Introduction I’ve been using an Allwinner S3 SoC for experiments with the FLIR Boson. The description from the website sums the device up nicely:
S3 is a high cost-effective video encoding processor jointly developed by Zhuhai Allwinner Technology Co., Ltd. (“Allwinner”) and Sochip Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sochip”). Its built-in single-core ARM Cortex-A7 runs at 1.2GHz with 1Gbit DRAM (DDR3) , supporting numerous peripheral devices. The Chip package is 234 balls FBGA package, size 11mm x 11mm , suitable for various types of product development. — http://www.sochip.com.cn/s3/index.php?title=What_is_S3_%3F
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