Project Anakin

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The Project "Anakin" - Phase 1 of PINE64 SmartPhone Developer Kit

The Project Anakin is a marsh-up kit for PINE64 SmartPhone "PinePhone" first phase developer kit. PinePhone schedule totally has three phase, second phase code name "Don't be evil" plan to introduce on FOSDEM 2019 and third phase PinePhone itself will be released on 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 szie Lithium Ion batter. In general, one is good enough)
  • Quectel EC20 R2.1 LTE Module


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

Software and OS Image Downloads

Project Anakin

Under the 'SOPINE Software and OS Image Download Section' you can find a complete list of currently supported Mainline Linux Operating System images that work with the Akakin project as well as other related software. The list includes OS images and descriptions of:


Mali-400 64-bit Driver

Mali-400 64-bit Driver [20171220]

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.

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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

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

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

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Other Resources