PINE H64

The PINE H64 Model B

The PINE H64 Model B is a Single Board Computer by PINE64. It is powered by an Allwinner “H6” Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor with a MALI T-722 GPU. The PINE H64 is equipped with up to 3GB of LPDDR3 PC-1600 system memory and 128Mbit of SPI boot Flash. There is also an optional eMMC module (up to 128GB) and a microSD slot for booting. The board is equipped with an onboard 802.11n Wifi/BT chipset, one USB 3.0 host port, two USB 2.0 host ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a PI-2 GPIO bus, an Euler GPIO bus as well as many other peripheral device interfaces such as UART, SPI, and I²C.

PINE H64 Models

There are two types of PINE H64 models, the Model A and the Model B. The current page is about the Model B. For the Model A see PINE H64 Model A.

Software Releases

The following releases are for the PINE H64 Model B

Linux

Armbian

• Armbian provides a mainline kernel build images for Debian Buster, Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu Focal.
• Two image varieties are offered: server (no desktop environment) or light desktop use (XFCE).
• To find out more about Armbian and available options, including download links and torrents for disk images, please visit their page for the H64 model B

AOSC

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [microSD Boot] [20190708]

• To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
• Known issue: no audio sound output.
• DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
  • Direct download from pine64.org
    • MD5 (GZip file): 7A6EC6A088BA75E4F4BEF884EA93EE6C
    • File Size: 3.47GB
• Login with
  • username: aosc
  • password: anthon

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [eMMC Boot] [20180709]

• To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
• Known issue: no audio sound output.
• DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
  • Direct download from pine64.org
    • MD5 (GZip file): FFEA20480A305A644D2C4CB52DC43046
    • File Size: 3.49GB
• Login with
  • username: aosc
  • password: anthon

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [microSD Boot] [20190218]

• To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
• Known issue: no audio sound output.
• DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
  • Direct download from pine64.org
    • MD5 (GZip file): 0274E1011BA58A45CB2B2104CEBD23AA
    • File Size: 2.63GB
• Login with
  • username: aosc
  • password: anthon

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [eMMC Boot] [20180216]

• To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
• Known issue: no audio sound output.
• DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
  • Direct download from pine64.org
    • MD5 (GZip file): 34F3F6813EF00FAF49B1C2A1562EE39D
    • File Size: 2.63GB
• Login with
  • username: aosc
  • password: anthon

Manjaro ARM

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• Installing and using from Manjaro x64 repositories:

In your Desktop Environment use the Package Manager and search for manjaro-arm-tools and install.

Or in the Terminal use sudo pacman -S manjaro-arm-tools to install the package.

Then in the Terminal use sudo buildarmimg -d pine-h64 -e <your-favourite-de>, but change <your favorite DE> to one from the list of supported DE's:

• minimal
• lxqt
• kde-plasma
• mate
• xfce
• i3
• sway
• gnome (experimental)
• plasma-mobile (experimental)
• phosh (experimental)
• cubocore (not complete yet)
• server (not complete yet, unmaintained)

• To find out more about Manjaro-Arm-Tools and available options please visit their site

DietPi

• DietPi is a lightweight, yet easy to setup and feature-rich Linux distribution, based on Debian.
• To find out more about DietPi, please visit the official documentation.
• Discuss the PINE H64 build on the PINE64 forum thread.
• DD image (for 4 GiB micro SD card and above)
  • Direct download from dietpi.com
• Login with
  • Username: root
  • Password: dietpi

LibreELEC (KODI) =

Nightly Build Image [microSD and eMMC Boot]

• DD image to microSD card and boot. Highly recommend using Etcher
  • Pine A64+ build direct download from Libreelec nightly build site and look for LibreELEC-H6.arm-9.80-nightly-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-pine-h64-model-b.img.gz
  • FEATURES:
    • mainline kernel & U-Boot
    • latest Kodi
    • HDMI CEC
    • multi channel HDMI audio (correct audio output must be selected)
    • IR receiver

BSD

FreeBSD

FreeBSD aarch64 Images [microSD Boot]

• To learn more about FreeBSD, please visit FreeBSD main page.
• See general information about FreeBSD on Allwinner ARM and specific details about creating a microSD card for the PINE H64

NetBSD

NetBSD Community Build Image [microSD Boot]

• To learn more about NetBSD please visit NetBSD main page
• DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
  • Direct download latest release build from NetBSD by select PINE H64
  • size: 345MB
• Console and SSH default login:
  • username: root
  • password: [none]
• Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Allwinner H6

CPU Architecture

• Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Processor@1488Mhz
• A power-efficient ARM v8 architecture
• 64 and 32bit execution states for scalable high performance
• Trustzone technology supported
• 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 Mali T-720MP2 Dual-core GPU
• Supports OpenGL ES 3.1/3.0/2.0/1.1, OpenCL 1.2/1.1
• Supports ATSC (Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression)
• Supports FAST(4x)FSAA, IO Coherency
• Floating point operation greater than 70 GFLOPS

System Memory

• RAM Memory Variants: 1GB, 2GB, and 3GB LPDDR3.
• Storage Memory: PINE H64 boards have built-in 128Mb SPI Flash memory, use bootable eMMC module, bootable microSD Cards or USB attached storage.

