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I was an early adopter of Hardkernel's Odroids, for better (size, performance:cost) and for worse (longevity).

This looks like a winner in every way.

    x86_64 for longevity and support, tested with Ubuntu $latest LTS
    decent CPU, better than Raspberry Pi
    RAM up to 64GB, two SO-DIMM slots, up to 32GB per slot
    M.2 NVMe storage
    2 x 2.5Gbit Ethernet ports 
    2 x SATA 3.0 ports
    Intel UHD Graphics, HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.2 video outputs


Not only that, but after some digging it seems that the GPIO header is actually not half bad either despite it being somewhat small: https://wiki.odroid.com/_detail/odroid-h3/hardware/h3_24pinm...

Supports i2c, UART, USB, and hopefully manual pin control too. That's already miles ahead of a NUC in terms of interfacing.


> Supports i2c, UART, USB, and hopefully manual pin control too.

From the set of pins provided I wouldn't get any hopes up for manual pin control. All pins are single-function, USB pins are almost never switchable (because they're high-speed analog-ish PHY functions), and UART & I2C are not GPIO-capable functions on most x86 platforms.


Well that sucks if true, but at least an i2c GPIO expander/servo board is not out of the question I guess.




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