ARM/Snowball

Revision as of 16:25, 7 June 2011

Introduction

• Snowball is a powerful board with ST-Ericsson’s Nova A9500 processor (ARM dual-core Cortex A9 @ 1GHz) and the ARM Mali 400 GPU.
• ST-Ericsson will offer MeeGo (with hardfp support), Android and Ubuntu releases for Snowball, and provide support for both hobbyist and professional users of the Snowball board. Linaro blog
• Two versions of the Snowball developer board will be sold by Calao Systems and ST-Ericsson's worldwide network of distributors, starting in June:
  • The software development version (SDK, 4GBytes e-MMC)
  • The product development version (PDK, 8GBytes e-MMC - also usable in end products).
  • Snowball will be sold by distributors like Arrow, Avnet, Silica, EDOM, WPI, Digikey with pricing recommendation. Calao will keep high pricing to have the main flow of Snowball sales going through the distribution channel.
• Details will be sent over the Announce Mailinglist as soon as they are available.
• Specifications:
  • ARM Dual Cortex A9@1GHz
  • 4/8 GByte e-MMC
  • 1 GByte LP-DDR2
  • 1 x Micro-SD
  • 1 x RTC Battery Backup
  • 1 x HDMI Full HD
  • 1 x Ethernet 10/100 Mbits
  • 1 x CVBS Video OUT
  • 1 x Audio OUT
  • 1 x Audio IN
  • 1 x USB OTG Hi-Speed (480 Mbits)
  • 1 x Li-Ion Battery Charger
  • 1 x Serial Port (RS232 / Over USB)
  • 1 x JTAG Connector
  • 1 x MiPi34 Debug Connector
  • 1 x IEEE 802.11 b/g/n WLAN
  • 1 x Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Ex.Antenna)
  • 1 x GPS (Ex. Antenna)
  • 1 x 3 Axis Accelerometer
  • 1 x 3 Axis Magnetometer
  • 1 x 3 Axis Gyrometer
  • 1 x Pressure sensor
  • 3 x Expansion Connectors:
    • 1 x 16 pins Top Connector (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO)
    • 1 x 60 pins Top Connector (I2C, SPI, UART, HSI, FSMC, GPIO)
    • 1 x 120 pins Bottom Connector (LCD, DSI, Camera, CSI, Audio, FSMC)
  • Bootloader: U-Boot
  • Board Size / Weight: 85 x 85 mm / 62 grs
  • Power Supply: +5VDC via Jack 3.5mm or USB OTG
  • Power Requirement: 250mA Max / Low power mode