FEZ Hydra Announced!

Today, GHI Electronics announced their much anticipated FEZ Hydra Gadgeteer mainboard.  This is GHI's first Open Hardware/Software Gadgeteer board.  The Hydra represents a significant upgrade in power vs. the FEZ Spider Gadgeteer mainboard released earlier this year and is being offered at a lower price.  I'll briefly compare these two Gadgeteer boards here and will be presenting a more exhaustive look at the Hydra in a few days when my board arrives and I can do an unboxing post.

See GHI's official announcement.

	FEZ Hydra	FEZ Spider
Processor	240MHz 32-bit ARM9 (running at 200MHz)	72MHz 32-bit ARM7
RAM	16MB SDRAM	16MB SDRAM
Gadgeteer Sockets	14	14
Type A	2	2
Type B	1	1
Type C	0	1
Type D	1	1
Type E	0	1
Type F	1	1
Type G	1	1
Type H	0	1
Type I	2	4
Type K	1	1
Type P	1	2
Type R	1	1
Type S	2	2
Type T	1	1
Type U	4	4
Type X	2	2
Type Y	10	7
Type Z	1	1
FLASH	4 MB	4.5 MB
Open Source Hardware	Yes	No
Open Source Software	Yes	No
Graphics Support	Yes	Yes
TFT Display Interface	Yes	Yes
FAT Support	16/32	16/32
TCP/IP Stack	SSL, HTTP, TCP, UDP, DHCP	SSL, HTTP, TCP, UDP, DHCP
USB Device	USB 2.0 (12 Mbps *)	USB 2.0 (12 Mbps)
USB Host	No	Yes
SD Card Support	4-bit w/ no size limit	4-bit w/ no size limit
Dimensions	W 3.42" x L 2.44" x H 0.5"	W 2.25" x L 2.05" x H 0.5"
Active Power Consumption	130 mA	160 mA
Idle Power Consumption	TBD	120 mA
Hibernate Power Consumption	TBD	40 mA
Operating Temp	-20 to 70C	-20 to 70C
RoHS Compliant	Yes	Yes
Lead-free Compliant	Yes	Yes
Configurable LED	1	1
Price	$79.95	$119.95

*USB Device was previously reported to have 480Mbps speed. Prior to shipping this was changed.