OLinuXino is an open hardware single-board computer capable of running Android or Linux designed by OLIMEX Ltd in Bulgaria.
The project's goal was to design DIY friendly industrial-grade Linux board which everyone can reproduce at home.
It leverages widely available hand-solderable components which are reasonable to purchase in low quantities, housed in TQFP packages.
In March 2016 the first boards designed with KiCad became available as OLIMEX Ltd announced plans on switching development to Open Source CAD tools.
[2] The Chinese company Allwinner released in April 2012 Cortex-A8 SoC in TQFP package, this was spotted immediately by OLinuXino developers and they start working on OLinuXino board based on A13[6] Three OLinuXino boards with A13 processor were released: 4 GB NAND flash Android OS ready-to-use in the NAND memory LCD signals available on connector so LCD can still be used if VGA/HDMI is disabled LCD signals available on connector so LCD can still be used if VGA/HDMI is disabled LCD signals available on connector so LCD can still be used if VGA/HDMI is disabled 1 USB OTG which can power the board 1 USB OTG which can power the board 1 USB OTG which can power the board Battery option and connector Battery option and connector In November 2012, Allwinner released a new A10S processor with HDMI and Ethernet and dual-core A20 processor.