Olimex Teres-A64

Do it yourself laptop, hacker friendly.

= Identification =

The PCB has the following silkscreened on it:

TERES PCB1-A64-MAIN REV. B

= Sunxi support =

Current status
It works with mainline kernel. There is a debian image with mainline u-boot and kernel:

[|olimex forum thread]

Manual build
You can build things for yourself by following our Manual build howto and by choosing from the configurations available below.

Sunxi/Legacy U-Boot
Use the  build target.

Mainline U-Boot
Use the  build target.

Sunxi/Legacy Kernel
Use the  file.

Mainline kernel
Use the  device-tree binary.

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
The button triggers  FEL mode.

= Adding a serial port =



On Revision C boards, a serial port is provided through the audio jack. It can be enabled via an analog switch controlled by bit 9 on Port L, which has to be set accordingly. Otherwise it will be a plain audio jack, as on Rev.B boards. You can find more information on [Olimex github repo]. Olimex sell a specific cable: [Teres usb debug]. The Pinebook debug cable also works.

If you decide to build your adapter cable, connect the tx to the tip of the jack, rx to central ring, and ground to the sleeve. They must be 3.3V compatible. Rev.C boards protect the RX with a diode, so 5V should work as well, but I'd rather not rely on that. Never connect to a rs232 serial port directly. Usually usb serial adapters with 1/10" pin headers are 5v or 3.3v level compatible, but if in doubt, double check it.

= Pictures =

= Also known as =

= See also =

TERES-I on Debian wiki

Manufacturer images
The Olimex image of Ubuntu Mate can be downloaded, using torrent. It uses allwinner provided linux kernel 3.10 and u-boot.

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