The Creator Ci40 will be the used in smart home hubs, robots and other connected devices and its main advantage for Internet-of-Things applications.

Imagination said that it can interface with Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart, IEEE 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN which is IPv6 over low-power wireless personal-area network.

Imagination will ship the Creator with a pair of Clicker battery-powered 6LoWPAN boards and three Click sensor modules from MikroElektronika to round out the development kit.

The board has a custom-built 550MHz, dual-core MIPS chip, which means it can run a wireless router running Linux or OpenWrt, and as an IoT hub.

Imagination used to be chums with Apple but not it seems that when it comes to the Internet of Things it has ditched the fruity cargo cult in favour of Google.The Creator board features snub Apple's HomeKit for Google's Thread IoT protocol. The board can also run Brillo, Google's IoT OS, and will receive regular updates and patches from Google every six months, Imagination said.

Imagination is selling the Creator boards through a KickStarter campaign -- but it is a marketing tool as it does not really need the cash.