Mid m970 allwinner a10 sim supported, tablet pc stock rom. The netbsdevbarm port supports evaluation and prototyping boards based on the arm architecture, including various allwinner cpus. For me, far better than the official xbmc without hw acceleration. Factory firmware download sites for tablet a10 firmware. Its used in a number of inexpensive android tablets, including most of cobys latest devices. Oct 19, 20 mid m970 allwinner a10 tablet firmware download.
Nov 12, 2012 following the lack of support by allwinner for the video engine libraries cedarx, i had more or less given up on hope xbmc for linux would ever run properly on allwinner a10 a hardware. Compared to the allwinner a10, the a is acost reduced version without hdmi or sata support. Allwinner a10aa20a31 firmware collection allwinner. Cubieboard4 also named cca80, is an open source mini pc or single board computer which has ultrapowerful performance and mainly aims to office, games and entertainment the main chipset allwinner a80 is a 28nm octacore a15a7 big. Eoma68 cpu card is an open source software and hardware project that relies on the community. Allwinner a10 is the cpu to be used by the 15 usd bom cost rhombus tech linux computer, an alternative to the raspberrypi. This blog post is assuming that you are a happy owner of one of the devices, based on the allwinner a10 soc with a single core arm cortexa8 1ghz. And fact is, their xbmc version works very well with the a10. Keep in mind berryboot is not a recommended boot image for a10 devices. It has the distinction of having the highest bangperbuck ratio of any soc available at the time of writing, by quite a. Comprehensive processing ability, play hd video, share blog, play games and view websites and ebooks. Mediaplayer het grote android mini tv topic mediaspelers en. The socs incorporate the arm cortexa8 as their main processor and the mali 400 as the gpu.
I heard that they are offering a 1gb version, do you know where can i buy it. The allwinner a10 cpu has been developed in, and is sold in, the peoples republic of china. Freebsd for allwinner socs is work in progress currently in its early stages. You can also choose from 10 allwinner a10 tablet pc manual there are 19 suppliers who sells allwinner a10 tablet pc manual on, mainly located in asia. I downloaded a linaro saucy snapshot rootfs for armhf, and replaced the kernel modules with linuxsunxi sun4i, created boot uimage and uboot and boot.
With arm cortex a8 core, a10 will drive soc into a brand new era of connected smart hd which can enhance the application of connected hd soc as well as user experiences of consumer electronics like multimedia products. Esopenvg acceleration x11 for allwinner a10 mali400 gpu, the performance should be much better. The a10 can update the firmware from usb, so it can not be bricked. Made to be controlled with a remote control it enables armbased media. A10 you should be able to use it after updating uboot and script.
Allwinner offers support for xbmc media center for mk802. I do all the setup from a windows machine and thats mostly why i havent got a proper setup to try my own build. Early builds of xbmc for linux ported to allwinner a10 devices. But hopefully the owners of the other low end arm based devices may also find something interesting here. Xibo digital signage running on mele a allwinner a10 set. Openbsdarmv7 targets various armv7 based systems, including a1xa20 socs. But recently, i found out some progress had been made using existing libs, and saw the pengpod tablet video showing xbmc running in linux fairly smoothly. Development version of xbmc for android on mele a allwinner a10 settop box blog post. Due to its outstanding connected hd video performance and cost efficiency, the highly integrated a10 is target at cool hd pad which can bring endusers better experiences of. Rom for chinese boxchip a10 cortex a8 based tablet. This page describe how to hack a a10 powered tablet and let a custom kernel to run on the tablet. Download livesuite allwinner a10 firmware upgrade tool for windows instructions. Jean luc started cnx software in 2010 as a parttime endeavor, before quitting his. Quick specs use allwinner a10 1ghz cortex a8 high speed processor.
If youre unsure whether one of them is appropriate for your device, see which version should i choose. If you want to have a quick look, watch jasbir video of xbmc armhf on the hackberry board. Livesuite is the application that is used to flash firmware onto allwinner a10 based devices. This mele box is very nicely priced, but whatever comes out of this whole process, can also be used at almost all of those allwinner a10 tablets out there. When the image you download is made for a different type of device eg. Since a10 can boot from usb, never worry about bricking your device, but you may lose your data backup important data first.
Arm cortexa8 core 32kb icache32kb dcache256kb l2 cache using neon for video, audio, and graphic workloads eases the burden of supporting more. A10 flash kitchen v2 the version for ics, based on the ainol novo 7 soruce drop, but only contains the nescessary files, and has a few batch scripts to automate the process for extracting and building the partitions of the image. Hackberry a10, allwinner a10, arm cortexa8, 1, 1 ghz, mali400, 1 gb. Cuboxi mini computer for xbmc player, android tv box and linux. It has the distinction of having the highest bangperbuck ratio of any soc available at the. Jun 08, 2015 hi, im quite new to all this linux arm thing and i dont have any setup to create the build myself. In case you bricked your devices, here is the instruction for flashing the firmware from usb.
It provides a wealth of performance and connectivity in a small, 84x60mm form factor. This blog post is assuming that you are a happy owner of one of the devices, based on the allwinner a10 soc with a single core arm cortex a8 1ghz. The allwinner a1x is a family of singlecore soc devices designed by allwinner technology from zhuhai, china. Chinese a20 android tv box allwinner a20 armbian forum. The cpu adopted is allwinner techs a10, a connected smart hd soc processor for video application and general application and featuring cost efficiency, high integration, high performance and low power consumption. Due to its outstanding connected hd video performance and cost efficiency, the highly integrated a10 is target at. Build kodi for allwinner march 15, 2016 march 16, 2016 twistedtities this short tutorial will show you how to build kodi14. Running your favorite mediacenter software on small, cheap.
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But i have the hardware already a10 a31, like many others do. Little architecture application processor with a cpu dominant frequency of 2ghz. Its used in a range of inexpensive android tablets and sticksized computers such as the mk802. Fullhd x11 desktop performance of the allwinner a10. The a10 soc is based on cortexa8 arm core, and provides a. Unlike some versions, these will not erase the partition or sd card containing the update. Rom for chinese boxchip a10 cortex a8 based tablet android.
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