OSD32MP1-RED development board was first announced last year together with another board based on Octavo Systems OSD32MP1 System-in-Package (SiP). The chip packs an STMicro STM32MP1 Cortex-A7/M4 processor, up to 1GB DDR3L memory, 4KB EEPROM, a PMIC, two low-power MEMS oscillators, over 100 passive components into a single 18x18mm 302 Ball BGA package.
The company has now just announced the availability of the OSD32MP1-RED development platform on DigiKey, Arrow, and Mouser for around $265 and up. There have been a few modifications to the design with, for instance, the USB header replaced by a USB Type-A connector, but the most notable difference is that OSD32MP1-RED is now using a green PCB instead of the red one showed during the first announcement…
OSD32MP1-RED specifications:
- SiP – Octavo Systems OSD32MP157C-512M-BAA with STM32MP157C SoC with dual-core Arm Cortex-A7, Cortex-M4 real-time core, plus 512MB DDR3 memory, STPMIC1A power management chip, EEPROM, oscillator, and passive components
- Storage – eMMC flash, MicroSD card socket
- Video Output / Display Interface – Micro HDMI port, MIPI DSI connector
- Camera header
- Connectivity – WiFi/Bluetooth, 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet
- USB – 1x USB Host port, 1x USB-C OTG port
- Expansion
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi compatible header
- 40-pin STMicro Motor Control Header
- MikroBus header
- CAN FD via one of the headers above
- Debugging – UART header and JTAG (STLink) header
- Misc – Power & reset buttons, 2x user buttons, Power LED, 2x user LEDs, jumpers for board configuration, boot mode switches
- Power Supply – 5V via power barrel jack or USB-C port
- Dimensions – 13.46 x 7.6 cm
It should also be possible to run mainline Linux on the board, as we’ve previously an STM32MP1 Pico-ITX board supported by Linux 5.11 mainline, and Olimex is about to launch its own STM32MP1 board with almost everything working on mainline Linux.
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Last obstracle to release our board is that when FS USB-OTG is enabled it crashes HS USB2 Host. This board has no wired USB Host2 probably for the same reason. It’s always like this when you work with new devices 🙂
The Octovo cpu+ram+pmic+eeprom package looks super cool, and I’d love to have something better than’s Octovo older, Cortex-A5 based Microchip/Atmel ATSAMA5D27C-LD2G to work with, but wow, over double the price, $40 for package. It’s probably worth it but I have a hard time convincing myself to explore this platform.
The tiny SigmaStar SSD210 looks neat & will probably be much much cheaper. Doesn’t integrate as much, which is ok, but man, it only has 64MB ram. That’s just not enough for a viable user environment in Linux these days.