Pinebook Pro

Software and OS Image Downloads

Pinebook Pro

Under 'Pinebook Pro Software and OS Image Download Section' you will find a complete list of currently supported Operating System images that work with the Pinebook as well as other related software. The list includes OS images and descriptions of:

• Xenial Mate (eMMC)           Xenial Mate (microSD Boot)

• Bionic LXDE (microSD and eMMC Boot)

• Chromium (microSD and eMMC Boot)

• Android 7.x (microSD Boot)           Android 7.x (eMMC)

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Quick Links to OS Images Build Sources

Some of the provided OS images are still in beta or nightly build and only fit for testing purposes. These images ought to be avoided for normal usage - use them at your own risk

• ayufan's Linux build repo
• ayufan's Chromium OS build repo
• mrfixit2001's Linux debian desktop build repo
• Q4OS

Pinebook Service Step-by-Step Guides

Under 'Service Guides for Pinebook' you can instructions guides concerning disassembly of:

Note: The installation process on Pinebook Pro similar to 14" Pinebook

Note: The installation process is the reverse order of removal guide

• 14″ Pinebook Lithium Battery Pack Removal Guide
• 14″ Pinebook LCD Panel Screen Removal Guide
• 14″ Pinebook eMMC Module Removal Guide

Pinebook Pro Information

• Dimensions: 329mm x 220mm x 12mm (WxDxH)
• Weight: 1.26Kg
• Input Power: DC 5V @ 3A 3.5mm OD/ 1.35mm ID Barrel jack or USB-C 15W PD quickcharge

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Rockchip RK3399

CPU Architecture

• Dual-core Cortex-A72 up to 2.0GHz CPU
• Quad-core Cortex-A53 up to 1.5GHz CPU
• big.LITTLE architecture: Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A53, 64-bit CPU
• Cortex-A72:
  • 1-4x Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) within a single processor cluster, and multiple coherent SMP processor clusters through AMBA 5 CHI or AMBA 4 ACE technology
  • AArch64 for 64-bit support and new architectural features
  • L1 cache 48KB Icache and 32KB Dcache for each A72
  • L2 cache 1024KB for big cluster
  • DSP & SIMD extensions
  • VFPv4 floating point
  • Hardware virtualization support
• Cortex-A53:
  • L1 cache 32KB Icache and 32KB Dcache for each A53
  • L2 cache 512KB for little cluster
• Full implementation of the ARM architecture v8-A instruction set
• ARM Neon Advanced SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) support for accelerated media and signal processing computation
• ARMv8 Cryptography Extensions
• In-order pipeline with symmetric dual-issue of most instructions
• Include VFP v3 hardware to support single and double-precision operations
• TrustZone technology support
• Full CoreSight debug solution
• One isolated voltage domain to support DVFS

GPU Architecture

• ARM Mali-T860MP4 Quad-core GPU
• The highest performance GPUs built on Arm Mali’s famous Midgard architecture, the Mali-T860 GPU is designed for complex graphics use cases and provide stunning visuals for UHD content.
• Frequency 650MHz
• Throughput 1300Mtri/s, 10.4Gpix/s
• OpenGL® ES 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2., Vulkan 1.0*., OpenCL™ 1.1, 1.2., DirectX® 11 FL11_1., RenderScript™.

System Memory

• LPDDR4 RAM Memory Variants: Dual Channels 4GB.
• Storage Memory:
  • 64GB eMMC module, can be upgrade to 128GB eMMC module. The initiial PINE64 community build version comes wit 128GB eMMC configuration
  • 128Mb built-in SPI Flash memory

Battery

• Lithium Polymer Battery (10,000mAH)

Display

• 14.1" 1920x1080 IPS LCD panel

Video

• USB-C Alt model DP up to 3840x2160p60

Audio

• 3.5mm stereo earphone/microphone plug
• Build in stereo speaker

Network

• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 5.0

Expansion Ports

• microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
• USB - 1x USB2.0 Type-A Host Port, 1x USB3.0 Type-A Host Port, 1x USB3.0 Type-C OTG Port
• optional NVMe adapter
• earphone plug with UART console mux circuit

Pinebook Pro Schematics and Certifications

• Pinebook Pro Main Board Schematic:
  • Not Yet Available
• Pinkbook Daughter Board Schematic:
  • Pinebook Daughter Board Schematic
• Pinkbook Serial Console Earphone Jack Pinout:
  • Pinkbook Serial Console Earphone Jack Pinout

• Pinebook Pro Certifications:
  • Not Yet Available

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

• Rockchip RK3399 SoC information:
  • Rockchip RK3399 SoC Brief
  • Rockchip RK3399 Datasheet V1.8
  • Rockchip RK3399 Technical Reference Manual part 1
  • Rockchip RK808 Datasheet V0.8
• LPDDR4 (200 Balls) SDRAM:
  • Micron LPDDR4 Mobile LPDDR4 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
• Wireless related info:
  • AMPAK AP6356 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth4.1 Datasheet
• Audio Codec (ES8316)
  • Everest ES8316 Audio Codec

• LCD Panel:
  • 14" LCD Panel datasheet
• Touchpad information:
  • Touchpad Specification for 14" model
• Camera sensor:
  • VGA Camera module specification
  • VGA Camera Sensor Data Sheet
• Lithium Battery information:
  • 10000mAH Lithium Battery Specification for 14" model

Other Resources

• ROCKPro64 Forum
• RockPro64 Guides
• ROCK64/ROCKPro64 IRC Channel
• Rockchip Linux GitHub Repo
• Rockchip Open Source Wiki