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
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
Schematics and certifications
Model "A" Baseboard dimensions: 133 mm x 80 mm x 19 mm
Power inputs:
- DC barrel jack, 3.5 mm OD / 1.35 mm ID, 2 A at 5 V
- 3.7 V lithium-ion battery connector
- Euler connector
Schematics:
- 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 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 and Archive.org link
Pine A64-LTS 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:
LPDDR3 information:
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:
Related to the PINE A64-LTS:
- 5MPixel CMOS Camera module information:
- LCD Touch Screen Panel information:
- Lithium Battery information:
- Ethernet PHY information:
- Wifi/BT module information:
- Enclosure information:
- Connector information:
- Remote control button mapping
Pine A64 POT
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