Overview

The Cubieboard is a RasPi-like development board, features a 1G ARM cortex-A8 processor. It's a credit-card sized computer which is capable of running Android, Ubuntu and other Linux distros.

What's On Board

• Processor
  • Allwinner A10
• Features
  • 1GB DDR3@480MHz
  • HDMI 1080p Output
  • 10/100M Ethernet
  • 4Gb Nand Flash
  • 2 USB Host
  • 1 micro SD slot
  • 1 SATA
  • 1 IR
• Others
  • 96-pin expansion pinheaders including I2C, SPI, RGB/LVDS, CSI/TS, FM-IN, ADC, CVBS, VGA, SPDIF-OUT, R-TP...
  • Running Android, Ubuntu and other Linux distros. Pre-loaded Android 4.0.

Processor Features

• CPU
  • ARM Cortex-A8
  • 32KB I-Cache
  • 32KB D-Cache
  • 256KB L2 Cache
• GPU
  • ARM Mali-400
• Video
  • UHD 2160P video decoding
  • 3D video decoding
  • Support various video decoding formats, including VP8, AVS, H. 264 MVC, VC-1, MPEG-1,2,4, etc
  • H.264 HP video encoding up to 1080p @ 30 fps or dual-channel 720p @ 30 fps
• Display
  • Multi-channel HD display
  • Integrated HDMI 1.4
  • YPbPr, CVBS, VGA
  • Multiple LCD interfaces, including CPU, RGB, LVDS up to Full HD
• Memory
  • 32-bit DDR2/DDR3 Memory capacity up to 16G bits
  • SLC/MLC/TLC/DDR NAND
    - 8 flash chips, 64-bit ECC
    - Memory capacity up to 64GB
    - Support NAND of 5xnm, 4xnm, 3xnm, 2xnm, etc
    - Support NAND of Samsung, Toshiba, Hynix, etc
• Boot Devices
  • NAND Flash
  • SPI NOR Flash
  • SD Card
  • USB

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What's on the DVK522

1. Cubieboard/Cubieboard2 connector
2. Cubieboard/Cubieboard2 expansion ports
3. TVOUT interface: video CVBS output, for connecting display devices like TV
4. VGA interface: video VGA output, for connecting monitor
5. 7inch capacitive touch LCD RGB interface: for connecting capacitive touch LCD with RGB interface
6. 7inch capacitive touch LCD LVDS interface: for connecting capacitive touch LCD with LVDS interface
7. 7inch resistive touch LCD RGB interface: for connecting resistive touch LCD with RGB interface
8. CAMERA interface: for connecting camera modules like OV7670
9. ZIGBEE connector: for connecting ZigBee modules like Core2530, supports working with ZB501
10. UART interface: easily connects to UART modules such as RS485 Board (3.3V), GPS module, etc.
11. ONE-WIRE interface: easily connects to ONE-WIRE devices (TO-92 package), such as temperature sensor (DS18B20), electronic registration number (DS2401), etc.
12. SPI0/I2C1 interface: easily connects to SPI or I2C modules such as MAG3110 Board, AT45DBXX Dataflash, etc.
13. Arduino connector: for connecting compatible Arduino boards and/or Arduino shields
14. UART interface (PL2303TA): connects to the UART0 of Cubieboard/Cubieboard2 for debugging
15. USB interface: USB TO UART (PL2303TA)
16. ICSP interface: Arduino ICSP
17. 5V/3.3 V power input/output: usually used as power output, also common-grounding with other user board
18. 12M crystal: for PL2303TA
19. PL2303TA: onboard USB TO UART convertor
20. RTC backup battery: 3.3V battery
21. 32.768K crystal: for PCF8563
22. PCF8563: onboard RTC chip
23. Buzzer
24. AD keys: 3 common Android keys
25. User LEDs: 8 LEDs
26. Power indicator
27. TVOUT jumper
28. CAMERA power selection jumper
29. RTC jumper
30. RTC power selection jumper
31. ONE-WIRE, Buzzer, and AD Keys jumper
32. Arduino Port selection jumper: easily controlling the Arduino connection
33. User LEDs jumper
34. Arduino AD selection jumper
    • short the right: while connecting Arduino ADC shield
    • short the left: while connecting Arduino I2C shield
35. Arduino UART selection jumper
    • short the right: while connecting Arduino UART shield
    • short the left: while connecting Arduino microcontroller board

DVK522 Photos

DVK522 Cubieboard expansion board

DVK522 Cubieboard expansion board back view

DVK522 Cubieboard expansion board

Connecting with Cubieboard

Connecting with Cubieboard

Connecting with Cubieboard and accessories

Connecting with 7inch capacitive touch LCD

7inch capacitive touch LCD displaying demo

Examples

Development Resources

Data Types	Description	Download
Documentations	User Manual
	Developing Product
	Burning Firmware
	Porting Kernel
	Porting Drivers
	LiveSuit-User-Guide-EN
Schematics	DVK522
Image	Ubuntu
	Debian
	Android
Source Code	Source Code
Software	LiveSuitePack
	LiveSuitV305_For_Linux32
	LiveSuitV305_For_Linux64
	putty
	PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1.8.0
	HPUSBDisk
	Win32DiskImager
	ultra-serial-port-monitor