Le Xiaobao Story Optical Machine Disassembly Review

As the first parent-child smart toy product launched by LeTV, LeXiaobao Story Machine has been widely praised by everyone for its combination of advanced Internet technology. LeTV fan @ytspc grabbed the first batch of LeXiaobao Explorer Edition. After a few days of trial play, he basically played all the functions of LeXiaobao. After the rare period has passed, he disassembled LeXiaobao to see what the structure is inside. Let's see how this first smart parent-child toy achieves true intelligence and innovation.

Distribution disassembly: genuine materials and solid workmanship

Use a hot air blower to blow off the white adhesive strip at the bottom. Once the adhesive softens, you can easily remove the white adhesive strip. Then use a screwdriver to remove the 4 screws and you can open the back cover of Le Xiaobao.

Open the back cover of Le Xiaobao. The red and black wires are connected to the microphone, and the yellow cable is the data cable of the button panel, which is fixed to the PCB board through an interface with a clip.

After removing the data cable, you can see the full picture of the Le Xiaobao motherboard. It is all made with SMD technology and all the components on the motherboard are very neat.

The largest chip in the middle is the core processor of Le Xiaobao. This ATM7021A chip from Actions integrates a dual-core CPU unit with a main frequency of 1.2GHz and an Imagination PowerVR SGX540 GPU unit with a built-in independent VPU, which has powerful video playback and recording capabilities. Through Actions' unique "second-generation power consumption design" technology and "adaptive dynamic power consumption" technology designed for the Owl series, it achieves extraordinary battery life while providing excellent performance.

ATC2603A is a power management chip independently developed by Actions, integrating PMU and Audio Code dual units.

REALTEK RTL8188EUS chip is a low-power 150M bandwidth Wi-Fi wireless solution that supports IEEE802.11b/g/n specifications, allowing Xiaobao to access the wireless network simply and securely.

NANYA 1435 is a well-known Nanya memory chip with high-speed DDR3 specifications and 512MB capacity.

Toshiba's Nand Flash storage chip, model IV4002 TC58TEG6DDK TA00, has a capacity of 8GB. This is also the only chip on the back of the motherboard.

The battery is produced by Youjia Battery, model number is 803463P-2P, voltage is 3.7V 3800mAh.

The battery compartment fixing box + cooling fan, the fan sound you hear when you turn on the power is the sound of this small fan. However, the sound control is good, and you won't hear it after the video starts playing.

1 full-range speaker with an impedance of 4 ohms and a power of 3W. The speaker is side mounted and fixed with screws. You need to remove the silicone cover of Le Xiaobao to remove it.

The innermost part is the core component of Le Xiaobao: the optical projection (optical machine) part. Even though Le Xiaobao uses an LED light source projection system, it also uses a large area of ​​special-shaped heat sink. The word DY is printed on it, and it is not known who will do the OEM. On the right side of the picture, the black box attached to the outer shell is Xiaobao's Wi-Fi antenna.

Finally, after tearing Le Xiaobao into pieces, I put them back together again because the child was eager to read the story.

Sincere suggestions from users

After using it for a period of time, although I personally feel that the experience is good, I would like to make a few suggestions for Le Xiaobao's hardware: 1. The battery life does not reach the official nominal 4 hours. I hope that the next generation of Le Xiaobao can provide longer usage time, preferably 4-6 hours of playback; 2. The resolution of 320×240 is slightly low. I hope that the resolution of the next generation of Le Xiaobao can reach 800×480 or above; 3. It would be better if the buttons could be made into light touch ones.

Innovative parent-child smart hardware: really worth it

After disassembling Le Xiaobao, I feel that the workmanship is quite meticulous. Its hardware has reached the same configuration level as a mid-range smartphone on the market. This unique and innovative product only costs 499+96 yuan, which is really a great value.

Of course, in addition to the "intelligent hardware for parent-child education and communication" function that LeTV positioned the Le Xiaobao Story Machine for, friends who like to study can also install some apps, or use it to watch videos, etc. However, this is not the original intention of Le Xiaobao's design, and those who want to tinker with it can study it on their own.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.