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If I could at least borrow it to see how well Android runs on it that would be great. It may turn out to not be much faster.
Both processors are 1GHz, and both claim to have 2D/3D Accelerators. The Neo has a A9 processor, which (according to Cortex) is 50% faster. All these specs of course rely on highly optimized software. The BeagleBone would probably work if the Android build was re-built, but I just don't know that much about Android and compiling to do it.
I am warming up to the Neo also due to the on-board WIFI and Bluetooth. Adding both of those functions to the Beaglbone is turning out to be a major chore. I can easily add a USB WiFi module. However, it would only work when 5V external power is present, and takes a lot of power. The Adafruit module says you need a 2A adapter to run their reliably.
On complication the Neo does add is the LVDS LCD interface. I would have to convert the interface to Parallel RGB to run the small LCD screen. It seems possible, as the 7" LCD they used has a parallel interface. Their probably used an adapter board.
A few years ago I was at Maker Faire Austin, and Texas Instruments had a booth showing off Angry Birds on a 7" touchscreen. It was running amazingly fast. At the time I guess I assumed that Angry Birds was running on Android. But it could just as easily been running in Linux.
If I could at least borrow it to see how well Android runs on it that would be great. It may turn out to not be much faster.
Both processors are 1GHz, and both claim to have 2D/3D Accelerators. The Neo has a A9 processor, which (according to Cortex) is 50% faster. All these specs of course rely on highly optimized software. The BeagleBone would probably work if the Android build was re-built, but I just don't know that much about Android and compiling to do it.
I am warming up to the Neo also due to the on-board WIFI and Bluetooth. Adding both of those functions to the Beaglbone is turning out to be a major chore. I can easily add a USB WiFi module. However, it would only work when 5V external power is present, and takes a lot of power. The Adafruit module says you need a 2A adapter to run their reliably.
On complication the Neo does add is the LVDS LCD interface. I would have to convert the interface to Parallel RGB to run the small LCD screen. It seems possible, as the 7" LCD they used has a parallel interface. Their probably used an adapter board.
A few years ago I was at Maker Faire Austin, and Texas Instruments had a booth showing off Angry Birds on a 7" touchscreen. It was running amazingly fast. At the time I guess I assumed that Angry Birds was running on Android. But it could just as easily been running in Linux.
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