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Click ARM Technology – The Tech That is Powering A New Age of Modular Devices
The need for modular devices has fueled yet another modular platform which in turn will offer users a wide variety of great options. We all dream for an era where devices are no longer disposed of, instead they can be reused in meaningful ways and not seen as replaceable or used up until they have provided utmost value to their owners.
These devices will have a very long and useful life, even after death they can be recycled and continue to add value through an all new updated state.
This is the vision behind modular devices, instead of throwing away your old smart devices adding to an ever growing problem of electronic waste, we keep them, upgrade only the parts that are needed, when we don’t want a specific part, we simply give it away to someone who needs it.
It is with this vision that Click ARM (Advanced Removable Modules) was born.
Created by ImasD Technologies in collaboration with Samsung and Circular devices, “Click ARM is a modular platform of hardware and firmware for the development and manufacture of devices. It offers scalability and enormous economic savings both in research and in product development and manufacture.
The Click ARM modular platform is inspired by the spirit of the Compatible PC and by the Wintel platform, models that have allowed enterprises their won software and hardware solutions for the market of computers compatible with these standards. Until today there was no standardized alternative equivalent in the world of mobile devices based on high integration embedded solutions (mobiles, tablets and other mobile devices)”
In simpler terms, Click ARM is the technology that a new set of modular devices and modules are based on. Devices that are already utilizing this technology are: The Puzzle phone, Puzzlecluster and the Click ARM One tablet. The modules created for Click ARM technology can be used interchangeably between all Click ARM powered devices.
Click ARM is a scalable multi-architectural system; it is compatible with various levels of SOCs ranging from Cortex M3 processors to high performance Samsung Exynos SOCs. Click ARM is also an open hardware platform. Unlike other modular platforms, you can make custom devices that have completely different functions that also use Click ARM’s modular technology and modules.
One current advantage of the Click ARM modular platform over the modular platform that Google is currently working on is the thickness of the end product. ImasD noted that it is possible to get “Completely functional devices of only 4.5mm” thick.
Initially, all modules are being developed by ImasD, but Click ARM technology utilizes Pci Express connectors in connecting modules which makes it possible for other hardware manufacturers to easily integrate existing compatible technologies in Click ARM modules. Click ARM also allows for a different Linux based operating system to be installed in memory of separate core modules.
This allows users to have multiple core modules each having a separate OS which can be booted when connected to a Click ARM device
With already a modular tablet the Click ARM One, now available for sale along with the Puzzle phone and the Puzzle Cluster set to be released in 2015, it seems just a matter of time before Click ARM technology becomes adopted by the masses.
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