Dingoo


The Dingoo is a handheld gaming console that supports music and video playback and open game development. The system features an on-board radio and recording program. It was sold to consumers in three colors: white, black, and pink. It was released in February 2009 and had sold over 1 million units.
Other versions of the console include Dingoo A330 and Dingoo A380.
Dingoo focused on games and media products, and was located in the Futian District, Shenzhen.

Hardware

Specifications

A320

Internal Storage 1/2/4GB flashAdditional Storage MiniSD/SDHC Input D-Pad, 2 shoulder, 4 face, Start & Select buttons, Microphone.Outputs Stereo Speakers, Headphone Jack & TV-out w/ included cableI/O Mini-USB connector 2.0Video Playback RM, MP4, 3GP, AVI, ASF, MOV, FLV, MPEGAudio Playback MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, RARadio Digital FM TunerRecording Supports digital recording of voice and FM radio at 8 kHzSoftware Support Free official SDKs AvailableDimensions Weight Display 320×240
The Dingoo A320 uses a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery with 6 to 8 hours of battery life. The battery specs are 3.7V 1700-1800 mAh.

Function

Games

Original

Original games in two different languages and Chinese ) for the Native OS are included:7 Days - Salvation Ali Baba Amiba's Candy Block Breaker Decollation Warrior Dingoo Link Em Up Dingoo Snake Hell Striker II Landlord Nose Breaker Puzzle Bobble Tetris Ultimate Drift Yi-Chi King Fighter
  • ''Zhao Yun Chuan''

Homebrew

Homebrew / Public Domain games for all operation systems can be added manually:

Native OS

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Dingux

  • ''Duke Nukem 3D''

Emulation

Official

Community-based

Video player

  • Video containers: RMVB, RM, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, MP4, ASF, MOV
  • Video codecs: WMV1, WMV3, WMV7, WMV8.1, WMV9, MP42, mp4v, DIV3, DiVX5, XViD, MJPG, MPEG1, MPEG2

Audio player

Photo viewer

Text reader

  • Supports TXT file formats
  • Supports English text to speech
  • Further functions include bookmarking, auto browsing, font sizing, and it can open while music is playing.

Radio receiver

  • FM Radio
  • Wide frequency range from 76.0 to 108.0 MHz, support manual/auto channel scanning, FM recording and can keep playing while using other application. User can save up to 40 channels.

Audio recording

Other

  • Supports SWF File Format
  • SD Card virus protection: The system protects itself from viruses by scanning the SD Card.
  • USB 2.0 Port: Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista as well as Mac OS X

File browser

  • Allows you to browse the files on your Dingoo, such as games, music, videos, photos, and voice recordings

Firmware

Official firmware

  • Firmware V1.01
  • Firmware V1.02
  • Firmware V1.03
  • Firmware V1.10
  • Firmware V1.11
  • Firmware V1.20
  • Firmware V1.22

Unofficial firmware

Team Dingoo released the first unofficial firmware with user customizable theming possibilities. The system files were moved from hidden memory to an accessible memory location, allowing users to change the graphical settings. This firmware is updated regularly.
  • a320-1.03TD-3
  • a320-1.03TD-2
  • a320-1.03TD-1

μC/OS-II

The native operating system of the Dingoo A320 is a variant of μC/uOS-II, a low-cost priority-based pre-emptive real time multitasking operating system kernel for microprocessors, written mainly in the C programming language. It is mainly intended for use in embedded systems. All official software for the Dingoo A-320 run on μC/OS-II.

Linux

A Linux kernel was generally released by Booboo on Google Code on May 18, 2009.
A dual boot installer called "Dingux" was released June 24. This allows for dual booting the original firmware or Linux without the need for connection to a PC.
Enthusiasts have successfully run Linux versions of many games, including Prboom engine, Build engine, Quake, Dodgin' Diamonds 1 & 2, Biniax 2, GNU Robbo, Super Transball 2, Defendguin, Waternet, Sdlroids, Spout, Tyrian, Rise of the Triad, Open Liero, REminiscence, Blockrage, and the OpenBOR game engine.
The Dingoo can run emulators: ScummVM, SMS Plus, Gmuplayer, FinalBurn Alpha, Gnuboy, GpSP, MAME, PSX4ALL, Snes9x, PicoDrive, openMSX, GP2Xpectrum, FCEUX and VICE.

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