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Allwinner A13 Board

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Description

Board overview (draft): [TBD]

Features

Characteristic Description
Dimensions 80mm x 40mm
Processor Allwinner A13 (ARM Cortex-A8 @ 1Ghz)
Oscillators 24MHz main clock
RAM DDR3 512MB max (8Gbit module)
Storage microSD
USB 1 microUSB OTG
Ethernet N/A
WiFi/BT RTL8188CUS module
LCD Parallel interface 18bit
Expansions 1xUART, 1xI2C, 1xSPI, 4xGPIO, Microphone, EarphoneOut
Supply Power path between USB/ACIN/Battery, 5V max

Expansions

The board can be combined with several predefined capes that add functionality. * ]]>LCD cape]]> can be used to add a 3inch LCD/Touch with 800x480px resolution. * ]]>GPS cape]]> adds GPS/GNSS/GLONAS capabilities * ]]>GSM cape]]> adds GPRS connectivity.

Power considerations

A13 features a few power rails: * VDD-CPU - TBD - from AXP209 * VDD-INT - 1.2V - from DCDC * VDD-GPIO - 3V3 - from AXP209 * VDD-DRAM - 1V5 - from DCDC * AVCC - 3V - from AXP209

The datasheet states that AVCC and VDD-DRAM must be present at all times (even standby). VDD-INT and VDD-CPU can't be tied together because VDD-CPU is DVS enabled.

Memory considerations

A13 DRAM controller doesn't provide DDR-CS. On the memory side the pin is tied to GND. Memory tuning should be performed as ]]>described here]]>

Building and flashing

Build U-Boot and Linux kernel + rootFS - TBD

Flash to SDCard - TBD

Resources

You can find all necesary information to build or evaluate the module here: - ]]>Fabrication files]]>

Inspiration for this has been drawn from: * Olimex boards * Sunxi community

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