PINE A64-LTS

The PINE A64-LTS

The PINE64-LTS is the long term supply version of the PINE A64 (+), PINE64's first single board computer, powered by Allwinner’s A64 quad-core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit SoC. There are many operating systems available for the PINE A64-LTS created by the open source community and various partner projects. The PINE A64-LTS is guaranteed to be supplied until the year 2025 at the very least.

Software releases

The SOPINE operating system images are compatible with PINE A64-LTS. Under SOPINE Software Releases you will find a complete list of currently supported operating system images, which work with the PINE A64-LTS, as well as other related software.

Accessories and Step-by-Step Guides

Please see Accessories Step by Step Guides for a list of guides for Pine A64 accessories; there you can find instructions and guides about the following:

• Enclosures
• Bluetooth and WiFi module
• Real Time Clock (RTC) battery
• Real Time Clock (RTC) battery holder
• First and third party cases
• Featured 3D printed cases (and more)

SoC and Memory Specification

The PINE A64-LTS is based on the Allwinner A64/R18. The R18 and A64 are identical SoCs but the is R18 committed for a 10 years supply by the 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: 128Mb SPI Flash and optional eMMC module from 16GB up to 128GB

PINE A64-LTS Board Features

Front view of a Pine A64-LTS board

Rear view of a Pine A64-LTS board

Video

• Digital Video (Type A - full)

Audio

• 3.5mm stereo earphone/microphone plug

Network

• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet(PINE A64+ version), 10/100Mbps Ethernet(PINE A64 version)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with Bluetooth 4.0 (optional)

Storage

• microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
• USB - 2 USB2.0 Host port

Expansion ports

• DSI - Display Serial Interface, 4 lanes MiPi, up to 1080P
• CSI - CMOS Camera Interface up to 5 mega pixel
• TP - Touch Panel Port, SPI with interrupt
• RTC - Real Time Clock Battery Connector
• VBAT - Lithium Battery Connector with temperature sensor input
• Wifi/BT Module Header - SDIO 3.0 and UART
• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header
• 2x17 pins "Euler" GPIO Header
• 2x5 pins "EXP" Console Header

Pine A64-LTS schematics and certifications

• 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
• a PDF mapping the pins from the A64 chip itself, to the gold-fingers on the SO-DIMM edge, to the multiple connectors on the baseboard and on the clusterboard, attached to this forum post.
• 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 Archive.org link
• Pine A64-LTS Schematic:
  • Pine A64-LTS Schematic
• Pine A64-LTS V2 Schematic:
  • Pine A64-LTS V2 Schematic

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

Allwinner A64/R18 SoC information:

• 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
• 16GB Foresee eMMC Datasheet
• 32GB/64GB/128GB SanDisk eMMC Datasheet

SPI NOR Flash information:

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

Related to the PINE A64-LTS:

• 5MPixel 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
  • Early version Camera module information:
    • Bonsen Kexin V118-A64-GC2145-HM5065 CMOS Image Sensor Module
    • HiMax 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC
• 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:
  • 8000mAH Lithium Battery Specification
• Ethernet PHY information:
  • Realtek RTL8211 10/100/1000M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE A64-LTS Board and SOPINE Baseboard
• Wifi/BT module information:
  • PINE A64 Wifi/BT Module Schematic
  • Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi with BT SDIO
• Enclosure information:
  • Playbox Enclosure 3D file
  • ABS Enclosure 3D file
  • Outdoor Aluminum Cast Dust-proof IP67 Enclosure Drawing
• 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
• Remote control button mapping
  • Official Remote Control for the PINE A64 Button Mapping

Pine A64 POT

• PINE A64 Peripheral On Top (POT) and Related Devices
• WiFi Remote I2c Quick Start Guide

Other Resources

• Linux Sunxi Wiki page on PINE A64
• Collection of scripts to set up a minimal Xenial 14.04.3 / Debian 8 Jessie root filesystem Contributed By Uli Middelberg
• Linux Image created by Andre Przywara
• PINE A64 with HypriotOS by Dieter and Govinda
• H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives
• F3 - an alternative to h2testw
• Benchmarking The Low-Cost PINE 64+ ARM Single Board Computer by Michael Larabel
• PINE64 Linux build scripts, tools and instructions by Longsleep
• PINE64 Linux image by Longsleep
• A series of Youtube video on PINE A64 Developers Board by Michael Larson
• PINE64 Quick Start Guide (with Gotchas)
• Shrinking images on Linux by FrozenCow
• Manjaro Arm installation script