ODROID-C2 User Manual

Book excerpt: Congratulations on purchasing the ODROID-C2! It is one of the most powerful low-cost 64-bit Single Board Computers available, as well as being an extremely versatile device. Featuring a fast, quad-core AmLogic processor, advanced Mali GPU, and Gigabit Ethernet, it can function as a home theater set-top box, a general purpose computer for web browsing, gaming and socializing, a compact tool for college or office work, a prototyping device for hardware tinkering, a controller for home automation, a workstation for software development, and much more. Some of the modern operating systems that run on the ODROID-C2 are Ubuntu, Android, and ARCH Linux, with thousands of free open-source software packages available. The ODROID-C2 is an ARM device, which is the most widely used architecture for mobile devices and embedded computing. The ARM processor’s small size, reduced complexity and low power consumption makes it very suitable for miniaturized devices such as wearables and embedded controllers.