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Class-Leading Performance

With its powerful and modern quad-core ARM-based processor — the Rockchip RK3288 — Tinker Board offers significantly improved performance versus other popular SBC boards. To provide the flexibility needed for different builds and projects, Tinker Board features 2GB of LPDDR3 dual-channel memory. Tinker Board is also equipped with an SD 3.0 interface that offers significantly faster read and write speeds to expandable microSD cards used for the OS, applications and file storage.
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tinker board

tinker your way to the future

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Tinker Board is a Single Board Computer (SBC) in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The Tinker Board offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.

Micro USB power-in
(5V/2~2.5A power is required)
HDMI
MIPI CSI
192K/24bit
HD Audio
GbE LAN
PWM
S/PDIF
MIPI DSI
Upgradable i-PEX antenna header
(MHF4)
802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi &
Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR
40-pins GPIO header
USB 2.0 Ports

Features & Functionality

Class-Leading Performance

With its powerful and modern quad-core ARM-based processor — the Rockchip RK3288 — Tinker Board offers significantly improved performance versus other popular SBC boards. To provide the flexibility needed for different builds and projects, Tinker Board features 2GB of LPDDR3 dual-channel memory. Tinker Board is also equipped with an SD 3.0 interface that offers significantly faster read and write speeds to expandable microSD cards used for the OS, applications and file storage.

Robust GPU Performance & Functionality

Featuring a powerful but energy-efficient design, Tinker Board supports next-generation graphics and GPU computing API’s. Powered by an ARM-based Mali™-T764 GPU, Tinker Board’s GPU and fixed-function processors allow for a wide range of uses, including high-quality media playback, gaming, computer vision, gesture recognition, image stabilization and processing, as well as computational photography and more. Multimedia enthusiasts will appreciate the fixed-function H.264 and H.265 playback support, including playback of HD and UHD video*.

*HD & UHD video playback at 30 fps on Tinker Board is currently only available via the included media player. Third-party video players and applications may not offer hardware acceleration, which will result in limited or unstable playback performance. Please refer to the FAQs for more information.

HD Audio Quality

Further improving on key areas found lacking on many SBC boards, Tinker Board is equipped with an HD codec that supports up to 24-bit/192kHz audio. Its integrated audio jack supports audio output and a microphone in, without an extension module.

Maker-Friendly, with IoT Connectivity

Tinker Board features standard maker connectivity options, including a 40-pin GPIO interface that allow for interfacing with a range inputs from buttons, switches, sensors, LEDs, and much more. Tinker Board is equipped with one DSI MIPI connection for displays and touchscreens. The secondary CSI MIPI connection is for connection to compatible cameras allowing for computer vision, and much more.

Tinker Board also features Gbit LAN for Internet and network connectivity. A dedicated bus resource designed for the LAN port ensures consistent Ethernet performance. The integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controller on the Tinker Board is shielded with a metal cover to ensure minimal interference and improved radio performance. An integrated IPEX antenna header allows for easy antenna replacement or upgrades.

Tinker Board also features a full-size HDMI output. Additionally, it includes four USB 2.0 ports for extensive peripheral and accessory connectivity.

Enhanced DIY Design

Careful consideration went into the design and development of the Tinker Board to ensure that it provides a superior user experience for first-time builders or for seasoned hobbyists. Builders will appreciate the color-coded GPIO header, which makes it easy to recognize respective pin headers.

The PCB dimensions and topology of the Tinker Board align with standard SBC boards, allowing support for a wide range of chassis and physical accessories. The PCB features silk-screening with a connection header and location callouts, for improved connection clarity. The onboard MIPI headers also feature color-coded pull tabs.

Tinker Board also includes a heatsink, which helps improve heat dissipation under heavy loading or in hot ambient environments.

TinkerOS ‧ Supported OS ‧ Applications

A Debian-based distribution ensures a smooth and functional experience, directly out of the box. Whether it’s browsing the web, watching videos, or writing scripts, TinkerOS is a great starting point for your next project or build.

Furthermore TinkerOS has been carefully designed to be extremely lightweight and responsive. Running on top of the base Debian 9 is a the LXDE desktop environment. This GUI is optimized specifically for SBC boards. It also features plug & play NTFS support allowing for easy access to Windows based flash drives and external hard drives. The included web browser has also been carefully selected and optimized. It based on Chromium allowing for speed and stability along with a number of extensions. The ASUS team has help to enable hardware acceleration of the browser allowing for improved web rendering and video playback including HD resolutions in YouTube.

TinkerOS also includes a number of popular applications allowing for easy programming and development. These include IDLE / Python as well as Squeak / Scratch.

Beyond TinkerOS and its Debian Linux offering Tinker Board also support the Android Operating system. This allows for an entirely different usage scenarios ranging from media playback, gaming, and much more.

Tinker board is also working closely with a wide range of popular applications to enable support & optimize functionality.

Tinker Board Performance

CPU Performance

Tinker Board features an ARM-based RK3288 SoC and is equipped with four cores to enhance multithread application performance. It operates at frequencies of up to 1.8GHz, improving performance across all applications. This increase in CPU core count, along with an increase in processor frequency, helps to enable significantly faster performance across a wide range of applications, extending and enhancing project capabilities. As a result, typical PC tasks are faster and more responsive.

