ARM/Snowball

Revision as of 11:32, 20 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 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

Announcements

2011-06-20: The initial Linux BSP is now released. This is an initial release of a hardware pack for the Snowball SDK board intended for evaluation and early adopters. The contents is limited to a Linux kernel, firmware and boot images. Later releases will contain accelerated graphics through the ARM MALI-400 chipset; support for Accelerated Multi Media; support for the CG2900 chip containing connectivity hardware for Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS and FM radio; support for Android.