The board runs Linux and Brillo and Imagination says Creator has been selected by Google to be part of its Brillo golden reference programme.
The kit is designed around the cXT200, a dual core chip that has been optimised for IoT and networking applications. Alongside high performance – the dual MIPS cores run at up to 550MHz – the chip boasts a feature set aimed at low power consumption. The board features 256Mbyte of DDR3 SDRAM, 512Mbyte of NAND flash and a microSD card slot.
A full wireless connectivity package is said to be available, including: IEEE802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Classic and Low Energy, and IEEE802.15.4. There is also an RJ45 Ethernet port and a Micro USB 2.0 OTG port.
The Creator Ci40 IoT kit comes with two battery powered 6LoWPAN Clicker expansion boards and three Click companion boards. Clicker boards are compact development boards based on the mikroBUS socket. When used with the Click boards, they are said to provide a quick way to prototype and build standalone gadgets that connect to the Creator Ci40 IoT hub using low power wireless standards.
