Pinebook

Accessories Step-by-Step Guides

Under 'Guides for PINE A64(+) accessories' you can find instructions and guides pertaining to:

• 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

• 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.

Board Features

Video

• HDMI 1.4a (Type A - full)

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 HDMI port
• microSD card port - support SD, SDHC, SDXC uo to 256GB
• 2x USB 2.0 port
• earphone plug with UART console mux circuit

Pinebook Information and Schematics

• Board Dimensions: 133mm x 80mm x 19mm
• Input Power: DC 5V @ 3A

• PINE A64 PCB dimension
• Board Model Comparison
• PINE A64 Board Schematic:
  • PINE A64 512MB Rev B Board Schematic
  • PINE A64+ 1GB Rev B Board Schematic
  • PINE A64+ 2GB Rev C Board Schematic
• PINE A64 Certification:
  • PINE A64 FCC Certificate
  • PINE A64 CE Certificate
  • PINE A64 RoHS 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
  • Ethernet PHY information:
    • Realtek RTL8211 10/100/1000M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE A64+ Board
    • Realtek RTL8201 10/100M Ethernet Transceiver for PINE A64 Board
  • Wifi/BT module information:
    • Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi with BT SDIO
  • LCD Panel:
    • 11.6" LCD Panel datasheet
    • 14" LCD Panel datasheet
  • Touchpad information:
    • Touchpad Specification for 11.6" model
    • Touchpad Specification for 14" model
  • Camera sensor:
    • VGA Camera module specification
    • VGA Camera Sensor Data Sheet
  • Lithium Battery information:
    • 10000mAH Lithium Battery Specification for 11.6" model
    • 10000mAH Lithium Battery Specification for 14" model

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