1080P Pinebook
Software and OS Image Downloads
1080P Pinebook
Under '1080P Pinebook 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:
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
Pinebook Service Step-by-Step Guides
Under 'Service Guides for Pinebook' you can instructions guides concerning disassembly of:
Note: The installation process is the reverse order of removal guide
- 11.6″ Pinebook Lithium Battery Pack Removal Guide
- 11.6″ Pinebook LCD Panel Screen Removal Guide
- 11.6″ Pinebook eMMC Module Removal Guide
Pinebook Information
- Dimensions: 299mm x 200mm x 12mm (WxDxH - 11" Pinebook)
- Weight: 1.04Kg (11" Pinebook)
- Input Power: DC 5V @ 3A
SoC and Memory Specification
- Based on Allwinner A64
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
- System RAM Memory: 2GB
- Storage Memory: 16GB eMMC module, can be upgrade to 32GB or 64GB eMMC module
Battery
- Lithium Polymer Battery (10,000mAH)
Video
- Mini Digital Video Port (Type A - mini)
Audio
- 3.5mm stereo earphone/microphone plug
Network
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with Bluetooth 4.0
- 10/100Mbps USB Ethernet Dongle (Optional)
Storage
- microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
- USB - 2 USB2.0 Host port
Expansion Ports
- mini Digital Video port
- microSD card port - support SD, SDHC, SDXC uo to 256GB
- 2x USB 2.0 port
- earphone plug with UART console mux circuit
Pinebook Schematics and Certifications
- Pinebook A64 Main Board Schematic:
- Pinkbook Daughter Board Schematic:
- Pinkbook Serial Console Earphone Jack Pinout:
- Pinebook Certifications:
Datasheets for Components and Peripherals
- Allwinner A64 SoC information:
- X-Powers AXP803 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:
- LPDDR3 information:
- eMMC information:
- SPI NOR Flash information:
- Wifi/BT module information:
- LCD Panel:
- Touchpad information:
- Camera sensor:
- Lithium Battery information:
Other Resources
- Linux Sunxi Wiki page on Pinebook
- Pinebook Linux Github by ayufan
- Pinebook Android Github by ayufan
- Armbian's Pinebook Page
FAQ
Key left of Z ( \ | )
How to map the key next to Z to the symbols on \ and | (rather than <>) ?
Choose the alternative international US keyboard layout and variant. The name will depend on you desktop environment:
- English (US, alt. intl.)
- English (US, international AltGr Unicode combining, alternative)
- English (US, alternative internatioinal)
Note: some of the above keyboard variants change the upper left key for ` and ~. You have to press that key twice to get the desired char. This happens with the alt-intl variant. Choose the altgr-intl variant (or however it is called in your desktop environment) and it should work as expected.
To set the keyboard layout and variant in the terminal for X-Windows use:
setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl
The Archlinux Wiki has some good help if you need to tweak your layout further [1]
Key between Fn and Alt (Menu / Meta)
How to map the key between Fn and Alt to SUPER / META ?
The initial setup in many desktop environments maps the key between Fn and Alt to MENU. Although the menu key can be useful as well (e.g. spell correction in the browser) many Desktop environments and window manager also use the Super key for many other useful functions. And user are probably user to have the META key near Ctrl and Alt.
In X-windows the following command maps the key between Fn and Alt to META and also the Caps-Lock key to MENU.
setxkbmap -option caps:menu,altwin:alt_super_win
Set display brightness in the terminal
To set the display brightness in the terminal use this command:
xbacklight -setXX
XX is the percentage (%) of brightness. E.g. for 70% brightness
xbacklight -set70
Get battery % in CLI
As ACPI is not compatible with ARM, to gather the % battery this can be used:
cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity