UGOOS is better known for its TV boxes, but the company recently introduced a different product with the AC1 smart clock based on an Amlogic A213Y SoC for smart displays and digital signage applications I had never heard of. Let’s have a look at both.
UGOOS AC1 smart clock
The AC1 smart clock features a 480×480 resolution display, supports Bluetooth pairing, alarms with different ringtones, displays weather, date, time, and sensor data, and supports features such as photo frame, event notes, and music playback.
UGOOS AC1 specifications:
- SoC – Amlogic A213Y (more details below)
- System Memory – 256MB DDR4
- Storage – 8 GB eMMC flash
- Display – 4-inch IPS touchscreen display with 480×480 resolution; 2.5D glass cover
- Audio
- 3W sound speaker
- Built-in microphone for voice search
- Wireless – IEEE 802.11b/g/n WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 4.2
- Sensors – Temperature and humidity sensor, light sensor
- Misc – Touch Key, mute switch, and power button
- Power Input – 5V/2A via USB Type-C port
- Dimensions – 86 x 76 x 87.3mm
- Weight – 270 grams
The system runs a Linux OS, and can be controlled with the buttons and touchscreen on the unit, as well as the YeCool app for Android or iOS. The mobile app helps the user configure night weather location, light night settings, and alarms, upload photos, and more.
I could not find any retail store for the AC1, but UGOOS is taking “buyer requests” on the product page.
Amlogic A213Y SoC
I had never heard about the A213Y SoC until today, but Amlogic’s product page has more details, and based on Arm PSA Certified, it’s been around at least since 2022.
Amlogic A213Y specifications:
- CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A5 processor
- GPU – Quad-core Arm Mali-450
- VPU
- 1080p60 H.265/H.264 decoding
- 1080p30 H.264 encoding
- Memory I/F – 16/32-bit DDR3/3L, LPDDR2/3
- Storage – eMMC 4.4/4.5, SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash, SPI NOR/NAND Flash, SD
- Display Interfaces
- HDMI 1.4b up to 1200p60 (Not a common notation, but it must be 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz)
- Single-channel LVDS up to 1366×768
- 4-lane MIPI-DSI up to 1920×1200
- Audio Interfaces – 2-channel I2S/PCM input & output
- USB – 2x USB 2.0
- Process – 28nm
Amlogic lists smart display and digital signage applications for the A213Y SoC. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a 32-bit Arm Cortex-A5 SoC… I mostly remember the TeleChips TCC8925 found in some TV sticks (2012), and the last one we covered must have been the OmniVision OA805 camera SoC (2020). I can’t find any other products based on the Amlogic A213Y, but maybe that’s because of the type of hardware, as companies will not always advertise the SoC used in alarm clocks and entry-level digital signage players.
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More likely Cortex-A55?
I would buy one if it had an e-ink display.
That would be the last think I would want on a clock, since you couldn’t see it in the darkness if it is next to your bed.
The Lenovo Smart Clock can adaptively control its screen brightness and while it is very bright on daytime, at night it is very dim, yet perfectly readable on a dark room without disturbing.
Well, sure, it would have a backlight.
Then it would neither disturb my sleep with unecessary screen glowing in the room and yet provide a way to quickly check time.
Also wouldn’t a good e-ink display be more readable during the day?
The AmLogic S805 SOC used in the Odroid C1 is also a Quad core Cortex-A5.
Also S805M rarely used. I saw it only in Onda V975 tablet. Back in a day I used to build custom firmware for it based on Android 5
I wouldn’t be surprised to find all their Cortex-A5 based products (S805, S806, S805M, M805, M806, T826, T828, A111, A213Y, …) to use the same Meson8b die, possibly with different bits fused off or different packages.