A20-OLinuXino-LIME2

by Olimex

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A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 looks similar to both A20-OLinuXino-LIME and A10-OLinuXino-LIME. The major differences between A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 and A20-OLinuXino-LIME are:

  • LIME2 has gigabit Ethernet (GbE), compared to the standard 100Mb Ethernet of the LIME
  • LIME2 design provides double the RAM memory, compared to the LIME design (1024 vs 512)
  • Much better routing of DDR3 memory.
  • Increased the number of layers from 6 in LIME to 8 in LIME2
  • Corrected pinout of the LCD and GPIO connectors (shields designed for the LIME layout are not compatible with the LIME2 layout)

The A10 and the A20 processors are pin-to-pin compatible. Because of the processor, software-wise the board is closer to A20-OLinuXino-LIME than to the A10-OLinuXino-LIME. This resemblance to other designs definitely might speed the development on the board - a lot of software written for A20-OLinuXino-LIME might work out-of-the-box with A20-OLinuXino-LIME2. Additionally, pinout tables, GPIO maps, etc released for A20-OLinuXino-LIME would apply to A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (except for the 0.05” step connectors - LCD display and all the GPIOs connectors, which have a different layout compared to both A20-OLinuXino-LIME and A10-OLinuXino-LIME).

A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 features:

  • A20 Cortex-A7 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and dual-core Mali 400 GPU
  • 1GB DDR3 RAM memory
  • 1 gigabit native Ethernet
  • optional 4GB NAND FLASH memory
  • SATA connector with 5V SATA power jack
  • HDMI FullHD 1080p
  • 2x USB Low-Full-High-Speed hosts with power control and current limiter
  • USB-OTG with power control and current limiter
  • LiPo Battery connector with battery-charging capabilities
  • LCD connector compatible with with 4.3”, 7.0”, 10.1” LCD modules from Olimex
  • 160 GPIOs on three GPIO connectors
  • MicroSD card connector
  • DEBUG-UART connector for console debug with USB-SERIAL-CABLE-F
  • status LED
  • Battery charge status LED
  • Power LED
  • 2KB EEPROM for MAC address storage and more
  • 2 BUTTONS with ANDROID functionality + RESET button
  • 2 mount holes
  • 5V input power supply, noise immune design
  • PCB dimensions: 84 x 60 mm

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