasing new images with more stuff installed. You can install stuff with "sudo apt-get install" and dpkg or git which is great. Still these things need to be done in the terminal because the GUI doesn't always work.When you log off, you can see that their are two other accounts on the machine that you don't get a password for. Linksprite can log into your machine remotely and spy or do what ever they like. Being locked out of your own device gives you an angry feeling like losing control over your life. You can't see what they have on those partitions and when they are asked they say it is "proprietary". If it was about selling stuff they don't do that very well. In America to sell things you show people how much fun they can have if they buy extras. These guys give the impression of a siege mentality. They don't want anyone developing anything that they can't control, is what I get. They do think it is "open source" but they see it as such for reasons that are not well explained to customers. I think this product isn't ready for the American market now. I hope it has a Chinese following because eventually the platform will become more open. Those 8 cores are daring you Hans de Goede.The board comes with a chip H8 which is eight Armv7 cores and has many characteristics of the A83T but with different GPU features. Sunxi repository has people working to figure out what this chip can do and to compile an open source image that is not locked up. If you want to be on the cutting edge of Allwinner chips you might consider getting it, if you can get together a board support package. Lots of discussion, most of it frustrated is on the pcDuino8 UNO site.If you get a MIPI camera for it, you can play with OpenCV and do experiments with robot vision. That way you can bypass the open source debate and actually do something fun. It could be used to make a "camera trap" for photographing wildlife, or something much smarter.To anyone who is a beginner I would recommend the newer Quad Core Raspberry Pi, which while it has half the cores, you get much better access to them in documentation and support.

I Bought 2 of these recently, I'm not sure if it was me of the board itself but my first model seemed to fry itself either thought static damage or a short on the OTG port because i was trying to setup a VNC server (Might be better to do that through the Gigabit LAN instead) to view the desktop on the board. Anyway i sent i back and got a replacement board which arrived recently and also booted up nicely only for me to discover that the hardware level Debug Port didn't send any signals, I thought at first it was a cable or driver issue but the cable worked fine on my PcDuino 3 Nano. I guess I am just unlucky in these cases or I am doing something seriously wrong.. Third times the charm I hope, I really like the idea of these mini PCs with Arduino headers, It gives you the best of both worlds. Hopefully my third PCduino8 Uno will function fully and that i keep myself grounded at all times.UPDATE: Ok so it seems that the Serial UART port on this device is slightly different to my other device which is a PcDunio3 Nano. On the 3 Nano the Configuration for the Serial Console on the board connection end is RX - GND - TX but on the PcDunio 8 it is swapped and will only give you serial output if you connect it like this TX - GND - RX. Not sure why its different between boards but there you have it.. Try that if you are not getting any serial console output in putty.Also have a read of this guide [...]It explains some things on getting this specific board up and running but remember to swap the serial connectors, this guide was what initially tripped me up.