Chapter 1: Overview; Introduction To The Chapter; Features - OLIMEX A13-OLinuXino-MICRO User Manual

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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW

1. Introduction to the chapter

Thank you for choosing the OLinuXino single board computer from Olimex! This document
provides a user's guide for the Olimex 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 OLinuXino development board enables code development of applications running on the
microcontroller A13, 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

• A13 Cortex A8 processor at 1GHz, 3D Mali400 GPU
• 256 MB RAM (128Mbit x 16)
• 5VDC input power supply, noise immune design
• 1 USB Host
• 1 USB OTG which can power the board
• SD-card connector for booting Linux or Android image
• VGA video output – 800 x 600 maximum resolution
• LCD signals available on connector so you still can use LCD if you diasble VGA/HDMI
• Audio output
• Microphone input pads (no connector)
• 1 User key
• 4 Mount holes
• UEXT connector for connecting addtional UEXT modules like Zigbee, Bluetooth, relays,
etc
• GPIO connector with 68/74 pins and these signals : 17 for adding NAND flash; 22 for
connecting LCDs; 20+4 including 8 GPIOs which can be input, output, interrupt sources; 3x
I2C; 2x UARTs; SDIO2 for connectinf SDcards and modules; 5 system pins: +5V, +3.3V,
GND, RESET, NMI
• (Optional low cost 7" or 4.8'' LCD with/without touchscreen)
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