[Arm-netbook] Allwinner F20 (sun3i) SD/MMC boot minimal 'blinking led' app

[Henrik Nordström]

sön 2012-05-20 klockan 20:42 +0100 skrev lkcl luke:

>  unlikely but i'm not ruling it out.  the lack of SATA means an extra
> $2.50 in parts (USB hub + USB-to-SATA) so it had better be under $3,
> preferably $2.50, to make it a commercially viable option (*2)

ATA -> SATA bridge would also be an option there, if you can still find
them.

But I would not think it's possible to make anything viable from F20
today.

a) It's outdated
b) Requires too many extra components
c) End product will in best case marginally differ from the A10 model in
price at substantially less performance.
d) Allwinner is much much less open about F20 than A10.

A13 might be interesting for a lower specced model, 512MB and no HDMI.
But lets first get the A10 model shipping.

> > is it a
> > good idea for rhombus-tech to link confidential material (not officially
> > public datasheets) from their website? (which happens to be a wiki and
> > collecting info about the A10 soc)
> 
>  the project isn't just about the A10, it's about EOMA i.e. SoCs
> *plural*.  that's why i am beginning to insist on some structure,
> because without any structure things would quickly become absolute
> hell.

The question was not on structure.

> my associates are presently in china and will be meeting with *six*
> SoC vendors including allwinnertech over the next 7 to 10 days.  one
> of those i know has already agreed to work according to the same
> freedom-respecting principles that allwinnertech honours (*1)

Can you remind me on which those principles are again?

Regards
Henrik