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1 Introduction

Overview

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The NanoPi A64 is a new high performance and low cost board designed by FriendlyElec.It uses Allwinner's 64-bit A64 quad-core SoC(ARM Cortex-A53). A UbuntuCore and a UbuntuMATE image files are available from FriendlyElec.

The NanoPi A64 is a small board with comprehensive interfaces, ports and features. It has Ethernet, IR receiver, Video/Audio input and output. It has an onboard AXP803 PMU and WiFi. It is powered by a MicroUSB port. It has MIPI-DSI and DVP interfaces, GPIO pin-header compatible with Raspberry Pi and a serial debug port.

2 Hardware Spec

• CPU: Allwinner A64, 64-bit Quad-core Cortex-A53@648MHz to 1.152GHz, DVFS
• GPU: Mali400MP2, Supports OpenGL ES2.0, OpenVG1.1
• DDR3 RAM: 1GB
• Ethernet: One Gigabit Ethernet (RTL8211E)
• PMU Power Management: AXP803, support software power-off
• Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n
• Audio Out/MIC: 3.5mm audio jack
• IR Receiver: Onboard IR receiver
• USB 2.0 Type A x 2
• Serial Debug Port: 2.54mm pitch 4pin-header
• microSD Slot x 1
• microUSB x 1: only for power input
• DVP Camera: 0.5mm pitch 24pin FPC seat
• Video Out: 1.4 HDMI Type-A
• MIPI DSI: 0.5mm pitch 30pin FPC seat
• GPIO: 2.54mm pitch 40pin-header, compatible with Raspberry Pi's GPIO. It includes UART, SPI, I2C, PWM, IO etc
• I2S: 7pin, 2.54mm pitch
• Power Button x 1
• LED: Power Indication x 1, System LED x 1
• PCB : Six layer, ENIG
• Dimension: 64 x 60mm
• Power: DC 5V/2A
• Temperature measuring range: -40℃ to 80℃
• OS: Ubuntu-Core with QtE, Ubuntu-MATE

3 Diagram, Layout and Dimension

3.1 Layout

NanoPi A64 Layout

• GPIO Pin Description

Pin#	Name	Pin#	Name
1	SYS_3.3V	2	VDD_5V
3	GPIOE15/I2C2_SDA	4	VDD_5V
5	GPIOE14/I2C2_SCL	6	GND
7	GPIOD7	8	GPIOH4/UART3-TX
9	GND	10	GPIOH5/UART3-RX
11	GPIOB0/UART2-TX	12	GPIOL10/PWM_S
13	GPIOL8/I2C_S_SCL	14	GND
15	GPIOL9/I2C_S_SDA	16	GPIOH6/UART3-RTS
17	SYS_3.3V	18	GPIOH7/UART3-CTS
19	GPIOC0/SPI0-MOSI	20	GND
21	GPIOC1/SPI0-MISO	22	GPIOB1/UART2-RX
23	GPIOC2/SPI0-CLK	24	GPIOC3/SPI0-CS
25	GND	26	GPIOH8/SPDIF-OUT
27	GPIOH3/I2C1_SDA	28	GPIOH2/I2C1_SCL
29	GOIOH10	30	GND
31	GOIOH11	32	GPIOD4
33	GPIOD5	34	GND
35	GPIOD3/SPI1-MISO	36	GPIOD0/SPI1-CS
37	GPIOD6	38	GPIOD2/SPI1-MOSI
39	GND	40	GPIOD1/SPI1-CLK

• Debug Port（UART0）

Pin#	Name
1	GND
2	VDD_5V
3	UART0-TX
4	UART0-RX

• I2S/PCM Pin Description

Pin#	Name
1	GND
2	SYS_3.3V
3	GPIOB5/PCM0-BCLK
4	GPIOB4/PCM0-SYNC
5	GPIOB6/PCM0-DOUT
6	GPIOB7/PCM0-DIN
7	GPIOB3/I2S0-MCLK

• DVP Camera IF Pin Description

Pin#	Name	Description
1, 2	SYS_3.3V	3.3V power output
7,9,13,15,24	GND	Ground, 0V
3	CAM_SCL	I2C Clock
4	CAM_SDA	I2C Data
5	GPIOE17	Regular GPIO, control signals output to camera modules
6	GPIOE16	Regular GPIO, control signals output to camera modules
8	MCLK	Clock signals output to camera modules
10	NC	Not Connected
11	VSYNC	Vertical synchronization to CPU　from camera modules
12	HREF/HSYNC	HREF/HSYNC signal to CPU from camera modules
14	PCLK	PCLK signal to CPU from camera modules
16-23	Data bit7-0	data signals