Board Features

Video

• Digital Video 4KP60 (Type A - full)

Audio

• 3.5mm stereo earphone/microphone plug

Network

• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 4.0/4.1
• MHF1 RF coaxial connector for external BT/wifi antenna

Storage

• microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
• USB - 1 USB3.0 Host port and 2 USB2.0 Host port

Expansion Ports

• RTC - Real Time Clock Battery Connector
• Wifi/BT Module Header - SDIO 3.0 and UART
• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header
• 3x3 pins "EXT" Header giving console, power switch and reset switch access

Console

• The console UART is available on the 6-pin header connector between the HDMI and headphone jacks. The pins are on the front row, closer to the board's edge: TX, RX, GND, from left (HDMI) to right (headphone).
• The default standard is 8,n,1 at 115200bps.

Pine H64 Model B Board Information, Schematics and Certifications

• Board Dimensions: 85mm x 56mm x 18.8mm
• Input Power: DC 5V @ 3A, 3.5mm OD/ 1.35mm ID DC jack connector

• PINE H64 Model B Pi-2 Bus and EXP Bus Connector Pin Assignment

• PINE H64 Board Schematic:
  • PINE H64 Model B 1GB/2GB/3GB Rev 1.2 Board Schematic

• PINE H64 Model B Certification:
  • Disclaimer: Please note that PINE64 SBC is not a "final" product and in general certification is not necessary. However, PINE64 still submits the SBC for FCC, CE, and ROHS certifications and obtain the certificates to prove that the SBC board can pass the testing. Please note, a final commercial product needs to perform its own testing and obtain its own certificate.
  • PINE-H64 Model-B FCC Certificate
  • PINE-H64 Model-B CE Certificate]

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

• Allwinner H6 SoC information:
  • Allwinner H6 SoC Brief Introduction
  • Allwinner H6 SoC Data Sheet V1.1 (Official Released Version)
  • Allwinner H6 SoC User Manual V1.0 (Official Release Version)
• X-Powers AXP805 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:
  • X-Powers AXP805 Data Sheet V1.0 (Official Release Version)
• LPDDR3 (178 Balls) SDRAM:
  • Hynix LPDDR3 Datasheet V1.2
  • Samsung LPDDR3 Datasheet V1.00.00
  • Spectek 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
• Ethernet PHY information:
  • Realtek RTL8211 10/100/1000M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE H64 Board
• Wifi/BT module information:
  • Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi with BT SDIO
• Remote control button mapping
  • Official Remote Control for the PINE H64 Button Mapping

Mali-T720 driver

Here is a good DRM powerpoint presentation by Free Electron: https://free-electrons.com/pub/conferences/2017/kr/ripard-drm/ripard-drm.pdf

Here is the DRM video presentation by Free Electron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbDOCJcDRoo

32-bit Wayland MALI Driver:

• • MALI EULA document
  • MALI-T720 32-bit server binary driver and binary download
    • MD5: F2186A4CAE505A76E0758735886FE682
    • File Size: 3.4MB
  • MALI-T720 32-bit client binary driver and binary download
    • MD5: F316A78AFABE87E69C8F816D18F15D68
    • File Size: 3.4MB

64-bit Wayland MALI Driver:

• • MALI EULA document
  • MALI-T720 64-bit server binary driver and binary download
    • MD5: 13CC8DCB7CF068D80DFC16281E95E9D7
    • File Size: 5.0MB
  • MALI-T720 64-bit client binary driver and binary download
    • MD5: 951BAD6ED66D4CB904CFE0D65F2855E8
    • File Size: 5.0MB

Linux BSP SDK

Linux BSP Kernel 4.9

• Direct Download from pine64.org
  • MD5 (TAR-XZ file): 06B675B1C217D4CC6A21FF320DA250C1
  • File Size: 5.04GB

Android SDK

Android Pie 9.0 SDK version 1.0

• Direct Download from pine64.org
  • MD5 (TAR-XZ file): 734B4DBB03CAF82A4E955F7E83DE0C65
  • File Size: 29.14GB