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# Welcome to the Helios4 Wiki.
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Helios4 is a powerful ARM based board specially designed for Network Attached Storage. It harnesses its processing capabilities from the **ARMADA 38x-MicroSoM** from [SolidRun](https://wiki.solid-run.com/doku.php?id=products:a38x:microsom).
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<img style="float: right;" src="/img/intro/helios4.jpg">
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The **Marvell ARMADA® 388** is a robust and energy-efficient System on Chip (SoC) with a collection of high speed interfaces especially suited for headless data processing, networking and storage. This Dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU clocked at 1.6 Ghz, paired with 2GB of ECC memory, integrates a Cryptographic and XOR DMA engines to provide the best level of performance and reliability for NAS functionalities.
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The Helios4 is an open source and open hardware project, therefore our objective is to publish any data related to the project on this Wiki.
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**Beside consolidating technical data, the purpose of this Wiki is also to provide guideline on how to setup your Helios4.**
## Overall Specifications
|**Board Specifications**||
|------------|-----------|
|CPU Model|Marvell Armada 388 (88F6828)<br>ARM Cortex-A9|
|CPU Architecture|ARMv7 32-bit|
|CPU Frequency|Dual Core 1.6 Ghz|
|Additional Features|- RAID Acceleration Engines<br>- Security Acceleration Engines<br>- Wake-on-LAN|
|System Memory|2GB DDR3L ECC|
|SATA 3.0 Ports|4|
|Max Raw Capacity|48 TB (12 TB drive x 4)|
|GbE LAN Port|1|
|USB 3.0|2|
|microSD (SDIO 3.0)|1|
|GPIO|12|
|I2C|1|
|UART|1 (via onboard Micro-USB converter)|
|Boot Mode Selector|- SPI<br>- SD Card<br>- UART<br>- SATA|
|SPI NOR Flash|32Mbit onboard|
|PWM FAN|2|
|DC input|12V / 8A|
## Where to Start ?
Once you have received your Helios4, this wiki will run you through all the necessary steps to setup your system.
1. [Kit Assembly](/kit) - How to put together your Helios4.
2. [Download](/download) - Get the latest OS build to install.
3. [Install](/install) - 1st startup and set-up instructions.
4. [Software](/omv) - Collection of tutorials on different 3rd party applications.
5. [Hardware](/hardware) - Understand Helios4 hardware and take advantage of all its features.