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# FEZ Hydra Mainboard (Seeed Studio)

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** SS102990028 · **Brand:** [Seeed Studio](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/seeed-studio-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/fez-hydra-mainboard-seeed-studio.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/fez-hydra-mainboard-seeed-studio.html.md))

## Retired product

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## Description

FEZ Hydra is a 100% open-source (hardware and software) .NET Gadgeteer compatible mainboard running .NET Micro Framework. It incorporates a 240Mhz AT91SAMRL ARM9 processor. With 16MB of SDRAM an 4MB of FLASH, FEZ Hydra is capable or running the most complex applications.**KEY FEATURES**

- • 14 .NET Gadgeteer compatible sockets that include these types: X, Y, A, D, F, I, K, P, S, T, U, R, G, B and Z.
- • 240Mhz ARM9 Processor (currently running at 200Mhz)
- • 16MB SDRAM, 4MB FLASH
- • Rich .NETMF open-source Software & Hardware
    - • Complete Graphics support
    - • TFT display interface (R/G/B sockets) with Touch screen
    - • FAT16/FAT32
    - • Full TCP/IP stack with SSL, HTTP, TCP, UDP, DHCP
    - • USB Device
    - • 4-bit SD card with no limit on SD card size
    - • Analog
    - • PWM
    - • I2C
    - • SPI
    - • UART
- • Dimensions: 3.42" x 2.44"

**POWER**

- • Requires .NET Gadgeteer standard red power modules.
- • Active power consumption 130 mA
- • Idle power consumption TBD

**ENVIRONMENTAL**

- • Operating temperature: 0 to 70°C
- • RoHS compliant /Lead-free compliant

For more information about .NET Gadgeteer visit:http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/**DOCUMENTS**

- Source Code

Development tool : Microsoft Visual C# Express 2010
Micro framework: Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 4.1 SDK
The Gadgeteer core, mainboard SDk and module driver(GHI)
You can download these tools at : http://tinyclr.com/support**If you encounter any problems when using this product, here is the forum from which you can get the technical support.**

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/p/3/p3122092.jpg)