In September we blogged about upcoming LIME. Now the first prototypes of A10-OLinuXino-LIME are assembled.
This is little compact board with dimensions only 84 x 60 mm a bit bigger than credit card size, but full of features:
- A10, Cortex-A8, 1Ghz, NEON, VPU, GPU
- DDR3 512MB
- microSD card
- optional 4GB NAND Flash
- SATA + power supply
- HDMI 1080p
- USB-OTG
- USB Hosts x2
- Ethernet 100Mbit
- Lipo battery managment and connector
- 200 GPIOs on 0.05″ connectors
- PWR jack +5V only
When we designed it this time we selected proper enclosure from the start:
And here is the final result:
Once everything is tested with the software we will continue with mass production and if everything goes smoothly we will have LIME in stock in December.
Price will be EUR 30 for the base model without NAND Flash and enclosure. The Plastic box will be available for +EUR 5.00
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:11:32
Is it possible to connect a TFT display? Any suggestions which one?
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:27:51
any of our A13-LCDxx from 4.3″ to 15.6″ can be connected, there is dedicated LCD connector but due to the size this connector is with 0.05″ step and special cable should be made to may connect to 0.1″ A13-LCDxx connector
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:24:48
Just in time for Christmas …. nice work!
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:29:03
Are you planning any A20 versions?
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:36:22
yes, the A20-LIME prototype will be ready tomorrow, we don’t know yet how Dual-core will like the 512MB RAM limit though
Nov 14, 2013 @ 19:49:25
Awesome! Btw, do you think we can draw around 400mA from the GPIO connector’s power line? Does the design allow SUPPLYING power via the GPIO connectors? (via the power pins, of course. not the gpio themselves)
Nov 14, 2013 @ 20:06:28
Awesome board, fantastic price!
Two questions:
1) 30 € for a single board but at what quantity – 1, 10, 50, 1000?
2) Don’t you think you are killing your A13 and A10S boards with that price? I suppose noone will buy them after you release A10 LIME.
Nov 14, 2013 @ 20:16:00
1) price is EUR 30 no matter how many you buy, 1, 10, 1000, 100000000
2) no, A13 is still best for industrial applications as TQFP package best dissipate heat, and our current boards are more hacker friendly with the 0.1″ connectors
LIME is good as have box, so better for media player, NAS, small home automation server etc, but if you want to attach LCD or sensors or other hardware it would be easier on the older boards we have
Nov 14, 2013 @ 20:50:33
HDMI to VGA converters are also cheap just in case off the shelf TFT monitors needs to be connected. http://dx.com/p/nst-111-high-definition-hdmi-to-vga-adapter-cable-black-24cm-201986
Nov 14, 2013 @ 22:47:59
I see no 3.5mm audio jacks but hopefully the audio “Line In” and Line Out” functions of the A10 are available on some of the header pins so that we can access them.
Nov 14, 2013 @ 22:59:56
correct, no audio in and out, but all A10 signals are on the connectors
Nov 15, 2013 @ 01:51:19
Are audio out signals also on HDMI?
Nov 15, 2013 @ 11:36:29
of course
Nov 15, 2013 @ 00:51:05
Superb ! And with two ethernet interfaces ?
Nov 15, 2013 @ 08:59:24
+1000
Nov 15, 2013 @ 11:38:00
AM3352 can have even three ethernet interfaces😉
Nov 15, 2013 @ 01:56:45
Does the spacing between the USB ports suffice to connect two MOD-USB3G simultaneously?
Nov 15, 2013 @ 11:36:37
yes
Nov 15, 2013 @ 02:19:25
you need to upgrade it to a20 and later to a23…. a23 as hdmi but no sata or ethernet
Nov 15, 2013 @ 11:37:08
512MB memory would be no good for Dual core
Nov 15, 2013 @ 13:44:56
The A20’s advantage is not only dual-core. It also has parallel RGB @165Mhz input on CSI1, which can be very useful in video streaming applications.
