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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.
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 learn more about PINE64 and the available devices, please see the list below and visit the main PINE64 website.
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 and PINE H64
- Clusters and modules: SOPine Clusterboard, SOPine and SOEdge
- Smartwatches: PineTime
- IP cameras: PineCube
- Makerspace: Pinecil, PinePower and Nutcracker
Community and Support
Community support is focused around the chat platforms and forums. As an example of the collaborative efforts of the community, recent activity has resulted in drafting a proposal for a new storage device.
Chat Platforms
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:
- IRC: server irc.pine64.org, type
/listto see all available channels (web interface is available on https://www.pine64.org/web-irc/, but only some of the channels are available) - Discord: invite link (all channels are available)
- Matrix and Telegram: see the table below
| Name | 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 |
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, but users can also engage directly with the community and the developers of partner projects, as well as with PINE64 members.
The official PINE64 forum can be accessed on forum.pine64.org.
Also, there are a couple of official Reddit subsections:
Help for Beginners
There are sections dedicated to the very beginners who are just getting started in the world of single-board computers (SBC) and ARM architecture. If you're just starting out and having issues with getting going, please consider browsing both sections for pointers:
- Getting started — basic information on how to flash SD cards and eMMC modules as well as handling your devices
- Project ideas — a variety of well-documented PINE64 projects to serve as inspiration