ADBoard 3G/4G Digital Signage Board is Powered by Allwinner A83T Octa-Core Processor

MQMaker officially launched their WiTi router board earlier this week, but the company has also introduced ADBoard, an octa-core board specifically designed for digital signage with a connector for LVDS display including backlight, an RTC with backup battery, and a mini PCIe connector for 3G/4G connectivity combined with a SIM card slot.

ADBoard specifications:

SoC – Allwinner A83T octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 @ 2.0 GHz with PowerVR SGX544MP GPU @ 700 MHz supporting OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1, OpenCL 1.1, and DX 9.3.
System Memory – 1 GB DDR3
Storage – 16 GB eMMC + micro SD slot
Display Interfaces / Video Output
- HDMI up to 1080p60 with HDCP 1.2 and CEC support connector
- LVDS connector, LCD backlight control header and capacitive touch panel header
Audio – HDMI, 3.5mm audio output, speaker connector, microphone connector
Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
USB – 1x USB 2.0 host port, 1x USB 2.0 OTG port (full size), and 2x USB 2.0 headers on-board
Serial – 3x UART headers
Other Expansion Headers/Connectors
- 1x mini PCIe slot for 3G/4G modem and SIM card slot
- 1x SPI, 1x I2C headers
- 1x keys header, 1x IR receiver + LED header
Misc – Power switch, U-boot button, fan header
Power Supply – 12V input for board, LCD power header, header with 12V/5V output?.
Dimensions & Weight – N/A

The board is said to run Android 4.4, but there’s very little other information, probably because it’s not been designed as a community board, but instead for companies who may need integrate such board in large LVDS displays such as in retail locations, or possibly connected them in smaller one as in their bus fleet to monetize with targeted advertisement.

The board sells for $89 plus shipping on Aliexpress, and according to the product page the price drops to $69 when ordering 100 pieces or more. Allwinner 83T has also been used in Banana Pi BPI-M3 board for a while, and I’ve been informed about another similar digital signage DS-830 V3.0 board by a company called SMDT (Smart Device Tech), which also integrates a mini PCIe slot for 3G/4G modem, and most of the same features as the ADBoard, however, all information is only in Chinese language.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.