On Wednesday 24th July 2013 , Google announced the Nexus 7 , new upgrade Android OS and Chromecast, a $35 dongle that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV and what streams video from the cloud based devices like Android or IOS . It's much like a tiny Roku box, it Enables You to control the experience from any PC, tablet, or Smartphone or any other Cloud devices . But what is the secret that Google actually stuffed inside that stick to make the magic happen, at such a tiny size and much affordable price? Teardown and repair site iFixit ripped open a Chromecast today, so that you don't have a clear view and idea of what's actually in it ...
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It's much simpler than we expected : there's a miniature circuit board, with a Marvell processor and an AzureWave combo Wi-Fi chip, along with 512MB of low-voltage RAM and 4GB of flash memory ( now a day no device comes without flash memory ) . There's an aluminum heatsink around all the components, and a slab of solid aluminum spanning the entire length of the dongle to further conduct heat. Also, it appears that the bulbous shape at the end of the dongle isn't just there to mimic the Chrome logo, as far as we can tell: there are circuits on at least one curve of each hemisphere. Functional design? It seems so.
here is complete look of whats inside
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