NanoPi NEO Air, the new "zero"?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:03 pm
At this moment I'm doing research in a better Gameboy "zero" which involves a custom case which I will draw in CAD.
This also means looking into alternative boards and formfactors, as the zero is limited in N64 and PSX performance, as it allows for future expansion/upgradability.
The raspi3 is the current popular choice if you want to play these consoles at the cost of some hefty modding.
Let me present a new board which has been introduced 2 weeks ago; the NanoPi Neo Air;

The board is 40 x 40mm (vs 30 x 65mm for the zero) and features the following;
The one and only thing I haven't been able is to find what pin does composite video, the PDF manual lists this;
So what do you guys think, is this a winner or what? Remember; it's so small it even fits inside a Gameboy cartridge if you want to go that way(!).
This also means looking into alternative boards and formfactors, as the zero is limited in N64 and PSX performance, as it allows for future expansion/upgradability.
The raspi3 is the current popular choice if you want to play these consoles at the cost of some hefty modding.
Let me present a new board which has been introduced 2 weeks ago; the NanoPi Neo Air;

The board is 40 x 40mm (vs 30 x 65mm for the zero) and features the following;
- - Allwinner H3 A7 quadcore @ 1,2 GHz
- 512MB DDR3
- 8GB onboard storage (!)
- Broadcom AP6212 Bluetooth 4.0
- Broadcom AP6212 Wifi b/g/n
The one and only thing I haven't been able is to find what pin does composite video, the PDF manual lists this;
Anyway it can be ordered from here; http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=151Two interfaces may be active in parallel
- HDMI V1.4 output with HDCP1.2, up to 4K@30fps
- TV CVBS output <- this is the composite video signal
So what do you guys think, is this a winner or what? Remember; it's so small it even fits inside a Gameboy cartridge if you want to go that way(!).