A13-OLINUXINO-MICRO Olimex Ltd., A13-OLINUXINO-MICRO Datasheet - Page 16

• Manufacturer Part Number: A13-OLINUXINO-MICRO
• Description: Development Boards & Kits - ARM OLINUXINO MICRO SBC ALLWINNER A13 CTX A8
• Manufacturer: Olimex Ltd.

Specifications of A13-OLINUXINO-MICRO

• Rohs: yes
• Product: Development Boards
• Tool Is For Evaluation Of: ALLWINNER A13
• Core: ARM Cortex A8
• Interface Type: 4-Wire, Audio, SD card, UART, UEXT, USB, USB OTG, VGA
• Operating Supply Voltage: 5 V
• Description/function: Open source single board mini computer
• Dimensions: 100 mm x 85 mm
• Maximum Operating Temperature: + 85 C
• Minimum Operating Temperature: - 25 C
• Tradename: A13 Olinuxino
• For Use With: A13-OLINUXINO-MICRO-SD

OLIMEX© 2012
A13-OLinuXino-MICRO User's Manual
CHAPTER 6: CONNECTORS AND PINOUT
6. Introduction to the chapter
In this chapter are presented the connectors that can be found on the board all together with their
pinout and notes about them. Jumpers functions are described. Notes and info on specific
peripherals are presented. Notes regarding the interfaces are given.
6.1 Communication with the A13
The chip has a built-in bootloader but the communication for this type of board is not very useful
via the mini USB – the board lacks NAND. However, there is a second option which is the male
UART1 connector capable of delivering some information on the COM port of your computer. You
can use USB-SERIAL-CABLE-F with the UART1 interface allowing you to connect to an USB
port.
Note that we haven't still managed to run Android from the SD card so it might require tweaking
the image to be able to do it.
We have had a successful Debian booting from SD card.
6.1.1 USB communication
There is only one USB type A host wired to a USB-controller. This means that an external USB hub
is required to ensure you have enough room for all USB devices you might want to use (keyoard,
mouse, etc).
6.1.2 UART1 interface
The UART interface might be used for COM communication. You can use our USB-SERIAL-
CABLE-F for debugging via the UART1 or UART0. Note that in both cases the connectors and the
signals are named at the bottom of the board.
Note that UART0 has only pinholes available, while UART1 has male connectors.
Consider the below table when connecting the USB-SERIAL-CABLE-F according to the wire color
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