Getting Started with Atomic Pi

From the club, we have participated in a group purchase of this board, an ARM-free alternative to the Raspberry Pi.

Below are the specifications of this board:

• Processor: Intel Atom x5-z8350 up to 1.92GHz
• 2 GB of RAM
• 16GB of eMMC memory (internal storage)
• 4 cores with a maximum turbo frequency of 1.9GHz
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Wi-Fi 2.4/5G with dual physical antenna connectors (antennas not included, only the connectors on the board)
• Bluetooth (antennas not included, only the connectors on the board)
• It has a preamplifier and 2 physical speaker connectors.
• It has several expansion connectors, such as the one for a webcam, which is actually a USB 2.0 that can be broken out from the board.
• All the details on their official website: DLI Direct (Note: The original website is no longer active).

First, it’s worth mentioning that the power supply is DIY (we will update this shortly with how we have powered our boards).

POWER OPTIONS#

5V @ 3A, unless you want to use the audio output, which requires 12V.

OS TESTED#

• Lubuntu (Comes pre-installed on the board).
• Android 8.1 (http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/13590654)