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
Brand • Model • Rev 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 MiB 536,870,912 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 MiB 268,435,456 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 254 additional devices
of which 1 are Creator devices
Default login user: root
Default login password: blank
root:blank credentials used by 82 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.

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

Target: pistachio
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc_24kf
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5
LAN Comment: Microchip KSZ8091 Phy
WLAN Hardware: Imagination C4500, Imagination iE1000
WLAN Comment: 2x2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see devicepage
Comment:
Bluetooth- 4.1 and BTLE, 6LoWPAN - 802.15.4 Cascoda ca8210, Module interfaces - 3v3 only. 2x mikroBUS, 1x Pi header. Jumpers to select either mikroBUS mode or Pi mode.
git • >> 
target: add pistachio
The Pistachio target is a MIPS interaptiv based SoC developed by
Imagination Technologies. It includes blocks for i2c, spi, audio,
usb and WiFi.

This also adds the base support for the 'Creator Ci40 (marduk)'
device which uses the Pistachio SoC to create an IoT hub by
including Bluetooth, WiFi and 6lowpan on one board. Additionally 2x
Mikrobus ports are available to expand with further RF technologies
or add sensors. You can find out more here http://creatordev.io.

Note, this commit is just the initial board support hence the
following are not expected to work yet:
 * WiFi
 * Bluetooth
 * 6lowpan
 * Audio
 * Mikrobus uarts, user leds (clock dependency of 6lowpan chip)

The aim of this commit is to essentially have the same level of
support that currently exists in the mainline kernel.

Pictures

Retail Images

See also

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