The MK802 is a

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produced by Rikomagic, a Chinese company using mostly two series of Systems on a chip architectures: * AllWinner A1X SoC, based on an ARM architecture, composed of an ARM V7 based

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1 GHz processor, a

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GPU, Wi-Fi

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b/g/n, and a

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CedarX capable of displaying up to

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video. * *

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RK3xxx SoC, based on an ARM architecture, composed of an ARM V7 based (Cortex-A8,

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and then,

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CPU for Rikomagic Mini PC MK902 series) beside Mali-400 (and Mali-T764 for MK902).

History and models

The thumb sized MK802, which was first brought into market in May 2012, can turn a display with a

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port into an Android computer, or several

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derived Linux distribution for LE (Linux Edition) versions. Since the original design was introduced, five other similar models have been released. *MK802: Original design with AllWinner A10 SoC (featuring single core

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CPU and ARM Mali-400MP GPU). *MK802+: Uses AllWinner A10s SoC with

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increased to 1 GB *MK802 II: Modified form and slightly increased processor speed *MK802 III: A new design featuring a Rockchip RK3066 (including a dual-core ARM CPU (

at 1.6 GHz and ARM Mali-400MP GPU), and 4 GB or 8 GB flash storage that runs

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. *MK802 III LE: Picuntu (

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tweaked for Rockhip SoCs) distribution based vversion5.0.1f MK802 III; with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of flash storage. *MK802 IIIs: Added

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support, soft power-off function and

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support. *MK802 IV: Released in May 2013, a new design featuring a Rockchip RK3188/ RK3188T, a quad-core ARM CPU (Cortex-A9 at 1.6 GHz, 1.4 GHz for the T model), 2 GB of RAM, 400 MHz Mali GPU and 8 GB of flash storage that runs

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. *MK802 IV LE

version of the ''MK802 IV'' with 2 GB of RAM, 8 and 16 GB flash storage versions.

Connectors

* HDMI * mini or micro

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* USB 2.0 *

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slot * Power via micro-

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4G All models appear similar to a somewhat enlarged USB flash drive housing a processor, RAM, storage and I/O ports. Equipped with a keyboard, mouse and display, the device can perform the functions of an Android-based computer. Linux distributions

or PicUntu can also be installed on these devices that offer a windowed desktop environment. The MK802's success and design has generated a host of similar devices with similar specifications, many of which have similar model numbers, but are not manufactured by Rikomagic. Also, these devices share many characteristics with the

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computer.

References

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