Project Anakin

The Project "Anakin" - Phase 1 of PINE64 Smartphone "PinePhone" Development Kit

Project Anakin is a marsh-up kit for the PINE64 Smartphone dubbed "PinePhone". It is used in the early stages of development as a starting point for affiliated projects. PinePhone development has been broken down into three distinct phases:

• First phase - Project Anakin
• Second phase - purpose-built development kit code named "Don't be evil". It will be introduced at FOSDEM 2019
• Lastly, the third phase which is the PinePhone itself - scheduled to be released in Q3 2019 (pending on software development).

The Anakin kit consists of following components:

• SoPine Module
• SoPine Model A baseboard
• Pine A64 Wifi/BT module
• 16GB eMMC module
• 5 Mega Piixel CMOS Camera Sensor
• 7" Touch Screen LCD Panel
• Playbox Enclosure
• Lithium Ion Battery case (note: battery not included, can accommodate 1-3 pieces of 18650 size Lithium Ion batter. In general, one is good enough)
• Quectel EC20 R2.1 LTE Module (note: The SIM tray design not distinguish polarity well and all reverse slot in)

Accessories Step-by-Step Guides

Under 'Guides for PINE A64(+) accessories' you can find instructions and guides concerning:

• Playbox Enclosure
• Bluetooth and WiFi module
• 7" Touch Screen LCD Panel

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Allwinner A64/R18
• R18 and A64 are identical SoC but R18 committed for 10 years supply by vendor.

CPU Architecture

• Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Processor@1152Mhz
• A power-efficient ARM v8 architecture
• 64 and 32bit execution states for scalable high performance
• Support NEON Advanced SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instruction for acceleration of media and signal processing function
• Support Large Physical Address Extensions(LPAE)
• VFPv4 Floating Point Unit
• 32KB L1 Instruction cache and 32KB L1 Data cache
• 512KB L2 cache

GPU Architecture

• ARM Mali400MP2 Dual-core GPU
• Support OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 standard

System Memory

• RAM Memory Variants: 2GB LPDDR3.
• Storage Memory: SPI Flash and optional eMMC module from 16GB up to 64GB

Project Anakin, SOPine Module and Baseboard Information, Schematics, and Certifications

• Model "A" Baseoard Dimensions: 133mm x 80mm x 19mm
• Input Power: DC 5V @ 2A, 3.7V Li-Ion battery connector, 3.5OD/1.35ID Barrel DC Jack connector, Euler connector
• PINE A64 Connector Layout @courtesy of norm24
• PINE A64 Connector List
• SOPine Module Pin Assignment ver 1.0
• PINE A64 Pi-2/Eular/Ext Bus/Wifi Bus Connector Pin Assignment (Updated 15/Feb/2016)
• Good documentation about PINE A64, A64+, and A64-LTS GPIO pins article

SOPine Module Schematic:

• SOPine Module Schematic

SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic and PCB Board Resource:

• SOPine model "A" Baseboard is an hardware open source project but is not "OSH" compliant
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic capture Rev B DSN source file
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic Rev B PDF file
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Job source file
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Gerber file
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Layout PDF file

SOPine (together with model "A" baseboard) Certification:

• SOPine with model "A" baseboard FCC Certificate
• SOPine with model "A" baseboard CE Certificate
• SOPine with model "A" baseboard RoHS Certificate

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

Allwinner A64/R18 SoC information:

• R18 and A64 are identical SoC but R18 committed for 10 years supply by vendor.
• Allwinner A64 SoC Brief Introduction
• Allwinner R18 SoC Brief Introduction
• Allwinner A64/R18 SoC Data Sheet V1.1 (Official Released Version)
• Allwinner A64/R18 SoC User Manual V1.0 (Official Release Version)

X-Powers AXP803 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:

• AXP803 PMIC Datasheet

LPDDR3 information:

• Allwinner LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Foresee LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Samsung LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Hynix LPDDR3 Datasheet

eMMC information:

• PINE64 eMMC module schematic
• PINE64 USB adapter for eMMC module V2 schematic
• PINE64 USB adapter for eMMC module PCB in JPEG
• SanDisk eMMC Datasheet
• Hynix eMMC Datasheet
• Foresee eMMC Datasheet

SPI NOR Flash information:

• WinBond 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet
• GigaDevice 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet

Project Anakin module/component related information:

• 5MPixel Rear CMOS Camera module information:
  • PINE64 YL-PINE64-4EC 5M Pixel CMOS Image Sensor Module (Description in Chinese)
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC Module Datasheet
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC Chip Datasheet
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor Driver Source Code in C language
• LCD Touch Screen Panel information:
  • 7.0" 1200x600 TFT-LCD Panel Specification
  • Touch Panel Specification
  • GOODiX GT911 5-Point Capacitive Touch Controller Datasheet
• Lithium Battery information:

• Ethernet PHY information:
  • Realtek RTL8211 10/100/1000M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE A64+ Board
  • Realtek RTL8201 10/100M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE A64 Board
• Wifi/BT module information:
  • Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi with BT SDIO
• Enclosure information:
  • Playbox Enclosure 3D file
• Connector information:
  • 2.0mm PH Type connector specification use in Lithium Battery (VBAT) port and RTC Battery port
  • 0.5mm Pitch cover type FPC connector specification use in DSI port, TP port and CSI port

• LTE module information:
  • Note: The current Project Anakin kit deploy on using Quectel EC20_R2.1 which belongs to EC25 family. Actual production will use EC25 and EG25-G (still preliminary) module pending on region.
  • Quectel EC20 R2.1 LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EG25-G LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module AT Cammands Set Manual
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Hardware Design Guide
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Reference Design Guide

Other Resources

• Linux Sunxi Wiki page on PINE A64
• Linux Image created by Andre Przywara
• PINE64 Linux build scripts, tools and instructions by Longsleep
• PINE64 Linux image by Longsleep
• Shrinking images on Linux by FrozenCow
• Quectel EC-25 LTE module open source information