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Hey guys!

With your help we have successfully funded the Navio campaign and reached three stretch goals. Everyone who pledged for Navio or Navio Raw board on Indiegogo will additionally get:

• GPS\GLONASS antenna

• Pack of DF13 wires

• Onboard FRAM chip

We also plan to develop and release a special case for Navio that can be 3D printed and used to protect it.

Navio campaign is still active and you can get one for yourself on our Indiegogo page.

Navio was primarily designed to be used with Raspberry Pi, but there are a couple of alternative boards that duplicate the form-factor or Raspberry Pi and should also be compatible with Navio. These boards are:

Banana Pi

Created by Lemaker.org, the Banana Pi duplicates the layout and footprint of the Raspberry Pi and packs more power and connectivity. One of the downsides is that 26-pin header was moved closer to the RCA connector and to fit Navio properly you will have to desolder it. Actually, we remove RCA connector from Raspberries anyway to reduce the size.

SOC: Allwinner A20 Cortex-A7 Dual-Core clocked to 1GHz

GPU: ARM Mali400MP2

RAM: 1GB

Ports: 1000Ethernet, SATA, HDMI, LVDS, CSI, 2xUSB host, 3.5 audio

Features: IR-receiver, CAN, OTG connector, Microphone, Power switch

HummingBoard

Developed by Solid-Run, the creator of the CuBox product line with which the HummingBoard is similar in features. Design and layout are also the same as in Raspberry Pi, but even more powerful with quad-core processor and 2GB of memory.

SOC: Quad-core Cortex-A9 Freescale i.MX6 clocked to 1GHz

GPU: Vivante GC2000

RAM: 2GB

Ports: 1000Ethernet, mSATA, HDMI, LVDS, CSI, mini-PCI-E, 2xUSB host, 3.5 audio

Features: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FlexCAN, Real-time clock, IR-receiver, SPDIF out

We are awaiting arrival of these boards and will post more information as soon as we test them.

More:

Navio on Indiegogo

Emlid blog

Banana Pi

HummingBoard