LinkSprite pcDuino3 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Allwinner A20
RAM
1024 MB
Flash
4096NAND, microSD MB

The LinkSprite pcDuino3 is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa7 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.

Specs

Specifications

CPUAllwinner A20
CPU cores2
CPU frequency1000 MHz
RAM1024 MB
Flash4096NAND, microSD MB
100 Mbit Ethernet ports1
WLAN hardwareRealtek RTL8188EUS

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa7linksprite_pcduino3

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa7

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-linksprite_pcduino3-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel55446390e91e
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-linksprite_pcduino3-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcarde72fe2e9a0c3
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-linksprite_pcduino3-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard14e5c26cea31

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the LinkSprite pcDuino3 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (5)

kmod-sun4i-emac kmod-rtc-sunxi kmod-ata-sunxi kmod-rtl8xxxu rtl8188eu-firmware

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-cortexa7-linksprite_pcduino3-initramfs-kernel.bin
    55446390e91ee5c993491e82aece227ab64396b70a95c1d30168815c210b8b78  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-linksprite_pcduino3-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the LinkSprite pcDuino3? 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