A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO
Open-source single-board
Android/Linux mini-computer
USER’S MANUAL
Revision C, September 2013
Designed by OLIMEX Ltd, 2013
All boards produced by Olimex LTD are ROHS compliant
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A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO user's manual
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Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................. 2
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW........................................................................................5
1. Introduction to the chapter.......................................................................................................5
1.1 Features.....................................................................................................................................5
1.2 Target market and purpose of the board...............................................................................6
1.3 Board variants..........................................................................................................................6
1.4 Organization.............................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 2: SETTING UP THE OLINUXINO BOARD.....................................7
2. Introduction to the chapter.......................................................................................................7
2.1 Electrostatic warning...............................................................................................................7
2.2 Requirements........................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Powering the board..................................................................................................................8
2.4 Button functions and NAND image restore in Android....................................................... 9
2.5 Prebuilt software......................................................................................................................9
CHAPTER 3: A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO BOARD DESCRIPTION...................11
3. Introduction to the chapter..................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Layout (top view)................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Layout (bottom view).............................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 4: THE ALLWINNER A10s MICROCONTROLLER.....................13
4. Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................13
4.1 The microcontroller...............................................................................................................13
4.2 Block diagram........................................................................................................................ 14
CHAPTER 5: CONTROL CIRCUITY................................................................... 15
5. Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................15
5.1 Reset........................................................................................................................................15
5.2 Clocks......................................................................................................................................15
5.3 Power supply circuit.............................................................................................................. 15
CHAPTER 6: CONNECTORS AND PINOUT......................................................16
6. Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................16
6.1 Communication with the A10s..............................................................................................16
6.1.1 USB-OTG communication (NAND firmware repair/update)..................................................................16
6.1.2 UART0, UART1, UEXT interface..............................................................................................................17
6.1.3 JTAG DEBUG.............................................................................................................................................. 18
6.2 SD card connectors................................................................................................................18
6.2.1 SD/MMC1 slot..............................................................................................................................................18
6.2.2 SD/MMC2 slot..............................................................................................................................................19
6.3 PWR jack................................................................................................................................20
6.4 LINE_IN socket connector....................................................................................................20
6.5 AUDIO_OUT socket connector............................................................................................ 21
6.6 USB_OTG...............................................................................................................................21
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6.7 USB_HOST.............................................................................................................................22
6.9 Ethernet.................................................................................................................................. 23
6.10 HDMI connector.................................................................................................................. 25
6.11 MIC/TV.................................................................................................................................26
6.12 GPIO-1 (General Purpose Input/Output) 14pin connector ............................................26
6.13 GPIO-2 (General Purpose Input/Output) 40pin connector ............................................26
6.14 GPIO-3 (General Purpose Input/Output) 10pin connector.............................................28
6.15 LCD_CON 40pin connector ...............................................................................................28
6.16 Jumper description..............................................................................................................30
6.17 Additional hardware components...................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 7: SCHEMATICS..................................................................................32
7. Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................32
7.1 Eagle schematic......................................................................................................................32
7.2 Physical dimensions...............................................................................................................33
CHAPTER 8: REVISION HISTORY AND SUPPORT........................................ 34
8. Introduction to the chapter.....................................................................................................34
8.1 Document revision................................................................................................................. 34
8.2 Board revision........................................................................................................................ 34
8.3 Useful web links and purchase codes...................................................................................35
8.4 Product support..................................................................................................................... 36
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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 A10S 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 A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO development board enables code development of applications
running on the A10s 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 (note about the difference between the two versions of
the board):
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A10S Cortex-A8 processor at 1GHz, 3D Mali400 GPU, NEON
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512MB DDR3 RAM
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4GB NAND Flash (only in the A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB version; comes with
built-in Android image – no SD card required)
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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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100MBit native Ethernet
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Audio Line-input
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Audio Headphones output
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UEXT connector
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LCD connector to work with 4.3, 7.0, 10.1" LCD modules from Olimex
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50 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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STATUS LED
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Power LED
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2KB EEPROM for MAC address and other storage
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5 BUTTONS with ANDROID functionality + BOOT/REC and POWER buttons
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Microphone input on connector (not populated)
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Composite TV-output on connector (not populated)
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JTAG-DEBUG connector (not populated)
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UART1 connector (not populated)
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+5V input power supply, noise immune design
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4 mounting holes
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