Android

Carputer - 7" Touch Screen Android

This is a 7" Touch Screen Android Carputer with super accurate USB GPS, Bluetooth 4, 3.5MM Audio in/out, WiFi, and an adjustable magnetic screen.  A sketchup file is available for additional customization and resizing as needed at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2720349.  As an IT Field service tech of 28 years, I built this  ▶

Linux

Portable Sound Studio: Record Music with an ODROID-XU4Q Anytime, Anywhere

There is a lack of inexpensive hardware systems in today’s market that can handle the variety of live recordings that make up the majority of my business. However, I have to gut my studio and re-patch my PA system to take it on the road. I began wondering if I could make a sort of modular system to cover all my live recording needs and maybe starting a cottage industry of making/selling them. I thought some kind of single-board computer might be able to handle this task. I could not find any examples on the internet of anybody doing it, so I just took a chance on the ODROID-XU4Q, due to its better specification.  ▶

Editorial

November 2017 (LineageOS)

If you've been wondering what happened to Cyanogenmod, which is no longer being supported, it has a new successor:  LineageOS.  Our feature article describes how to get LineageOS running on your ODROID with step-by-step compilation instructions.  We also feature several tinkering projects, such as adding a power on/off button to  ▶

Manuals

ODROID-XU4 Manual

Click here to download the ODROID-XU4 Manual PDF. Congratulations on purchasing the ODROID-XU4! It is one of the most powerful low-cost Single Board computers available, as well as being an extremely versatile device. Featuring an octa-core Exynos 5422 big.LITTLE processor, advanced Mali GPU, and Gigabit ethernet, it can function as  ▶