Yuzuki Chameleon – A Raspberry Pi Fashion A formed SBC with Allwinner H616 CPU

Yuzuki Chameleon is an open-source {hardware} unmarried board laptop powered via an Allwinner H616 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor that moderately follows the form of Raspberry Pi 3 Fashion A+ SBC with a special port format that are supposed to nonetheless stay mechanical and electric compatibility with some Raspberry Pi HATs.

The board helps as much as 2GB RAM, as much as 128GB eMMC flash, includes a MicroSD card slot, one 4K-capable HDMI 2.0 port, an audio jack, 4 USB Sort-C ports to stay the design as slender as imaginable, in addition to a wi-fi module for WiFi and Bluetooth and a connector to optionally upload Speedy Ethernet thru an exterior module.

Yuzuki Chameleon specs:

• SoC – Allwinner H616 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor @  with Arm Mali G31 GPU, 6Kp30/4Kp60 video decoder
• Device Reminiscence – As much as 2GB RAM
• Garage – As much as 128GB eMMC flash garage, MicroSD card socket
• Video Output – HDMI 2.0 as much as 4Kp60
• Audio – 3.5mm audio jack, virtual audio output by the use of HDMI port
• Wi-fi connectivity
  • 2.4 GHz WIFi 4 and Bluetooth 4.2 by the use of Allwinner XR829 chip and u.FL antenna
  • Connector for exterior 10/100M Ethernet RJ45 module
• USB – 4x USB Sort-C port (3x host, 1x OTG)
• Enlargement – 40-pin GPIO header with SPI, I2C, Gigabit Ethernet, audio alerts, CAN bus, and so on… (So it will not be 100% appropriate with the Raspberry Pi GPIO header)
• Misc – Heatsink mounting holes, fan connector, buttons
• Energy Provide – 5V by the use of USB Sort-C OTG port, AXP313A PMIC
• Dimensions – 65 x 56 mm (Raspberry Pi Fashion A measurement)

The Allwinner H616 SBC has been designed with EasyEDA and is open-source {hardware} with the design information and datasheets on Github below a “CERN Open {Hardware} Licence Model 2 – Strongly Reciprocal” (CERN-OHL-S) license. You’ll additionally to find the Tina Linux supply code there, however the developer (YukuziHD) additionally plans to unencumber Ubuntu 20.04, Armbian, Android TV 10, Android TV 12, and Android Auto pictures for the board.

The Yuzuki Chameleon SBC may also be noticed operating an Ubuntu Focal symbol it sounds as if made for an Orange Pi board, most probably the Orange Pi Zero2 because it’s powered via Allwinner H616 SoC. The Chameleon board isn’t the primary Allwinner H616 unmarried board laptop in line with Raspberry Pi shape issue both with the MangoPi MQ Quad not too long ago introduced with the smaller Raspberry Pi 0 shape issue, which bodes smartly for instrument beef up. Mainline Linux seems to be progressing as smartly with a couple of extra bits and items added to the impending Linux 6.0 kernel.

YuzukiHD does now not seem to be promoting the board (but), however I will see a price ticket of 172 CNY (about $25) on OSHWHub the place you’ll to find further footage and hyperlinks to reserve the PCB and parts to make your individual. The caveat is that you just’ll want to learn Chinese language, and perhaps be based totally in China to reserve from the ones hyperlinks. Mandarin audio system will also be fascinated by a video the place the developer seems to head throughout the schematics and 6-layer PCB format design.

By way of GLGH_ on Twitter.

Jean-Luc began CNX Device in 2010 as a part-time enterprise, sooner than quitting his task as a instrument engineering supervisor, and beginning to write day-to-day information, and opinions complete time later in 2011.