Allwinner A83TDevBoard

This is a limited edition product verification board that is used here for the purpose of mainline support of the A83T SoC.

= Identification =

On the front of the board, the following is printed: H8_HOMELET_PROTOTYPE_V2_0 20141015 L4

The PCB has the following silkscreened on it: TEAN-E120399 94V-OML1

These markings do not have specific significance to the A83T since this is a product verification board.

= Sunxi support =

Current status
There is ongoing discussion at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux-sunxi/_woM2vJmcuc regarding the mainline support of the SoC in this board.

BSP
The repository at https://github.com/allwinner-zh/bootloader contains
 * BSP for the A83T, https://github.com/allwinner-zh/bootloader/tree/master/basic_loader/bsp/bsp_for_a83

Manual build

 * For building U-Boot, use the  target.
 * The .fex file can be found in sunxi-boards as

Everything else is the same as the manual build howto.

Mainline U-Boot
For building mainline U-Boot, use the 'h8_homlet_v2_defconfig' target.

The reference source code from Allwinner is at https://github.com/allwinner-zh/bootloader contains
 * Boot 0 source code for the A83T, https://github.com/allwinner-zh/bootloader/tree/master/basic_loader/boot0
 * U-boot 2011.09 for the A83T, https://github.com/allwinner-zh/bootloader/tree/master/u-boot-2011.09

Mainline kernel
Basic support is available in mainline kernel for A83T.

Use sun8i-a83t-allwinner-h8homlet-v2.dtb device-tree tree binary.

There is a 3.4 source tree for the A83T at https://github.com/allwinner-zh/linux-3.4-sunxi/tree/A83T

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

The following table is a comparison of the A83T SoC to other SoCs from the A-series.

Source: Kevin@Allwinner

The following image shows the description of the modules on the board.

FEL mode
To enter into FEL mode,
 * 1) connect the serial console
 * 2) keep pressing the 2 key in the serial console and at the same time switch on the board

= Adding a serial port =



The UART is located at the bottom-right of the board. The above image shows the location of GND, TX and RX. See more at the UART howto.

Locating the UART
The UART is located at the bottom-right of the board.

= Pictures =

= Also known as =

= See also =


 * Datasheet and User Guide
 * Linux 3.4 kernel source code
 * U-boot 2011.09 source code
 * Boot0 source code
 * BSP configuration

Manufacturer images

 * Linux image ( 81MB, SHA-256 hash: 72fdb9a18c0b9bd81fbdcc6fd486e521def625e20b089ae3a3a2f96ff5d8c99c )
 * Android image ( 333MB, SHA-256 hash: 8239dd7db83cd578c0f0bd3de6dca884fa01333e32c1885e5b5bb1755281ceb3 )