Mar 23, 2014 @ 16:36:20
And do you plan a model B with 1GB RAM (for A10-OLinuXino-LIME) ?
If not – why ? (I don’t know what’s the difference in price for the memory chips).
Nov 15, 2013 @ 06:31:30
What about WiFi support?
Nov 15, 2013 @ 11:37:27
any USB WIFI dongle will add such support
Nov 15, 2013 @ 13:13:57
Can you share dimensions drawing?
Nov 15, 2013 @ 16:46:32
Awesome board it will sell like sweets!
Nov 15, 2013 @ 17:16:20
There’s a lot to like about this board. I’m missing a few status LEDs though, which could have been placed beneath the HDMI port next to the buttons, visible when the board is inside the enclosure.
Nov 15, 2013 @ 20:56:49
I assume there are TTL serial interfaces?
Is there a watchdog implemented?
Nov 16, 2013 @ 12:40:06
This is exactly the product I need and the price is very competitive.
Do you have an expected date for the final product to be released?
Nov 17, 2013 @ 15:26:46
Nice little board. Have you tested the prototype boards in the plastic enclosure under full load? I had serious issues with the heating of A10 CPU on the Cubieboard, so I’m wondering how this issue is solved in this product.
Nov 17, 2013 @ 19:44:03
“because there still is no interrupt driven solution for the a20.” – Is there a interrupt driven solution for sensors on the lime, or does it lack this feature too?
Nov 17, 2013 @ 20:22:19
I am concerned aswell about the heat dissipation with the plastic enclosure. I see no holes or vents.
Nov 19, 2013 @ 10:54:07
Is HDMI-CEC supported?
Nov 22, 2013 @ 07:03:13
where power led?🙂
Nov 23, 2013 @ 10:11:33
Any chance you’ll make a batch with sockets instead of pins for the gpios? This would be a lot nicer for hobby prototyping (just stick a wire straight in the socket) and not a major difference when it comes time to make something more permanent. Either that, or a shield with .1″ headers, or even .1″ through plated holes would work.
Nov 25, 2013 @ 17:57:33
When will it be available for purchase?
Nov 25, 2013 @ 18:01:50
developer edition first 50 boards will be ready for sale this week, the normal mass production around mid December
Nov 25, 2013 @ 18:07:17
How will you distribute the developer edition?
Nov 25, 2013 @ 18:09:45
it will be on our web for sale http://www.olimex.com
Nov 26, 2013 @ 14:49:12
I found a fibre optic transmitter (toslink) module for ~£2. Can this just be wired to the A10 s/pdif out pins? Would this be supported in linux?
Dec 06, 2013 @ 20:19:50
Interesting. Can it boot from SATA?
Jan 10, 2014 @ 11:40:31
I hope better documentation than previous Olimex “cards” will be available for this one.
An amazing card with poor documentation is just a poor card.
Feb 17, 2014 @ 23:20:00
Are all of the I2S input and output signals available on ext headers on this board? On A20 boards (A20-OLinuXino) the I2S_D01/PB9/pin C12 seems to be connected only to USB_OTG’s USB0-DRV (cannot be interfaced externally) -it would be nice to have also that signal on the header…
Apr 16, 2014 @ 10:14:21
Hello,
where I can buy this or the a20 version?
I cannmot see them in the web shop
Apr 16, 2014 @ 14:56:33
I was wondering about what seems like a rather long interval between successive batches of LIME. Is there some unexpected problem with production or component sourcing, or just dreadfully long (but expected) lead times?
It’s a pity, because with the BeagleBone Black out of stock almost everywhere, in a business sense this would an ideal time to have lots of LIMEs in stock!🙂
Morgaine
Apr 16, 2014 @ 19:31:04
just bad planning for our component deliveries, our sales jumped and found us with no stock of differnt parts which are in LIME and which had unfortunately long delivery times… sigh the LIME is on the assembly line now and soon to be in stock