Omega2 (computer)

Short description: Series of personal computers

Omega2

Omega2

Release date| 20 November 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-20)
Introductory price|

* US$5
* US$11.05 (2019)

Operating system| FreeBSD
Linux
OpenWrt
System on a chip| MediaTek MT7688
CPU| 580 MHz 32-bit computing Single-core MIPS 24KEc
Memory| 64 MB (128 MB for Omega2 Plus)
Storage| 16 MB (32 MB and a MicroSDHC slot for Omega2 Plus)
Graphics| No graphic
Power| 0.6 Watts

The Onion Omega series of personal single-board computer created by a startup company called Onion that is based in Boston, Toronto and Shenzhen. It is advertised as "the world's smallest Linux Server".[1] The system combines a tiny form factor and power-efficiency with the power of a general purpose Operating System. They ship with a Linux kernel based lightweight operating system for embedded systems called OpenWRT, but is capable of running other lightweight Unix-based operating systems.

The first shipments of the Onion Omega went out in October, 2015.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Hardware Features
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Omega2 is the next generation of the old product Onion makes, Omega.[3] The original Omega was based on the Qualcomm Atheros AR9331 (MIPS architecture)[4] SoC which runs a full Linux operating system designed for embedded system and sold for $19.99. The company has discontinued development of the Omega, and replaced it with the successor, Omega2, using another SoC chip - Mediatek MT7688[5] which also has a metal cover over the chip. They have also drastically cut the price to $5 (but later increased it to $7.5).

As of the beginning of 2017, Onion has already attracted crowdfunding of more than $850,000 for the Omega2, which has greatly exceeded their initial goal of $440,000.

Omega 2+ with its Expansion Dock

## Hardware Features

Omega2 comes in two versions, the basic Omega2 and Omega2 Plus. Omega2 CPU is based on MIPS architecture[6] running at 580 MHz clock speed, equipped with 64 MB of RAM and 16 MB of flash memory. Omega2 Plus is similar to Omega2, except it has 128 MB RAM and 32 MB memory and a MicroSD slot, sold for $9 USD. The system comes in a small PCB footprint with dual-in-line 16x2mm pins. The board runs at 3.3 volts with an average power consumption of 0.6W.[7] The devices are intended for as headless computers with no graphical interfaces in Embedded systems.

Omega2+

Specifications  Feature | Omega2 | Omega2 Plus

|
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CPU | MIPS32 24Kc | MIPS32 24Kc
Clock | 580 MHz | 580 MHz
RAM | 64 MB | 128 MB
Storage | 16 MB | 32 MB
USB | One USB 2.0 | One USB 2.0
SD Slot | - | One MicroSD slot
WiFi | b/g/n | b/g/n
GPIO | 15 | 15
PWM | 2 | 2
UART | 2 | 2
I2C | 1 | 1
SPI | 1 | 1
I2S | 1 | 1

## References

1. ↑ "Omega2: $5 Linux Computer with Wi-Fi, Made for IoT". https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/omega2-5-iot-computer-with-wi-fi-powered-by-linux/posts/1715704.
2. ↑ "Shipping Update". https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/onion-omega-invention-platform-for-the-internet-of/posts/1388997.
3. ↑ "Omega". https://onion.io/store/.
4. ↑ "MT7688 | MediaTek Labs" (in en). https://labs.mediatek.com/en/chipset/MT7688.
5. ↑ Onion Omega2 Documentation
6. ↑ "Can the Omega 2 Replace Raspberry Pi? The $5 Linux IoT Module". http://buildyoursmarthome.co/news/can-omega-2-replace-raspberry-pi-5-linux-iot-module/.
7. ↑ "Omega2 Plus". https://www.hackster.io/onion/products/omega2-plus.

## External links

* Official website
* MIPS32 Architecture

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Devices|

* Arduino
* Arndale Board
* Asus Tinker Board
* Banana Pi
* BeagleBoard
* Cotton Candy
* CHIP
* Cubieboard
* Dragonboard
* Edison
* Galileo
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* ODROID
* OLinuXino
* PandaBoard
* Pine64
* Parallella
* Rascal
* Raspberry Pi
* Snowball
* Tiva-C LaunchPad
* UDOO

SoCs|

| ARM|

* Actions
* Allwinner
* Ax
* Exynos
* i.MX
* HiSiliconK3V3
* MediaTek
* Nomadik
* NovaThor
* OMAP
* Rockchip
* Qualcomm Snapdragon
* Tegra
* WonderMedia

|

MIPS|

* Jz

x86/x86-64|

* Atom
* Jaguar-based
* Puma-based
* Quark

Software|

* Apache Hadoop
* Linaro

Comparison of single-board computers

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components|

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* Aleutia
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* Zonbu

|

Netbooks|

* Acer Aspire One
* Averatec Buddy
* Classmate PC
* CloudBook
* ECS G10IL
* Eee PC
* Elonex ONE/ONEt
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* HP Mini 1000/2133
* Inspiron Mini
* Doel
* MSI Wind
* NanoBook
* Noahpad
* OLPC
* One A110
* Pinebook
* OpenBook
* Skytone Alpha-400
* Tianhua GX-1C

Tablets|

* Aakash
* Adam
* JooJoo
* Librem
* WeTab

Networking|

* Asus Routers
* BT Home Hub
* Buffalo AirStation
* Junxion Box
* Linksys WRT54G series
* Netgear DG834G
* Picotux
* Killer NIC

Storage|

* Buffalo LinkStation / TeraStation
* Drobo
* Linksys NSLU2
* Synology Inc.
* WD My Book
* QNAP

Other|

* BeagleBoard
* Chumby
* DragonBox Pyra
* Gumstix
* Librem
* Nvidia Drive
* Nvidia Jetson
* Palm Foleo
* Pandora
* Raspberry Pi
* SheevaPlug
* Stanley
* Asus Tinker Board

Accessories|

| Multimedia|

* DBox2
* Dreambox
* Hauppauge MediaMVP
* Neuros OSD
* TiVo
* Vu+
* Roku Digital Video Player
* Sonos

|

Handhelds|

* Amazon Kindle
* Archos PMA400
* ILiad
* Leapfrog Didj
* Nokia 770 / N800 / N810 / N900
* Pepper Pad
* Zaurus
* Sony Reader
* Zipit
* Ben NanoNote

Phones✝|

* Jolla
* Motorola A1200 / A1210 / A1600 / A760 / E680i / MOTO VE66 / PEBL U9 / RAZR2 V8 / ROKR E2 / E6 / E8 / EM30 / EM35 / Z6 / ZINE ZN5 / ZN200
* Neo 1973 / FreeRunner
* Nokia N9 / N900
* Palm Pixi / Pre / Pre 2 / HP Pre 3 / Veer
* Samsung Z1 / Z2 / Z3 / Z4

Consoles|

* DragonBox Pyra
* GP2X
* Wiz
* CAANOO
* mylo
* Pandora
* Dingoo A320
* Ouya
* GCW Zero

Defunct, historic|

* Cherrypal
* Simputer

✝ Excluding Android devices.

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