[Arm-netbook] Allwinner A10 Android Box (not tablet) and some experiment of run Ubuntu.

[Alejandro Mery]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 04:35, matt <mattli.tw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
>      Share my experiment of hack of A10 TV-Box device.
> For someone also want use A10 as your need.
> Note:
> 1. It is only for reference not finish yet.
> 2. Maybe I lost sometime of step..:P
> 3. Thank's Rhombus Tech web site, it's give me a lot of information.
>
> I am looking forward with HTPC tvbox hardware device.
> For run linux and XBMC, A10 device is cheaper but must of A10 device is
> tablet.
> Finally, I found a MELE A1000 android tv-box that it is A10 device.
> http://www.mele.cn/en/web/pro_show.aspx?cid=46&pid=60
>
> Buy from taobao in the china and the price is RMB$469.
> http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=15051860754&prt=1329962623036
>
> The box SPEC.
> 1. Video output - HDMI, CVBS, VGA .
> 2. Audio output - R+L, SPDIF
> 3. 3 usb host port + SDCard slot.
> 4. External SATA port (real SATA not from usb)
> 5. Ethernet.
> 6. ...
>
> Internal board has
> 1. UART port connector.
> 2. USB device port connector
> 3. MIC pin
> 4. CVBS-IN pin.
> Inside picture :
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9959499/a10/A10_device_a1000_inside.jpg

Very very interesting device... sadly seems to only be available
within China :-(

do you know if there are similar devices with more ram/nand already?