MarsBoard A10

The MarsBoard was a short-lived credit-card sized, extendable board with an Allwinner A10 SoC.

= Identification =

The board reads "www.MarsBoard.com" on top, and has an A10 SoC clearly visible. = Sunxi support =

Current status
Supported.

Manual build

 * For building u-boot, use the "Marsboard_A10" target.
 * The .fex file can be found in sunxi-boards as marsboard_a10.fex

Everything else is the same as the manual build howto.

Mainline U-Boot
For building mainline u-boot, use the Marsboard_A10 target. Patch should be merged in U-Boot v2015.04.

Mainline kernel
Use the sun4i-a10-marsboard.dtb device-tree file for the mainline kernel. Patch should be merged in Linux 3.20.

= Tips, Tricks, Caveats =

FEL mode
The single button near SATA port triggers FEL mode.

JTAG
This page explains how to attach JTAG to your marsboard.

Expansion Headers
Board have 2 x 70 pin expansion headers.

= Adding a serial port =



On the P2 header, pins 64, 65 and 66 are ground, TX and RX, respectively. Attach some 2.0mm pitch leads according to our UART howto.

= Pictures =

= Also known as =

= See also =


 * MarsBoard Schematic V1.3.pdf
 * Homepage. Amazingly, no information on the Marsboard A10 is still available there. That's how shortlived this device was.
 * MarsBoard Forums (A10/A20)

Manufacturer images
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