Avaota C1 SBC powered by the Allwinner H618 processor packs 40-pin GPIO in Raspberry Pi A form factor

Avaota C1 Development Board is the upcoming single-board computer (SBC) in the AvaotaSBC family having Raspberry Pi A form factor designed for flexible and scalable DIY electronics and embedded system projects. Powered by an ARM-based Allwinner H618 SoC, C1 Development Board is a variant of the Yuzuki Chameleon. It provides extensive connectivity for various sensors and actuators whilst supporting high-resolution video output at fairly high refresh rate, making it ideal for embedded development, image and audio processing, smart devices, IoT applications, and prototyping.

The Avaota C1 features a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU with 64-bit architecture and a multi-core Mali G31 GPU. The SBC can output 4K video at 60 fps via its HDMI interface and also supports SPI display connections. The board also supports low-latency 4K H.264 encoding at 25 frames per second and is compatible with HDR10 and HLG. Image quality is enhanced with Allwinner’s SmartColor 3.3 picture engine. Wireless connectivity is provided by the onboard AIC8800DC W-Fi cum Bluetooth chip. Based on the watermark on the SBC, C1 device appears to be a collaboration between Avaota and Pine64.

Avaota C1 Development Board Specifications:

• SoC: Allwinner H618 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.5GHz with 1MB L2 cache and Arm Mali-G31 MP2 GPU
• System Memory: 1GB DRAM
• Storage: up to 128 GB onboard eMMC flash, MicroSD card socket
• Display Interface: Optional 3.5-inch (320×480) or 1.54-inch (240×240) SPI displays
• Video Output:
  • HDMI 2.0a up to 4Kp60
  • TV Video composite (CVBS)
• VPU:
  • VP9-10 Profile-2 up to 6Kp30
  • H.265 HEVC MP-10 @ L5.1 up to 6Kp30
  • AVS2 up to 4Kp60
  • H.264 AVC HP @ L5.1 up to 4Kp25
  • H.264 MVC up to 1080p60
• Audio:
  • Digital audio output via HDMI
  • Digital PDM Microphone (DMIC)
  • Audio HUB (Embedded 3 I2S/PCM)
• Wireless Connectivity:
  • Lead out RJ45 1000M interface via Ethernet PHY
  • Onboard AIC8800DC W-Fi cum Bluetooth chip
• USB: 4x USB Type C, 3x USB2.0 HOST and 1x USB2.0 OTG, support USB camera and capture card input
• Expansion: 40-pin GPIO header with I2C, SPI, UART
• Debugging: UART Serial Debugging and ADB over USB
• Security: Security Boot, Crypto Engine, SID, Trustzone
• Misc: 1x status LED | 2x Thermal Sensor (Temperature and Humidity sensors)
• Power Management: 5V via USB-C port | AXP313A Power Solution for a fan and heatsink
• Dimensions: 65 mm x 56.5 mm (Raspberry Pi A form factor)

Talking about the software part, Avaota C1 Development Board runs on the Tina Linux 5.0 system.

The Avaota C1 has not yet been released, and pricing details remain unannounced. Additional information can be found on the Avaota Wiki page.

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