On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Luc Verhaegen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:35:13PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Andre Renaud <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > Does anyone know of a reliable supplier who sells the AllWinner A20 >> > chips? I was hoping to find them on digikey, mouser or avnet, but it >> > appears that they're a little bit hard to find. I see that Olimex will >> > sell them in low volumes, but I was hoping for a better known supplier >> > (and higher quantities). >> >> Allwinner is talking with the big distributors currently but AFAIK no >> deal has been reached yet. >> >> Many people have designed their own board locally using a few chips >> from Olimex. Then when you want to make a larger quantity have them >> assembled in Shenzhen. The Allwinner chips are plentiful in Shenzhen. >> >> Instead of buying chips you might want to consider standard Q88 tablet >> PCBAs. A20 tablet PCBAs can be bought in the $20-30 range in Shenzhen. >> An easy way to get a hold of them is to buy Q88 tablets and >> disassemble them. These PCBA are made by many companies and the price >> is highly competitive. It is also possible to buy STB PCBAs. >> >> Another option is to have a Chinese design house make one for you. For >> about $5000 they will design whatever you want and provide about ten >> prototype boards. These designs are easy to put into production since >> they will use local components. Around $40/board for medium volume but >> this depends on what you put on the board. >> >> Reusing Q88 PCBAs is by far the easiest solution. You can mount one in >> a case and then use an internal USB cable to talk to your specialized >> hardware if needed. > > Isn't Q88 an A13 based board?
Q88 is just the design dimensions. Most Q88 format boards are A13 but some are A10, A20 and A23. > > Luc Verhaegen. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "linux-sunxi" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Jon Smirl [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
