 |
| Lattepanda on plywood casing |
 |
| Lattepanda specs |
A quick glance at the specs, it is very similar to some 7" Intel Atom tablet hardware running on the Intel Atom Cherry Trail Z8300 quad-core 1840 Mhz CPU , 2GB/4GB DDR3 RAM, with an Intel Gen8 GPU, 32GB/64GB eMMC storage with an Arduino Atmega32U4 ( Leonardo ) directly connected to the CPU.
On top of the usual stuff, below are some extrra worth mentioned :-
- 1 x USB3.0 port
- Bluetooth 4.0
- WIFI 802.11n
- Serial port to the Intel chip
- Serial port to Arduino
- I2C to Intel chip
- 2 x GPIO to Intel chip
- Display connector ( for 7" display )
- touchscreen connector ( for 7" display )
- and also an audio jack
My review unit was a 2GB RAM with 32GB storage that runs Win 10 32-bit version that comes with a nice looking open source laser cut plywood case with reset and power buttons.
 |
| Lattepaanda side view |
 |
| Lattepanda top view |
 |
| Lattepanda top view |
Heatsink are recommended for the shielding plate where the Intel Atom is located. DFRobot included a few pieces of small copper heatsinks.
The great thing about this product is that it is pre-installed with an Activated Windows 10, just connect power, HDMI monitor, keyboard and mouse and "ready to run"..
Once power up, Windows 10 welcomes lattepanda to the operating system ...
 |
| Windows 10 welcomes lattepanda !!!! |
An Arduino version 1.0.6 is also included in the Windows 10 for a ready to blink "Hello World" without any extra software downloads. This is a really nice feature.
 |
| Win10 also welcome Arduino |
As many people was asking me about the hardware specs, I will post some of the Device Manager details ..
 |
| Lattepanda Device Manager |
 |
| Lattepanda Hardware Monitor |
The CPU do get pretty hot, so I removed the back cover and installed the included pure copper heatsinks that come together with the package.
 |
| Lattepanda bottom view with heatsinks |
My overall impression was pretty good and this is a value for money for a small and powerful computer inside a cute plywood casing (there is also an acrylic version of the case) with an on-board Arduino too!!! It have plug and play sensor connectors too. Even when the Win10 is powered off, the Arduino is still running as I run the Blink examples to blink the blue on-board LED.
 |
The price range from US$89 to $149 for the highest end version of 4GB/64GB storage that runs on 64-bit Windows.
Summary Links :-
- LattePanda product page
- DFRobot LattePanda page
- LattePanda Kickstarter
- LattePanda Documentations
- LattePanda Open source 3D-model
- Intel Atom Cherry Trail Z8300