Project Anakin

The Project "Anakin" - Phase 1 of PINE64 Smartphone "PinePhone" Development Kit

Project Anakin is a marsh-up kit for the PINE64 Smartphone dubbed "PinePhone". It is used in the early stages of development as a starting point for affiliated projects. PinePhone development has been broken down into three distinct phases:

• First phase - Project Anakin
• Second phase - purpose-built development kit code named "Don't be evil". It will be introduced at FOSDEM 2019
• Lastly, the third phase which is the PinePhone itself - scheduled to be released in Q3 2019 (pending on software development).

The Anakin kit consists of following components:

• SoPine Module
• SoPine Model A baseboard
• Pine A64 Wifi/BT module
• 16GB eMMC module
• 5 Mega Piixel CMOS Camera Sensor
• 7" Touch Screen LCD Panel
• Playbox Enclosure
• Lithium Ion Battery case (note: battery not included, can accommodate 1-3 pieces of 18650 size Lithium Ion batter. In general, one is good enough)
• Quectel EC20 R2.1 LTE Module (note: The SIM tray design not distinguish polarity well and all reverse slot in)

You can also flash an OS image manually; please follow the instructions below.

Software and OS Image Downloads

Arch Linux mainline build by anarsoul

• Direct download latest release build from anarsoul github and look for archlinux-xfce-sopine-xxxxxxxx-x.img.xz
• Login with
  • User Name: alarm, Password: alarm
  • User Name: root, Password: root
• please login root and execute "pacman -Syu" for latest update
• Standby feature not yet implemented

AOSC Community mainline minimum build by icenowy

• To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
  • Icenowy's github for A64 SoC
• Login with
  • username: aosc
  • password: anthon

Mali-400 64-bit Driver

Mali-400 64-bit Driver [20171220]

• Mali 64-bit X11 and Wayland Driver Download

Quick Links to Build Sources of OS Images

• A64 mainline status matrix chart

Some these OS images labelled as beta or nightly builds which means they are only fit for testing purposes

These images should be used at your own risk and are not fit for normal use

• Arch Linux XFCE
• longsleep BSP Linux
• ayufan Linux

Accessories Step-by-Step Guides

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

• Playbox Enclosure
• Bluetooth and WiFi module
• 7" Touch Screen LCD Panel

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Allwinner A64/R18
  • R18 and A64 are identical SoC but R18 committed for 10 years supply by 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: SPI Flash and optional eMMC module from 16GB up to 64GB

Project Anakin, SOPine Module and Baseboard Information, Schematics, and Certifications

• Model "A" Baseoard Dimensions: 133mm x 80mm x 19mm
• Input Power: DC 5V @ 2A, 3.7V Li-Ion battery connector, 3.5OD/1.35ID Barrel DC Jack connector, Euler connector
• PINE A64 Connector Layout @courtesy of norm24
• PINE A64 Connector List
• SOPine Module Pin Assignment ver 1.0
• 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
• SOPine Module Schematic:
  • SOPine Module Schematic
• SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic and PCB Board Resource:
  • SOPine model "A" Baseboard is an hardware open source project but is not "OSH" compliant
  • SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic capture Rev B DSN source file
  • SOPine Model "A" Baseboard Schematic Rev B PDF file
  • SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Job source file
  • SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Gerber file
  • SOPine Model "A" Baseboard PCB Layout PDF file
• SOPine (together with model "A" baseboard) Certification:
  • SOPine with model "A" baseboard FCC Certificate
  • SOPine with model "A" baseboard CE Certificate
  • SOPine with model "A" baseboard RoHS Certificate

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

Allwinner A64/R18 SoC information:

• R18 and A64 are identical SoC but R18 committed for 10 years supply by vendor.
• 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:

• AXP803 PMIC Datasheet

LPDDR3 information:

• Allwinner LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Foresee LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Samsung LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Hynix 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
• Hynix eMMC Datasheet
• Foresee eMMC Datasheet

SPI NOR Flash information:

• WinBond 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet
• GigaDevice 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet

Project Anakin module/component related information:

• 5MPixel Rear CMOS Camera module information:
  • PINE64 YL-PINE64-4EC 5M Pixel CMOS Image Sensor Module (Description in Chinese)
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC Module Datasheet
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC Chip Datasheet
  • S5K4EC 5MP CMOS Image Sensor Driver Source Code in C language
• LCD Touch Screen Panel information:
  • 7.0" 1200x600 TFT-LCD Panel Specification
  • Touch Panel Specification
  • GOODiX GT911 5-Point Capacitive Touch Controller Datasheet
• Lithium Battery information:

• 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
• Enclosure information:
  • Playbox Enclosure 3D file
• Connector information:
  • 2.0mm PH Type connector specification use in Lithium Battery (VBAT) port and RTC Battery port
  • 0.5mm Pitch cover type FPC connector specification use in DSI port, TP port and CSI port

• LTE module information:
  • Note: The current Project Anakin kit deploy on using Quectel EC20_R2.1 which belongs to EC25 family. Actual production will use EC25 and EG25-G (still preliminary) module pending on region.
  • Quectel EC20 R2.1 LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EG25-G LTE Module Specification
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module AT Cammands Set Manual
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Hardware Design Guide
  • Quectel EC25 LTE Module Reference Design Guide

Other Resources

• Linux Sunxi Wiki page on PINE A64
• Linux Image created by Andre Przywara
• PINE64 Linux build scripts, tools and instructions by Longsleep
• PINE64 Linux image by Longsleep
• Shrinking images on Linux by FrozenCow
• Quectel EC-25 LTE module open source information