Asus Tinker Board
Type | 90MB0QY1-M0EAY0 |
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Release date | April 19, 2017 |
Introductory price | about US$59.99 |
Operating system | TinkerOS (a Debian Linux derivative), Armbian (Debian or Ubuntu derivative), Android |
System on a chip | Rockchip RK3288 |
CPU | 1.8 GHz 32-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 |
Memory | 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 |
Storage | MicroSDHC UHS-1 slot |
Graphics | ARM Mali-T760 M4 GPU - Supports 1080 & 4K |
Website | ASUS specifications page |
The ASUS Tinker Board is a single board computer launched by ASUS in early 2017. Its physical size and GPIO pinout are designed to be compatible with the second and third-generation Raspberry Pi models. The first released board features 4K video, 2GB of onboard RAM, gigabit Ethernet and a Rockchip RK3288 processor running at 1.8 GHz.[1]
Specifications
Model | Tinker Board | Tinker Board S | Tinker Edge T | Tinker Edge R |
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Release Date | April 2017 | January 2018 | November 2019[2] | |
SoC | Rockchip RK3288 | NXP i.MX 8M | Rockchip RK3399Pro | |
Architecture | ARMv7-A (32-bit) | ARMv8 (64-bit) | ||
CPU | Quad core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A17 (up to 2.6GHz turbo clock speed) | Quad core 1.5[3] GHz ARM Cortex-A53 | Hexa core. 2x Cortex-A72 cores up to 1.8 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 cores @ 1.4 GHz | |
GPU | 600 MHz Mali-T760 MP4 GPU | GC7000 Lite 3D GPU | 800 MHz Mali-T860 MP4 GPU | |
Coprocessor | NA | Google Edge TPU
4 TOPS of performance |
NPU
3 TOPS of performance | |
RAM | 2GB dual channel LPDDR3 | 1GB LPDR4 | 4 GB dual channel LPDR4 for system, 2 GB LPDDR3 for NPU | |
Storage | removable MicroSD slot (supporting SD 3.0 ) | 16GB eMMC + removable MicroSD slot (supporting SD 3.0) | 8GB eMMC | 16GB eMMC + removable MicroSD slot (supporting SD 3.0) |
Video output | full size HDMI 1.4, MIPI-DSI (compatible with the Raspberry Pi 7" display and others) | |||
Video input | MIPI-CSI camera | 2x MIPI-CSI camera | ||
Audio | RTL ALC4040 HD CODEC, Play: 24bit/192kHz, Record: 24bit/96kHz
3.5 mm audio jack (supporting line out and microphone in) |
RTL ALC4040 HD CODEC, Play: 24bit/192kHz, Record: 24bit/96kHz
3.5 mm audio jack (supporting line out and microphone in, Plug-in Detection and Auto-Switch) |
3.5 mm audio jack | |
Other IO | 40-pin header with:
1 x 2-pin contact pin :
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40-pin header with:
1 x 2-pin contact pin :
1 x 2-pin Power-on Header |
40-pin header with:
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40-pin header with:
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USB | 4 x USB 2.0 ports | 2 x USB 3.0, 1x USB-C | 3 x USB 3.0 ports, 1x USB-C | |
Networking | Gigabit LAN (not shared with USB bus) | |||
Wireless | Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, with IPEX antenna header | Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi | Bluetooth 4.2, 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi | |
Power | Micro-USB; due to Micro-USB power delivery limitations, powering over GPIO is suggested [4][5] | GPIO | GPIO | |
Form Factor | 3.37 x 2.125 inch (8.55 x 5.4 cm) | 8.5 x 5.6cm | 10.0 x 7.2cm | |
Weight | 55g | |||
Operating Systems | ||||
Notes | The specifications provided by Asus[9][10] | [11] | [12] | [13] |
History
ASUS's intent to release a single board computer was leaked shortly after CES 2017[14] on SlideShare.[15] ASUS originally planned for a late February 2017 release, but a UK vendor broke the embargo and began advertising and selling boards starting on 13 February 2017, before ASUS's marketing department was ready.[16] ASUS subsequently pulled the release; the Amazon sales page was changed to show a 13 March 2017 release date, but was later removed entirely.[17] However, as of 24 March 2017[update], the Tinker Board again became available on Amazon. ASUS assured reviewer websites that the board is now in full production.[18]
Benchmarks
Tests so far have shown that the Tinker Board has roughly twice the processing power of the Raspberry Pi Model 3 when the Pi 3 runs in 32-bit mode.[19] Because the Pi 3 has not released a 64-bit operating system yet, no comparisons are available against a Pi 3 running in 64-bit mode.
Recent[when?] benchmark testing found that while the WLAN performance is only around 30Mbit/s, the gigabit ethernet delivers a full 950Mbit/s throughput.[18] RAM access tested using the mbw benchmark is 25% faster than the Pi 3. SD card (microSD) access is about twice as fast at 37MiB/s for buffered reads (compared to typically around 18MiB/s for the Pi 3[20]) due to the Tinker Board's SDIO 3.0 interface, while cached reads can reach speeds up to 770MiB/s.[18]
References
- ^ https://www.asus.com/uk/Single-board-Computer/TINKER-BOARD/
- ^ Shilov, Anton. "ASUS & Google Team Up for 'Tinker Board' AI-Focused Credit-Card Sized Computers". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ TINKER_EDGE_T_QSG (Quick Start Guide) for English
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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- ^ "LibreELEC (Leia) v8.95.2 BETA".
- ^ "ELAR Systems".
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- ^ "FAQ-Tinkerboard_20170425" (PDF). asus.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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- ^ "Tinker Board S | Single-board Computer". ASUS United Kingdom. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ Aufranc, Jean-Luc (2019-05-29). "ASUS Tinker Edge T & CR1S-CM-A SBC to Feature Google Coral Edge TPU & NXP i.MX 8M Processor". CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ Aufranc, Jean-Luc (2019-05-31). "ASUS Tinker Edge R Pico-ITX Board to Feature Rockchip RK3399Pro SoC". CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ "A Motherboard Manufacturer's Take On A Raspberry Pi Competitor".
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- ^ "Review: The Asus Tinker Board (Updated)".
- ^ "In the lab: Asus' Tinker Board SBC".
- ^ a b c "Tinker Board im Test: Hardware Top, Software Flop (link in German)".
- ^ "ASUS Tinker Board is a Raspberry Pi 3 Alternative based on Rockchip RK3288 Processor".
- ^ "Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison - 2015".