96Boards is a range of hardware specifications created by Linaro to make the latest ARM-based processors available to developers at a reasonable cost. The specifications are open and define a standard board layout for SoC-agnostic (processor independent) development platforms that can be used by software application, hardware device, kernel and other system software developers. Boards produced to the 96Boards specifications are suitable for rapid prototyping, hobbyist projects or incorporation into new systems for a wide range of applications including desktop and laptop computing, the digital home, digital signage, point of sale (POS), high-end audio, robotics and drones, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, IoT and industrial control.

Standardized expansion buses for peripheral I/O have led to a wide range of compatible add-on mezzanine boards that will work across a variety of 96Boards products. Users have access to a wide range of boards with different features at various price points. In addition, some SoC vendors have announced long term availability of the SoC to encourage their use in products with long life cycles.

Board Support

Interface notes

GPIO: Pin 28 / GPIO-F is a Multi-Purpose pin
UART: UART1 can be used for serial access

Pin Mapping

Pin mapping table shows signals pertaining to 40-pin low speed expansion header based on 96Boards Consumer Edition Specification.

96Boards Signals	PIN	PIN	96Boards Signals
GND	1	2	GND
UART0_CTS	3	4	PWR_BTN_N
UART0_TxD	5	6	RST_BTN_N
UART0_RxD	7	8	SPI0_SCLK
UART1_RTS	9	10	SPI0_DIN
UART1_TxD	11	12	SPI0_CS
UART1_RxD	13	14	SPI0_DOUT
I2C0_SCL	15	16	PCM_FS
I2C0_SDA	17	18	PCM_CLK
I2C1_SCL	19	20	PCM_DO
I2C1_SDA	21	22	PCM_DI
GPIO-A	23	24	GPIO-B
GPIO-C	25	26	GPIO-D
GPIO-E	27	28	GPIO-F
GPIO-G	29	30	GPIO-H
GPIO-I	31	32	GPIO-J
GPIO-K	33	34	GPIO-L
+1V8	35	36	SYS_DCIN
+5V	37	38	SYC_DCIN
GND	39	40	GND

Resources

The following links will take you to addition 96Boards resources