• MIPI-DSI Pin Description

Pin#	Name	Description
1, 2, 3	VDD_5V	5V power output
4,7,9,11,14,15,18,21,24,27,30	GND	Ground, 0V
5	I2C0_SDA	I2C Clock
6	I2C0_SCL	I2C Data
8	GPIOL7	Regular GPIO
10	GPIOB2	Regular GPIO
12	GPIOL12	Regular GPIO
13	AP-RESET#	System Reset
16	MIPI-DSI-D3N	MIPI DSI data, negative differential signal
17	MIPI-DSI-D3P	MIPI DSI data, positive differential signal
19	MIPI-DSI-D2N	MIPI DSI data, negative differential signal
20	MIPI-DSI-D2P	MIPI DSI data, positive differential signal
22	MIPI-DSI-D1N	MIPI DSI data, negative differential signal
23	MIPI-DSI-D1P	MIPI DSI data, positive differential signal
25	MIPI-DSI-D0N	MIPI DSI data, negative differential signal
26	MIPI-DSI-D0P	MIPI DSI data, positive differential signal
28	MIPI-DSI-CKN	MIPI DSI clock, negative differential signal
29	MIPI-DSI-CKP	MIPI DSI clock, positive differential signal

Note

1. SYS_3.3V: 3.3V power output. In our test the real output was 3.1V
2. VDD_5V: 5V power input/output. The input range is 4.7V ~ 5.6V. It can take power input from the MicroUSB or the VDD_5V pin from the Debug Port. The VDD_5V is connected to MicroUSB's VBUS
3. All pins are 3.3V(In our test the real output was 3.1V), output current is 5mA
4. For more details refer to the document schematics

3.2 Dimensional Diagram

For more details please refer to dimension file in dxf

4 Get Started

4.1 Essentials You Need

Before starting to use your NanoPi A64 get the following items ready

• NanoPi A64
• microSD Card/TFCard: Class 10 or Above, minimum 8GB SDHC
• microUSB power. A 5V/2A power is a must
• HDMI monitor
• USB keyboard and mouse, and a USB HUB would be better
• A Host computer running Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit system

4.2 TF Cards We Tested

To make your NanoPi A64 boot and run fast we highly recommend you use a Class10 8GB SDHC TF card or a better one. The following cards are what we used in all our test cases presented here:

• SanDisk TF 8G Class10 Micro/SD TF card:

• SanDisk TF128G MicroSDXC TF 128G Class10 48MB/S:

• 川宇 8G C10 High Speed class10 micro SD card:

4.3 Make an Installation TF Card

4.3.1 Get Image File

Get the following files from download link to download image files (under the officail-ROMs directory) and the flashing utility(under the tools directory):

Image Files
nanopi-a64-core-qte-sd4g.img.zip	a Light Ubuntu-core system with a Qt Embedded GUI library
nanopi-a64-ubuntu-mate-sd4g.img.zip	Ubuntu with a MATE-desktop
Flash Utility:
win32diskimager.rar	Windows utility. Under Linux users can use "dd"
PhoenixCard_V310.rar	Windows utility for flashing Android image. Attention: the "dd" command under Linux doesn't work for flashing Android image
HDDLLF.4.40.exe	Windows utility for formatting a TF card

4.3.2 Make Ubuntu-Core Image Card

• Extract the nanopi-a64-core-qte-sd4g.img.zip and win32diskimager.rar files. Insert a TF card(at least 8G) into a Windows PC and run the win32diskimager utility as administrator. On the utility's main window select your TF card's drive, the wanted image file and click on "write" to start flashing the TF card.
• After this writing process is done insert this card into your NanoPi A64's TF card slot and power on (with a 5V/2A power source). If the green LED is on and the blue LED is blinking this indicates your NanoPi A64 has successfully booted.
  

5 Work with Ubuntu-Core

5.1 Run Ubuntu-Core

• Insert a TF card with UbuntuCore image files into your NanoPi A64, connect the board to a 5V/2A power source the board will be automatically powered on. If you can see the blue LED flashing it means your board is working and UbuntuCore is being loaded.
  

1) To make it easy you can connect an HDMI monitor, a USB mouse and keyboard to your A64 board. 2) If you want to do kernel development you need to use a serial communication board, ie a PSU-ONECOM board, which will allow you to operate the board via a serial terminal.

• Here is a setup where we connect a NanoPi A64 to a PC via the PSU-ONECOM and you can power on your A64 from either the PSU-ONECOM or the board's MicroUSB:

• It has two user names: root and fa and the password for both is "fa".
• Update packages

sudo apt-get update

5.2 Extend TF Card's Section

We strongly recommend you to do this right after you have made an installation TF card since this will greatly enhance your A64's experience

• Extend your card's rootfs section under a host PC:

sudo umount /dev/sdx?
sudo parted /dev/sdx unit % resizepart 2 100 unit MB print
sudo resize2fs -f /dev/sdx2

Note: you need to replace "/dev/sdx" with the device name in your system.

