Tinker Board (Asus) - quad core 1.8 Ghz + 2 GB RAM

At the end of October 2016 the Asus Tinker Board was exhibited at the Mini Maker Faire New Taipei. A major motherboard manufacturer is launching a single board computer based on the form factor of the Raspberry Pi 3.

With TinkerOS is a Debian Linux operating system available, unfortunately the development progressing is very slow and the GPU hardware acceleration has not been seen yet.

Order: Tinker Board (Asus)

Pro vs. Contra

  • proGigabit network

  • proWi-Fi and Bluetooth

  • proColour coded GPIO

  • contraCPU incl. cooler gets very hot

  • contraNo HDMI 2.0

  • contraNo CEC

  • contraMultimedia

Info

Producer: Asus tw

http://www.asus.com

Status: Launched

Price: 60 €

Technical Specifications - Released: 04.01.2017

SOC: Rockchip 3288

CPU Architecture: ARM Cortex A17

CPU Cores: 4

CPU Frequency: 1.8 GHz

GPU: Mali-T760 MP4
600 MHz
H.264

RAM: 2 GB

RAM Type: LPDDR3

RAM Speed: -

Video output: HDMI 1.4b

HDMI CEC: No

Audio output: 3.5 mm jack, HDMI

USB: 4x USB 2.0

USB OTG: -

Ethernet: 10/100/1000 MBit/s

Wifi: 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth: 4.0 + EDR

GPIO: 40 Pin

Storage: microSD

Power: 2.5A @ 5V - Micro-USB

Power idle: -

Power max: -

Dimension: 87.2 x 58.3 x 19.8 mm

Weight: 48.3 g

Operatingsystem: TinkerOS Debian