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Re: Hackberry A10 Dev Board for $60



On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 01:23:30PM +0200, Rob van der Hoeven wrote:
> Today i stumbled upon what looks like a very interesting device.
> 
> It has the following specs:
> 
> CPU             : 1.2GHz Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex A8
> GPU             : Mali400
> Serial port     : 4-pin header
> Audio in        : 3.5mm microphone jack
> Audio out       : Audio over HDMI
> USB             : 2 x USB A 2.0 ports
> Internal storage: 4GB NAND storage, 1.5GB available in user partition in
> Android
> External storage: SDHC card slot supporting up to 32GB
> Networking      : 10/100 Ethernet, Realtek 802.11n WiFi
> Memory          : DDR3 512MB / 1GB, ~100MB is reserved for the GPU
> Boot            : Boot from SD card and internal storage via u-boot
> OS              : Android 4.0 ICS, Linux support
> Digital video   : HDMI up to 1080p
> Analog video    : 3.5mm composite AV, 3.5mm component Y/Pb/Pr 
> Power           : NEMA 2-pin power adapter included Input
> AC100-240V-0.4A 50/60Hz Output DC5v
> 
> Price is $60 for a system with 512MB, $65 for a system with 1GB.
> 
> Link:
> 
> https://www.miniand.com/products/Hackberry%20A10%20Developer%20Board
> 
> I'm not an ARM expert, but this looks interesting to me. What do you
> think?

Well it is cheaper than my i.MX53 was, and at least the 1GB version
matches the ram.  Both are Cortex-A8 at about the same clock speed.

The lack of SATA is a major minus in my book.  That's a shame since the
CPU supports it, but they seem to have chosen not to provide a connector
for it.

The mali 400 video is nice though.

So looks nice other than no good way to attach fast storage.

It does also seem to be lacking a serial console port.  Interesting.
I wonder how that works.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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