5.3 Login via SSH

If your NanoPi A64 is connected to a network via Ethernet before it is powered on it will automatically obtain an IP after it is powered up. If it is not connected via Ethernet or its DHCP is not activated obtaining an IP will fail and system will hang on for about 15 to 60 seconds. You can log into the board via SSH. In our test the IP address detected by our router was 192.168.1.230 and we ran the following command to log into the NanoPi NEO:

ssh root@192.168.1.230

The password is fa。

5.4 HDMI Audio Output

Our Ubuntu-Core system's default audio output is the 3.5mm audio jack. You can turn on the HDMI audio by editing the /etc/asound.conf file:

pcm.!default {
    type hw
    card 1
    device 0
}
 
ctl.!default {
    type hw
    card 1
}

card 0 points to the 3.5mm audio jack and card 1 points to the HDMI audio. You need to save your changes and reboot your system to make your changes take effect.

5.5 WiFi Connectivity

Make the following changes in the etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file:

network={
        ssid="YOUR-WIFI-ESSID"
        psk="YOUR-WIFI-PASSWORD"
}

Note: the "YOUR-WIFI-ESSID" and "YOUR-WIFI-PASSWORD" need to be replaced with your actual ESSID and password.
Save, exit, reboot your system and run the following commands to turn on the WiFi:

ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0

If your WiFi password has special characters or you don't want your password saved as plain text you can use "wpa_passphrase" to generate a psk for your WiFi password. Here is how you can do it:

wpa_passphrase YourWiFiESSID

Following the prompt type in your password and you will get a new password in the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file. Now you can replace the existing password in the wlan0 file with the new one.

5.6 Check CPU's Working Temperature

You can use the following command to read A64's temperature and frequency

cpu_freq

6 Make Your Own OS(Compile BSP)

6.1 Preparations

Visit download link and go to the sources directory and download nanopi-a64-bsp.
Use the 7-zip utility to extract it and a lichee directory and an Android directory will be generated. Or you can get it from our github:

git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/a64_lichee.git lichee

Note: "lichee" is the project name named by Allwinner for its CPU's source code which contains the source code of U-boot, Linux kernel and various scripts.

Compilation of the A64's BSP source code must be done under a PC running a 64-bit Linux.The following cases were tested on Ubuntu-14.04 LTS-64bit:

sudo apt-get install gawk git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev \
libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 \
libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos \
python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386

6.2 Install Cross Compiler

Visit this directory's download link toolchain directory and download the gcc-linaro-arm.tar.xz和gcc-linaro-aarch64.tar.xz package
The gcc-linaro-arm.tar.xz is the compiler for U-boot and gcc-linaro-aarch64.tar.xz is for A64's Linux kernel. Copy its source code to the nanopi-a64-bsp/brandy/toolchain/ directory. When you compile A64's U-boot and Linux kernel these two compilers will be automatically extracted and launched.

6.3 Compile U-boot

U-boot's source code is under the "lichee/brandy/u-boot-2014.07" directory and there is a "build.sh" script under the "brandy" directory, which is used to compile U-boot:

cd lichee/brandy
./build.sh -p sun50iw1p1

Note: the "lichee" directory contains a cross-compiler which will be automatically run when you compile U-boot with "build.sh".

6.4 Compile Linux Kernel

The Linux kernel's source code is under the "lichee/linux-3.10" directory. There is a "build.sh" file under the "lichee" directory", which is used to compile the kernel:

cd lichee
echo -e "0\n2\n0\n1\n" | ./build.sh config && ./build.sh

After the compilation is done a uImage and its kernel modules will be generated under "linux-3.10/output".

6.5 Package System Modules

cd lichee
./build.sh pack

This command copies the generated executables including u-boot and Linux kernel and configuration files to the "lichee/tools/pack/out/" directory.
Note: you will not get a workable U-boot if you don't do this.

6.6 Update U-boot on TF Card

Run the following commands to update the U-boot on your TF card:

cd fa_tools
./fuse_uboot.sh /dev/sdx

you need to replace "/dev/sdx" with the device name in your system.
The boot.img file and kernel modules are all under the "linux-3.10/output" directory. You can update the kernel on your TF card just by copying the boot.img file to your TF card's boot section.

6.7 Clean Source Code

./build.sh -p sun50iw1p1 -k linux-3.10 -b nanopi_a64 -m clean

7 More OS Support

7.1 Ubuntu-MATE

Ubuntu-Mate is a Ubuntu variant and its GUI is Mate-desktop.
FriendlyElec doesn't provide technical support for it

• Go to this link download link to download the image file nanopi-a64-ubuntu-mate-sd4g.img.zip
• Extract it and flash the image file to a TF card with win32diskimager under Windows
• After it is done you can boot your NanoPi A64 with this card
• Login name: "root" or "fa", Password: fa

8 Resources

• Schematics NanoPi-A64-1610-Schematic.pdf
• Dimensional diagram in dxf
• A64 datasheet

Allwinner_A64_Datasheet_V1.1.pdf

Allwinner_A64_User_Manual_V1.1.pdf

9 Update Log

9.1 Dec-24-2016

• Released English Version

9.2 Dec-29-2016

• Added section 6.2