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Olimex's [[https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-MICRO/open-source-hardware|A20 OLinuXino MICRO]] is a fully Open Source Hardware (OSHW) single board computer. This means that the designer is actively helping people using the platform for their own designs, and supports them in adding hardware functionality and production advice. This is a part of freedom that is often overlooked, but very much aligned with the !FreedomBox goals. It uses the Allwinner A20 Dual Core ARM processor. !FreedomBox images are built and tested for this device starting with version 0.7. To use this device as a !FreedomBox, a separate USB WiFi device that does not require non-free firmware is recommended. Olimex's [[https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXIno-MICRO/open-source-hardware|A20 OLinuXino MICRO]] is a fully Open Source Hardware (OSHW) single board computer. This means that the designer is actively helping people using the platform for their own designs, and supports them in adding hardware functionality and production advice. This is a part of freedom that is often overlooked, but very much aligned with the !FreedomBox goals. It uses the Allwinner A20 Dual Core ARM processor. !FreedomBox images are built and tested for this device starting with version 0.7. To use this device as a !FreedomBox, a separate [[FreedomBox/Hardware/USBWiFi|USB WiFi device]] that does not require non-free firmware is recommended.
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'''Recommendation:''' If you are using a board that uses SD cards, when you flash the FreedomBox image onto your SD card, we recommend that you use an SD card with at least 8GB of storage space. '''Recommendation:''' If you are using a board that uses SD cards, when you flash the !FreedomBox image onto your SD card, we recommend that you use an SD card with at least 8GB of storage space.

A20 OLinuXino MICRO

A20 OLinuXino MICRO

Olimex's A20 OLinuXino MICRO is a fully Open Source Hardware (OSHW) single board computer. This means that the designer is actively helping people using the platform for their own designs, and supports them in adding hardware functionality and production advice. This is a part of freedom that is often overlooked, but very much aligned with the FreedomBox goals. It uses the Allwinner A20 Dual Core ARM processor. FreedomBox images are built and tested for this device starting with version 0.7. To use this device as a FreedomBox, a separate USB WiFi device that does not require non-free firmware is recommended.

Recommendation: If you are using a board that uses SD cards, when you flash the FreedomBox image onto your SD card, we recommend that you use an SD card with at least 8GB of storage space.

Similar Hardware

The following similar hardware will also work well with FreedomBox.

Download

FreedomBox MicroSD card images are available for this device. Follow the instructions on the download page to create a FreedomBox MicroSD card and boot the device. These MicroSD card images are meant for use with the on-board MicroSD card slot and won't work on the SD card slot or when using a separate MicroSD card reader connected via USB.

An alternative to downloading these images is to install Debian on the device and then install FreedomBox on it.

Build Image

FreedomBox images for this hardware can be built using Freedom Maker.

Availability

  • Price: 55 EUR (A20 OLinuXino MICRO)
  • Price: 65 EUR (A20 OLinuXino MICRO 4GB)
  • Olimex Store

Hardware

  • Open Source Hardware (OSHW): Yes

  • CPU: Allwinner A20, ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1GHz dual-core
  • RAM: 1 GiB DDR3
  • Storage: 4 GB NAND flash built-in (only on 4GB model), 1x microSD slot
  • Architecture: armhf
  • Ethernet: 10/100, RJ45
  • WiFi: None, use a USB WiFi device

  • SATA: 1x port

Non-Free Status

  • Non-free blobs required: No
  • WiFi: Not available

  • Works with stock Debian kernel: Yes
  • Boot Firmware: BROM (GPLV2+)

Known Issues

  • Not visible on local network
  • When booting the 'stable' image (made on 2017-06-18) the board does not automatically get an IP address from the router's DHCP server over ethernet. Booting the 'testing' image (2018-06) the board does get an IP address. Tested on MICRO hardware revision J. see also: https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=5839.msg24167#msg24167


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