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PINE64 is a community-driven company focused on creating high-quality, low-cost ARM devices and, more recently, RISC-V devices for individuals and businesses around the globe. PINE64 made its debut with the Pine A64 single-board computer, which successfully launched on Kickstarter in 2015. PINE64 has since released a multitude of other devices, including both development boards and end-user devices. To learn more about the available devices, please see the list of devices below.
PINE64 has a large, diverse and active community, and offers a variety of resources for hobbyists and businesses to successfully leverage various PINE64 products. To become connected and involved with the community, please see the description of available chat platforms and forums below. To learn more about PINE64 as a company, please visit www.pine64.org or www.pine64.com, which are the main PINE64 website and the PINE64 store, respectively.
Devices
You can learn more about the following ARM and RISC-V devices manufactured by PINE64:
- Phones and tablets: PinePhone and PineTab
- Laptops: Pinebook, Pinebook Pro and Pinebook Pro Docking station
- Single-board computers: Quartz64, ROCKPro64, ROCK64, PINE A64, PINE A64-LTS and PINE H64
- Clusters and modules: Clusterboard, SOPine and SOEdge
- Smartwatches: PineTime
- IP cameras: PineCube
- Makerspace: Pinecil, PinePower and Nutcracker/PineCone
Community and Support
Community collaboration and support is focused around the chat platforms and forums described below. As an example of the collaborative efforts of the community, recent activity has resulted in drafting a proposal for a new flash-based storage device.
Chat Platforms
| Channel | Matrix | Telegram |
|---|---|---|
| PINE64 News | missing | @PINE64_News |
| PINE A64 SBC | #pine64:matrix.org | @mtrx_pine64 |
| ROCK64 / ROCKPro64 | #rock64:matrix.org | @mtrx_rock64 |
| Quartz64 | #quartz64:matrix.org | Quartz64 |
| Quartz64 Development | missing | missing |
| Pinebook and Pinebook Pro | #pinebook:matrix.org | @mtx_pinebook |
| PinePhone | #pinephone:matrix.org | @pinephone |
| PineTab | #pinetab:matrix.org | @PineTab |
| PineTime | #pinetime:matrix.org | @pinetime |
| PineTime Development | #pinetime-dev:matrix.org | @pinetime_dev |
| Accessories | missing | missing |
| Pinecil | #pinecil:matrix.org | Pinecil |
| Pinetalk | missing | missing |
| Cube | #cube64:matrix.org | missing |
| Nutcracker | #pine64-nutcracker:matrix.org | Nutcracker |
| Off-topic | #offtopic64:matrix.org | @pine64offtopic |
PINE64 has a large and very active community. Community discussion takes place on a variety of chat platforms, which are all bridged together so the messages sent via one platform are sent to all other platforms automatically. The community chat platforms are the following:
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): server irc.pine64.org, type
/listto see all available channels; web interface is available on www.pine64.org/web-irc, but only some of the channels are available - Discord: use the invite link; all channels are available
- Matrix and Telegram: see the table in this section for the list of available channels
Forums
PINE64 runs an offical forum powered by open-source MyBB forum server software. According to the general guidelines, the forum can be used to report issues, help out other users, offer findings and new information, etc. Users can also engage directly with the community and the developers of partner projects, as well as with the PINE64 members.
The official PINE64 forum can be accessed on forum.pine64.org.
Also, these are the official Reddit subsections, commonly referred to as subreddits:
Help for Beginners
There are sections in the wiki dedicated to the very beginners who are just getting started in the world of single-board computers (SBCs) and ARM architecture. If you're just starting out and having issues with getting going, please consider browsing these sections for pointers:
- Getting started: basic information on setting up and handling PINE64 devices, such as how to write (flash) OS images to microSD cards and eMMC modules
- Project ideas: a variety of well-documented PINE64 projects to serve as inspiration