On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 09:11:52AM -0500, jonsm...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Luc Verhaegen <l...@skynet.be> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:35:13PM -0500, jonsm...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Andre Renaud <an...@bluewatersys.com> > >> 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.
Oh, i see, this is new info to me. Maybe this should be documented on our wiki, as we have plenty of Q88 lookalike devices in at least our A13 tablets. 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 linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
