Cubietech Cubieboard2

Cubieboard2 is a small (10x6cm), hacker friendly, extendable and very low-cost while powerful ARM board with Allwinner A20 SoC.

= Identification =
 * Model Number: cubieboard
 * Build Number: box_cb-eng

= Sunxi support =

Current status
The cubieboard2 is well represented by the main developers and has excellent support both in u-boot as well as 3.4 and mainline kernels.

Images
Cubietech has a bunch of official firmwares available on their download page. There are also various community builds available.

HW-Pack
Generating a HW pack for the cubieboard2 is easily done with the sunxi-bsp and well supported.

BSP
Under the BSP the cubieboard2 is simply known as cubieboard2. Just ./configure cubieboard2; make

Manual build specifics

 * For building u-boot, use the "Cubieboard2" target.
 * The .fex file can be found in sunxi-boards as cubieboard2.fex

Everything else is the same as the manual build howto.

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
The FEL button triggers FEL mode.

= Adding a serial port =



Add a guide here on how to attach a serial port to the device. Refer to the UART howto or Cubieboard TTL howto

= Pictures =

Take some pictures of your device, upload them, and add them here.

= Also known as =

There might be Chinese cloned cubieboards, so far, none have surfaced here yet.

= Community = The cubieboards have their own cummunity around these boards. This wiki obviously is a powerful resources.


 * cubieboard@googlegroups.com
 * Forums on cubieforums.com
 * #cubieboard IRC channel on Freenode. Click to join #cubieboard on Freenode (WebChat mode).

You might have a lot of questions before and after you get the Cubieboard2. You can start on the Cubieboard FAQ.

Hardware Hacking

 * The two expansion headers U14 and U15 invite you to create your own extension board
 * Adding a second SD Card slot
 * Adding a reset button
 * Adding a JTAG header
 * Bypassing USB2 current limiter

Software Hacking

 * Arch Linux on Cubieboard
 * Berryboot multiboot bootloader
 * Building an android TV image
 * Building jellybean for cubieboard
 * Installing on NAND
 * Build your own embedded linux with buildroot
 * Run linux 3.9 on Cubieboard
 * Ubuntu Linux images for Cubieboard/Cubieboard2
 * Fedora images for Cubieboard
 * Android firmwares for Cubieboard/Cubieboard2
 * Kali Linux on Cubieboard
 * USB Webcam Surveillance on Cubieboard

Detailed Component overview

 * A20 SoC
 * GT8UB256M16BP-BG 256X16 DDR3-1333-9-9-9 SDRAM
 * AXP209 Power management
 * RTL8201CP Realtec 8201CP MII PHY
 * Samsung K9GBG08UOA-SCB0 4 GiB Flash Rom
 * Vishay HS0038B IR Receiver