Cost-effective IPC SoC

Overview
Allwinner V821 is a highly integrated low-power multi-camera IPC SoC, featuring dual RISC-V architecture processors. It supports real-time dual-camera input and provides 1080P high-definition video processing capabilities with internal high-performance ISP and H.264 encoder. Additionally, Allwinner V821 integrates Wi-Fi, LDO, IRCUT, and audio codec, offering a highly cost-effective IPC solution. With its excellent ISP processing performance, low power consumption, and high scalability, Allwinner V821 can be applied in multi-camera IPCs, low-power doorbells, smart locks, and other products.
Highlights
Simplified peripherals
Wi-Fi, LDO, IRCUT, and other IPC peripherals are integrated internally.
Real-time dual-camera input
Switch-free input with 1080P resolution for binocular product support, such as gun-ball linkage camera, door locks featuring face/palm vein recognition, peephole, etc.
Low power consumption
Support Keep-Alive mode (180μA@4.2V, DTIM10) for Wi-Fi router, also provide AOV low power solution.
Simplified development
One Linux SDK supports both normal-boot and fast-boot, also provide mass production solutions.
Simplified mass production
One firmware for both IPC SoC and Wi-Fi MCU burning.
Block diagram
Specifications
Processor core
RISC-V CPU, up to 1 GHz
‐ 16 KB I-cache , 16 KB D-cache, 128 KB L2 cache
‐ Support dedicated operators for acceleration: Conv, Depthwise Conv, MaxPool, Add, Concat, etc
RISC-V MCU, up to 600 MHz
Video encoding/decoding performance
H.264 BP/MP/HP encoding
‐ Support I/P frame
‐ Maximum resolution: 3072 x 3072
Multi-stream real-time encoding capability
- Single-camera: 1920x1080@30fps + 640x480@30fps
- Dual-camera: 1920x1080@15fps*2 + 640x480@15fps*2
JPEG encoding/decoding
‐ Maximum resolution: 8192x8192
‐ Maximum performance: 1920x1080@60fps
Rate control modes: CBR, VBR, FIXQP, and QPMAP
Encoding of 8 ROIs
On-screen displaying (OSD) overlay pre-processing for 64 regions
Support simultaneous operation of H.264/MJPEG encoding and MJPEG decoding
Video output (for L2-WXX)
One RGB interface
‐ Serial/dummy RGB mode, up to 800 x 480@60fps
‐ i8080 interface, up to 800x480@60fps
Video input
1*2-lane/2*1-lane MIPI CSI
‐ Up to 1.0 Gbit/s per lane
‐ Compliant with MIPI-CSI2 V1.1 and MIPI DPHY V1.0
‐ Maximum resolution: 1920x1920
8/10/12-bit width parallel CSI interfaces
BT.656, BT.601, and Digital Camera (DC) protocol
BT.656 up to 2*720P@30fps
ISP
Sensor input supports up to 3456 x 1920 resolution
3A (AE, AWB, AF), parameters adjustable
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) mode and maximum 2-lane multiplexing
Defect Pixel Correction (DPC) and lens shading correction
Local tone mapping
Multi-level noise reduction (spatial-domain noise reduction and time-domain multi-frame noise reduction), remove colour noise
Colour adjustment and colour enhancement
4 channels of scaling output from 1/16x to 1x
Provide ISP adjustment tool for the PC (online/offline/remote debugging)
Video & graphics processing
One video channel and one UI channel
Video channel supports 1/16x to 32x scaling
0/90/180/270 degree(s) picture rotation
Horizontal and vertical flip
Audio
1 DAC and 1ADC
1 x audio input: MICINP/N
1 x audio output: LINEOUTP/N
Embedded 1 I2S/PCM interface, supporting maximum 16 channels, 8 kHz-384 kHz sample rate, and 8-bit to 32-bit width
Security
AES, DES, and 3DES encryption and decryption algorithms
MD5 and SHA256 tamper proofing
160-bit hardware pseudo random number generator (PRNG) with 192-bit seed
128-bit hardware true random number generator (TRNG)
Integrated 2048-bit eFuse for chip ID and security application
WiFi
Compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard
Single-band 2.4 GHz 1T1R mode
Integrated LNA, PA, and T/R switch
Security support for WPA/WPA2/WPA3 personal and WPS2.0
Support STA, SoftAP, STA+SoftAP, and monitor modes
Power consumption (for L2-WXX)
Hibernation: 10 μA @4.2 V
Standby: 120 μA @4.2 V
Wi-Fi DTIM with external 32.768 kHz XTAL
‐ DTIM1: 650 μA @4.2 V
‐ DTIIM3: 300 μA @ 4.2 V
‐ DTIM10: 180 μA @ 4.2 V
Memory
Embedded 64 MB DDR2
SD2.0, eMMC4.41, and SPI NOR/NAND Flash for boot
One SPI interface, supporting quad DTR mode
Peripherals
1 x USB2.0 DRD, supporting UAC/UVC protocol
3 x SPI, 3 x TWI, 4 x UART
1 x 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet port with RMII interface
12-ch PWM, 3-ch GPADC
Package
QFN88,9 mm x 9 mm
Application diagram
Wi-Fi binocular gun-ball linkage IPC
Face recognition module