Allwinner T113-S3 is a dual-core Cortex-A7 processor with 128MB DDR3 on-chip memory that is designed for smart control and HMI applications in the automotive and industrial sectors.
At first glance, the new processor looks quite similar to Allwinner S3, but with twice the number of cores. However there’s more to it, as a a HiFi4 DSP has been added for smart audio applications, the H.264 encoder is gone replaced by an MPJEG encoder, and the company claims support for “industrial level working temperature”, plus a 10-year life cycle. among other differences.
Allwinner T113-S3 specifications:
- CPU – Dual-core Arm Cortex-A7 with 32 KB L1 I-cache + 32 KB L1 D-cache per core, and 256 KB L2 cache
- DSP – Single-core HiFi4
- Memory – 128 MB DDR3
- Storage I/F – SD3.0/eMMC 5.0, SPI Nor/NAND Flash
- Video
- Decoding – H.264, H.265, MPEG-1/2/4, (M)JPEG, VC1 up to 1080p60
- Encoding – JPEG/MJPEG up to 1080p60
- Display
- Allwinner SmartColor2.0 post-processing engine
- De-interlacer (DI) up to 1080p60
- G2D hardware accelerator
- Video output I/F
- CVBS interface with support for NTSC and PAL formats
- RGB LCD interface up to 1920×1080 @ 60 Hz
- Dual-channel LVDS interface up to 1920×1080 @ 60 Hz
- 4-lane MIPI DSI interface up to 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz
- Video IN
- 8-bit parallel CSI interface
- CVBS interface with support for NTSC and PAL formats
- Audio
- 2x DACs and 3x ADCs
- Analog audio interfaces – MICIN3P/N, LINEINL/R, FMINL/R, HPOUTL/R
- Digital audio interfaces – I2S/PCM, DMIC, OWA IN/OUT
- Support for up to 8-mic array
- Networking – 10/100/1000M EMAC (Gigabit Ethernet) with RMII and RGMII interfaces
- USB – USB 2.0 DRD, USB 2.0 Host
- Other peripherals
- SDIO 3.0
- 2x SPI, 6x UART, 4x TWI/I2C
- 8x PWM
- 1-channel GPADC, 4-channel TPADC
- IR Tx & Rx
- Security
- AES, DES, 3DES encryption and decryption algorithms
- RSA signature verication algorithm
- MD5/SHA and HMAC tamper proong
- Hardware random number generator
- Integrated 2 Kbits OTP storage space
- Package – eLQFP128, 14 mm x 14 mm
Allwinner claims “the advanced process design with lower voltage and lower leakage, the power optimization design for typical scenes, and the enhanced heat dissipation package, improve the heating experience (sic.) of the product” without details.
Some of the specific use cases for the processor include infotainment solutions such as “Car MP5 Player” or “Car Instrument solution” as well as industrial products such as HMI and PLC as shown above. The product brief does not list any operating system but Allwinner T113-S3 should support the usual Tina Linux (OpenWrt based) and Melis RTOS based on RT-Thread open-source real-time operating system.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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