LinkSprite pcDuino OpenWrt Firmware

The LinkSprite pcDuino is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa8 target. 3 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa8linksprite_a10-pcduino

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa8

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-linksprite_a10-pcduino-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard2761fc038730
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-linksprite_a10-pcduino-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel9a2df997e809
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-linksprite_a10-pcduino-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard5e95cc438516

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the LinkSprite pcDuino ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (3)

kmod-sun4i-emac kmod-rtc-sunxi kmod-rtl8192cu

Target default packages (28)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

Installation notes

  • The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.
  • Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
    $ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-linksprite_a10-pcduino-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
    2761fc0387301bef3b24f9c7f5e705864b50c8b736b104fbc35e6c2d32cf4463  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-linksprite_a10-pcduino-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the LinkSprite pcDuino? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

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Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.