Merrii A80 Optimus Board

The A80 Optimus Board is the official development board for the Allwinner A80 SoC.

= Identification =

The board has a clearly recognizable Allwinner logo, the name "Allwinner Tech", and "OPTIMUS BOARD", all uppercase, in the lower right hand corner.

= Sunxi support =

Current status
There is no support in linux-sunxi-3.4 or u-boot-sunxi. You should use the kernel and u-boot sources from the SDK.

Manual build
Follow SDK build howto to build u-boot and the kernel from the SDK.

Mainline kernel
Initial support for the A80 based on the A80 Optimus board is being worked on.

Use the sun9i-a80-optimus.dtb device-tree file for the mainline kernel.

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
There is no FEL mode button on this board.

Expansion Ports
The A80 Optimus board exposes a 2.54 mm pitch connector for GPIO.

= Adding a serial port =



The UART header is next to the Ethernet port. Use the provided UART cable.

= Pictures =

= See also =


 * Pcduino8 A80 Board: this board has a very similar layout and is probably closely related.

Manufacturer images
Merrii provides firmware images for hardware owners, currently through their customer support.