Quartz64

The Quartz64 is the most recent Single Board Computer released by Pine64. It is powered by a Rockchip RK3566 Quad-Core ARM Cortex A55 64-Bit Processor with a MALI G-52 GPU.

Key features include a PCIe x2 open ended slot (model A) or m.2 (model B), the use of LPDDR4 RAM.

The Quartz64 is equipped with 2GB, 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 system memory, and 128Mb SPI boot Flash. There is also an optional eMMC module (up to 128GB) and microSD slot for booting. The board is equipped with 1x USB 3.0 type A Host, 3x USB 2.0 Host, Gigabit Ethernet, GPIO Bus, MiPi DSI interface, eink interface (Model A), eDP interface (model A), touch Panel interface (model A), stereo MiPi CSI interface, as well as many other device interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, for makers to integrate with sensors and other peripherals. Many different Operating Systems (OS) are freely available from the open source community, such as Android, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch), and BSD.

Software and OS Image Downloads

• TBD

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Rockchip RK1808

CPU Architecture

• Quad-core Cortex-A55@1.8GHz

• Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU
• AArch32 for full backward compatibility with Armv7
• ARM Neon Advanced SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) support for accelerated media and signal processing computation
• Include VFP hardware to support single and double-precision operations
• ARMv8 Cryptography Extensions
• Integrated 32KB L1 instruction cache, 32KB L1 data cache
• 512KB unified system L3 cache
• TrustZone technology support

Graphic Process Unit GPU Capability

• Mali-G52 2EE Bifrost GPU@800MHz
• 4x Multi-Sampling Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) with minimal performance drop
• 128KB L2 Cache configurations
• Support OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, and 3.2
• Support Vulkan 1.0 and 1.1
• Support OpenCL 2.0 Full Profile
• Support 1600Mpix/s fill rate when 800MHz clock frequency
• Support 38.4GLOPs when 800MHz clock frequency

Neural Process Unit NPU Capability

• Neural network acceleration engine with processing performance up to 0.8 TOPS
• Support integer 8, integer 16 convolution operation
• Support deeplearning frameworks: TensorFlow, TF-lite, Pytorch, Caffe, ONNX, MXNet, Keras, Darknet

System Memory

• RAM Memory Variants: 2GB - 8GB LPDDR4.
• Storage Memory: SPI Flash and optional eMMC module from 16GB up to 128GB

Network

• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n;ac with Bluetooth 5.0 (optional on model A)

Storage

• microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
• USB - 2 (model B) 3 (model A) USB 2.0 Host port, 1 USB 3.0 Host port
• native SATA 2.0 Port (only on model A, share with USB 3.0 host port)

Expansion Ports

• eDP - 4 lanes of 2.7Gbps, up to 2560x1600@60Hz (only on model A)
• DSI - Display Serial Interface, 4 lanes MiPi, up to 1440P on model A, 2 lanes MiPi, up to 1080p on model B
• CSI - CMOS Camera Interface, 4 lanes MiPi up to 8 mega pixel on model A, 2 lanes MiPi up to 5 mega pixel on model B
• TP - Touch Panel Port, SPI with interrupt on model A
• RTC - Real Time Clock Battery Connector
• VBAT - Lithium Battery Connector with temperature sensor input on model A
• Wifi/BT Module Header - SDIO 3.0 and UART on model A, build in Wifi/BT Module on model B
• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header on model B, 2x10 pins GPO header on
• PCIe 2x open ended slot on model A, m.2 slot on model B

Quartz64 board Information, Schematics, and Certifications

• Model "A" Baseboard Dimensions: 133mm x 80mm x 19mm
• Input Power: DC 12V @ 3A 5.5OD/2.1ID Barrel DC Jack connector

• SOEdge Model "A" Baseboard Schematic and PCB Board Resource:
  • Quartz64 Model "A" SBC Schematic ver 1.0 20201124 PDF file
  • Quartz64 Model "A" SBC PCB Connector placement PDF file
• Wifi/BT module Schematic for model A
• ROCKPro64 AP6359SA Wifi/BT Schematic
• Certification:
  • Not yet available

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

• Rockchip RK3566 SoC information:
  • Rockchip RK3566 ver 1.0 datasheet, already got release permission from Rockchip
• DDR4 information:
  • Micron DDR4 Datasheet
• eMMC information:
  • PINE64 eMMC module schematic
  • PINE64 USB adapter for eMMC module V2 schematic
  • PINE64 USB adapter for eMMC module PCB in JPEG
  • 16GB Foresee eMMC Datasheet
  • 32GB/64GB/128GB SanDisk eMMC Datasheet
• SPI NOR Flash information:
  • WinBond 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet
  • GigaDevice 128Mb SPI Flash Datasheet
  • LCD Touch Screen Panel information:
    • 7.0" 1200x600 TFT-LCD Panel Specification
    • Touch Panel Specification
    • GOODiX GT911 5-Point Capacitive Touch Controller Datasheet
  • Ethernet PHY information:
    • Realtek RTL8211 10/100/1000M Ethernet Transceiver
  • Enclosure information:
    • Playbox Enclosure 3D file
    • ABS Enclosure 3D file
    • Outdoor Aluminum Cast Dust-proof IP67 Enclosure Drawing
  • 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