PineTab

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The PineTab is a 10" tablet created by Pine64.

Specifications

• Dimensions: 11mm x 175mm x 260mm (Thickness, Width, Height)
• Weight: 575g (Tablet alone)
• Build: Plastic
• Storage:
  • 64GB of internal eMMC storage
  • MicroSD slot, bootable
  • M.2 SSD slot, (optional)
• Cameras: 2Mpx Front, 5Mpx Rear
• CPU: Allwinner A64 Quad Core
• GPU: Mali 400 MP2
• RAM: 2GB LPDDR3
• I/O: HD Video Out (Mini HDMI), Micro USB 2.0 OTG, USB 2.0 A host, 3.5mm Headphone/Mic combo,
• Network
  • WiFi
  • M.2 LTE / Cell MODEM card, (optional, and takes place of optional M.2 SSD)
• Screen: 10.1" IPS 800x1280 Capacitive LCD
• Attachments/Accessories: Magnetically attached keyboard (optional)
• Battery: 6000MAh (6Ah)
• Misc. features:
  • Volume rocker and home button
  • Speakers and Microphone
  • 2.5mm OD 0.7mm ID DC Jack Power (5V 2A) Port

Keyboard

Overview: The PineTab detachable keyboard features a full function row, FN key functionality, meta key (where the Windows key would be) and all of the keys you need for daily use.

FN keys:: Pause/play (F2), Stop (F3), Previous(F4), Next(F5), Music (F6), Mail (F7), Home (F8), Mute (F9), Vol- (F10), Vol+ (F11), Disable touchpad (F12), NumLock (Insert), Scroll Lock (Delete), PgUp (Up Arrow), PgDn (Down Arrow), Home (Left Arrow), End (Right Arrow), Digital Numpad (7,8,9,0,U,I,O,P,J,K,L,;,M,.,/)

PineTab board information, schematics and certifications

• PineTab mainboard schematic:
  • PineTab mainboard Released Schematic ver 1.2
  • PineTab mainboard component placement ver 1.2 - Top View
  • PineTab mainboard component placement ver 1.2 - Bottom View
• PineTab certifications:
  • PineTab FCC Certificate
  • PineTab CE RED Certificate

Datasheets for components and peripherals

• Allwinner A64 SoC information:
  • Allwinner A64 SoC brief introduction
  • Allwinner A64 SoC Data Sheet V1.1 (Official Released Version)
  • Allwinner A64 SoC User Manual V1.0 (Official Release Version)

• X-Powers AXP803 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:
  • AXP803 PMIC datasheet

• LPDDR3 (178 Balls) SDRAM:
  • Artmem 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
  • SanDisk eMMC Datasheet

• CMOS camera module information:
  • OV5640 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC for Rear Module datasheet
  • GC2145 2MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC for Front Module datasheet

• LCD touch screen panel information:
  • GOODiX GT9271 Capacitive Touch Controller datasheet
  • PineTab GT9271 Capacitive Touch Controller configuration file

• Lithium battery information:

• WiFi/BT module information:
  • RTL8723BS/RTL8723CS specification

Operating Systems

The PineTab will automatically boot from microSD if a bootable card is inserted. Although it is technically possible to use any ARM distro (because the PineTab uses the mainline kernel), there are a few that are designed specifically for phones and tablets:

• UBPorts
• postmarketOS
• Arch Linux ARM
• Manjaro ARM
• Mobian

UBPorts

The UBPorts jenkins daily build can be downloaded here

postmarketOS

postmarketOS is a preconfigured version of Alpine Linux for mobile devices. The latest builds can be downloaded from the images page to be flashed to the PineTab.

More information is available at postmarketos.org and on their dedicated PineTab wiki page.

Arch Linux ARM

Arch Linux ARM with LXQt built by Danct12 can be downloaded here

Manjaro ARM

Manjaro ARM with several different environments, including Phosh and Plasma, can be downloaded here

Mobian

Mobian is a project providing Debian images for mobile devices. PineTab images can be downloaded here