OLIMEX© 2014
A20-OLinuXino-MICRO user's manual
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW
1. Introduction to the chapter
Thank you for choosing this OLinuXino single board computer from Olimex! This document
provides a user’s guide for the Olimex A20-OLinuXino board. As an overview, this chapter gives
the scope of this document and lists the board’s features. The document’s organization is then
detailed.
The A20-OLinuXino-MICRO development board enables code development of applications
running on the A20 microcontroller, manufactured by Allwinner Technology from China.
OLinuXino is an open-source, open-hardware project and all documentation is available to the
customer.
1.1 Features
The board has the following set of features (please note the difference between the two versions of
the board):
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A20 Cortex-A7 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and dual-core Mali 400 GPU
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1GB DDR3 RAM memory
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4GB NAND FLASH memory (available only on the 4GB version of the board)
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Android already loaded on the NAND (available only on the 4GB version of the board)
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SATA connector with 5V SATA power jack
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Built-in FullHD support (1080p)
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2 x USB High-speed host with power control and current limiter
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USB-OTG with power control and current limiter
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HDMI output with ESD protectors
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VGA output on 6-pin 1.25mm (0.05'') step connector
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100MBit native Ethernet
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Battery connector with battery-charging capabilities
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Audio headphones output on connector
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Microphone input on connector
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2 x UEXT connectors
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LCD connector compatible with with 4.3'', 7.0'', 10.1" LCD modules from Olimex
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160 GPIOs on three GPIO connectors
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MicroSD card connector
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SD/MMC card connector
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DEBUG-UART connector for console debug with USB-SERIAL-CABLE-F
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GPIO LED
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Battery charge status LED
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2KB EEPROM for MAC address storage and more
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10 BUTTONS with ANDROID functio RESET button
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4 mount holes
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6-16V input power supply, noise immune design
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PCB dimensions: (5600×3250) mils ~ (142.24×82.55) mm
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