Forlinx has introduced the OK153-S12 Mini, an Allwinner T153 SBC/development board, which looks to be a low-cost version of the OK153-S SBC that we previously covered. It keeps the same FET153-S SoM, but swaps the industrial terminal blocks, mini PCIe, and some other interfaces for a more compact footprint and a Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin header.
The SBC supports up to 1 GB of DDR3 memory, up to 512 MB of NAND flash or 8 GB eMMC flash, and also features a microSD card slot for storage. Other interfaces include two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two USB Type-C ports for power, data, and debugging, and a USB 2.0 host port. Display is supported via an RGB LCD interface with backlight control via PWM. Other features include mono audio line-out via a 3.5mm headphone jack, multiple GPIOs, and buttons for reset, download, and user input, along with various status LEDs, and a 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header for expansion.
Forlinx OK153-S12 Mini specifications:
- SoM – Forlinx FET153-S System-on-Module
- SoC – Allwinner T153
- CPU
- 4x Arm Cortex-A7 cores @ up to 1.6GHz
- XuanTie E907 RISC-V core @ up to 600MHz
- GPU – 2D GPU only
- No VPU, no NPU
- Hardware encryption engine and secure boot support
- CPU
- System Memory – 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB DDR3
- Storage
- 256MB, 512MB NAND Flash or
- Up to 8GB eMMC flash
- Host interfaces – 185 pins through edge connector + LGA interface
- SoC – Allwinner T153
- Storage – MicroSD card slot
- Display – RGB666 (18-bit) LCD interface; note: the SoM supports up to RGB888 1080p60
- Audio – 3.5mm mono audio jack
- Networking – 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports
- USB
- USB 2.0 Host Type-A port
- USB Type-C (Native USB 2.0 OTG/Device) port
- USB Type-C for Debug (UART-to-USB) port
- Expansion – 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header with UART, SPI, I2C, PWM, etc.
- Misc
- Boot, Reset, and GPIO buttons
- Heartbeat LED, GPIO LED
- Power toggle switch
- Power – 5V from USB Type-C port
- Dimensions – TBD
Software support for the OK153-S12 Mini is based on Linux 5.10. The company provides an OS image, test demos, source code, and a manual, along with various hardware-related documents such as the user guide and carrier board schematics & PCB layout. Forlinx provides technical documentation via Dropbox, and you need to contact them to get the download link after purchase.
The company does not provide any price information for the SBC, and you need to contact them directly for any quotation. They promise long-term supply stability with a 10–15 year lifecycle. More information is available on the product page.
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