Mele A1000

Specifications

 * Allwinner A10
 * 512MB in 2x Hynix H5TQ2G63BFR H9C 143AK
 * 4GB Nand Flash 29F32G08
 * AXP 209 (PMU, Power System Management IC)
 * 1x RJ45 10/100MBps Ethernet with Realtek RTL8201CP PHY.
 * 1x SATA port with power and docking (except the A100 variant)
 * 1x HDMI output
 * 3x USB host
 * 3x RCA (1 CVBS video, 2 left/right audio)
 * 1x VGA
 * 1x Optical
 * 1x SD card slot

Mele A2000


If you've bricked all and booting from SD doesn't work you can short 11K1 jumper to enter FEL mode (Zoom the image and look at the red part) and use LiveSuite tool with a stock firmware.

MeleA2000 and meleA1000 have nearly the same PCB board but the UART connector at the meleA2000 doesn't have pin1 numbered. Pins are configurable on A10 but with stock firmware the UART connector is the white connector at de bottom center of the board. From left to right (the way you can read the PCB fab date) the pins are as follow: GND, RX, TX, 3.3V

Remember that RX and TX should be inverted at the other side of your serial cable. Don't connect 3.3v pin to the USB/Serial adapter if it's already powered, only connect rx/tx/gnd or it won't boot.

Mele A100
The Mele A100 is identical to it's brethren with 2 small exceptions: there is no SATA header present (you may solder it on); the LED, IR & power have moved to the center. The same Fex for it's brethren work perfectly for it.

GPIO Access
The Mele A2000 (and probably A1000) have a number of pins accessible for GPIO use. Here are some that have been identified. See image for color coded locations.
 * GPIO_PH10 (main red led)
 * GPIO_PH20 (main blue led)
 * GPIO_PH22 (unused?)
 * GPIO_PH23 (unused?)

Firmwares
See also: Flashing Official Images
 * Official Android ICS Mele_HTPC_20130116_v1.3.1 ( 2013-01-16 )
 * Official Android ICS Image v1 ( 2012-06-29 )
 * Official Android GB Image v1.6 ( 2012-05-11 )
 * Official Android GB Image v1.5 ( 2012-03-29 )

In the wild
A Mele server cluster with 32 nodes (32 meles)
 * Mele A2000 Server Cluster
 * Installing HDD inside Mele A2000