Creator Ci40

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
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dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Creator Ci40 (Marduk) (02KZ/5+)
FCC ID none specified
Type IoT, development board, single-board computer
CPU1 ☒N Imagination cXT200
CPU1 Type MIPS
CPU1 Speed 550 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip GigaDevice GD5F4GQ4UCYIGT
Flash1 Size 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
Flash2 Chip Winbond W25Q16DVSNIG
Flash2 Size 2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Samsung K4B2G1646Q-BYK0
ETH chip1 Brand? Model?
ETH chip2 Microchip KSZ8091
Ethernet Port Count 1-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: none specified
Ethernet OUI: 00:19:F5

Stock bootloader U-Boot 2015.10 v1.0.4
Stock FW OS Linux 4.4.7 OpenWrt
Expansion IF types USB 2.0 (OTG)
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 9 VDC, 1 A
Connector type barrel
5.5 mm (OD)
2.1 mm (ID)
9.5 mm (LEN)
Serial Port (UART) yes, console, USB Female Micro-B
JTAG Port yes, 20-pin header, CN15, EJTAG, 14-pin header, CN1

Flags:
Micro SD Card slot, Bluetooth 4.1, 6LoWPAN, mikroBUS, Audio in/out (3.5mm), SPDIF, TPM

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Other

Default IP address: acquired via DHCP
the IP acquired via DHCP is used by 228 additional devices
of which 1 are Creator devices
Default login user: root
Default login password: blank
root:blank credentials used by 73 additional devices
of which 0 are Creator devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date October 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $53
UPC 759454829131
(UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf UK
Radio 1
Chip1 Imagination C4500
Chip2 Imagination iE1000
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
802.11ac up to 867 Mbps
802.11n up to 300/300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 or 5 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Imagination chipsets with specifications, see Imagination.
For a list of all currently documented Microchip (SMSC) chipsets with specifications, see Microchip.

867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

Stylized Creator logo and 'Ci40' are on top of board.

See also: List of SBCs

Hardware specification

Dual-Core (2C/2T) MIPS interAptiv (Pistachio)
  • Storage: 512MB (NAND), 2MB (SPI NOR) Flash,
TF card (max. 128GB)/MMC card slot
  • Memory: 256MB (DDR3) SDRAM
  • Network: 1x Fast Ethernet (100M) port
  • Wi-Fi: Imagination Ensigma C4500/iE1000
802.11abgn/ac (2T2R) • Ensigma Explorer RPU
  • Other Wireless: CSR CSR8811 - Bluetooth 4.2,
Cascoda CA-8210 - 6LoWPAN (802.15.4)
  • USB: 1x USB 2.0 (micro-B) (OTG/Power) port
  • Expansion: 2x mikroBUS headers, 1x 40-pin
(RPF RaspberryPi B+ compatible) header
  • Power Source: 9V/1A via barrel
or 5V/2A via USB micro-B

Links of Interest

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: pistachio
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_24kc_24kf
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 24.10.0

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Pictures

Retail Images

See also