GPU Performance

Tinker Board’s GPU is based on the Mali™-T764 GPU. It offers up 16 cores and a 600MHz clock speed. When compared to competitor SBC GPUs, Tinker Board offers better GPU computing and GPU acceleration performance.

Stream and Memory Performance

Tinker Board offers dual-channel DDR3 which delivers better memory bandwidth versus competitor devices that offer only a single-channel DDR2.

SD Card Read/Write Speed

Tinker Board has a microSD slot for onboard expandable storage. It supports the SD 3.0 standard, so it can use higher capacity microSD cards that offer significantly faster read and write performance.

．Read speeds: up to 89% faster
．Write speeds: up to 40% faster

*Card spec: ADATA Premier UHS-I C10 64GBexFAT

Network/Audio Specifications

SpecificationWi-FiAudio Format
/ Sample Rate		Audio Function
Tinker Board802.11 b/g/n with upgradable IPEX antennaPlay: 24bit/192KHz, Record: 24bit/96KHzAudio output, Microphone input
Competitor SBC802.11 b/g/n16bit/48KHzAudio output only

Networks Performance

Tinker Board features gigabit Ethernet, which offers significantly improved throughput versus competitor SBCs that are equipped with 10/100 Ethernet.

．Transfer/receive speeds

Tinker Board’s dedicated controller and non-shared bus design ensure superior packet delivery and reception. LAN performance remains the same on the Tinker Board during USB transfers versus LAN performance of competitor SBC’s which experience up to an 18% reduction in speed during USB transfer.

．LAN performance with USB transfer

USB Speed

Tinker Board offers superior read and write performance with external storage drives, allowing quicker read and write speeds. This improves workflow, copying, backups and overall file usage.

．Read speeds: up to 154% faster
．Write speeds: up to 6% faster

*Card spec: Kingston DataTraveler 64GB USB3.0

Wi-Fi Performance (Signal Loss)

Tinker Board Wi-Fi performance is more robust than most competitor devices, allowing for improved signal reception.

Location: OctoScope platform
Target AP: ASUS RT-AC66U (Broadcom)		Standard: b/g/n mixed
Channel: 6
Bandwidth: 20MHz
Security: none

*Tinker Board – OS: Linux 4.4.0+ armv7l l Image Version: V20170113 l Memory Type: 2GB l CPU Type, Speed[GHz]: Cortex-A17 Quad-core 1.8GHz l GPU Type, Speed[MHz]: Mali™ T-764
*Competitor SBC – OS: Linux 4.4.11+ armv7l l Memory Type: 1GB l CPU Type, Speed[GHz]: Cortex-A53 Quad-core 1.2GHz l GPU Type, Speed[MHz]: VideoCore IV

Community ‧ Contact Us

For inquiries relating to product qualification & validation and application support or peripheral & accessory support, please contact us at [email protected]

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Documentation

Getting started

Requirement:

1 x Micro SD card with at least 8GB capacity
．1 x Micro USB cable and a 5V/2~2.5A USB power adapter with LPS marking
．1 x Monitor with HDMI cable
．1 x Keyboard and Mouse set
Note: To enhance the system stability, using high-speed SD card (Class 10 or above) is highly recommended.
1. Insert the microSD card into a Linux PC
2. Rename the image to output.img and then put the file into the FlashUSB folder
3. Execute FlashUSB.sh
===============================================
Select the disk you want to flash:
sdc -Multiple_Flash_Reader_058F63616476-0:1
sdb -Generic-_Compact_Flash_058F63616476-0:0
Enter the number:0
dd if=/home/yihsin/Rockchip/aa7-demo/out/target/output.img of=/dev/sdc seek=0 bs=16M conv=notrunc
flash start!
flash end!
===============================================
Insert the microSD card into the slot on the Tinker Board.
Connect the power supply, keyboard, mouse and your monitor. Now boot it up!

Hardware

One powerful feature of the Tinker Board is the row of available GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins along the edge of the board. These pins are a physical interface between the Tinker Board and the outside world. At the simplest level, you can think of them as switches that can be turned on or off. Of the 40 pins, 28 are GPIO pins (shared with SPI/UART/I2C pins). The Tinker Board is equipped with one SPI bus that offers two chip selects. The SPI bus is available on the onboard 40-pin header.

Download

Note: TinkerOS default username is ”linaro” ; password is “linaro”

GPIO API

Python

Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.

1. Open a terminal and Install dependency package.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev

2. Download Python GPIO library
wget
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Linux/Tinker_Board_2GB/GPIO_API_for_Python.zip

3. Unzip GPIO_API_for_Python.zip and navigate to folder
unzip GPIO_API_for_Python.zip
cd GPIO_API_for_Python/

4. Install Python GPIO library for Tinker Board
sudo python setup.py install
sudo python3 setup.py install

5. Reference codes
There’re few sample codes under this folder
/GPIO_API_for_Python/test
add_event_callback.py (add_event_detect function for input GPIO)
btc.py (unit test for all functions of GPIO)
forloop.py (pull high all GPIO and then pull down all GPIO)
pwm.py (Software PWM function test)
pwm_input.py (Software PWM function test by raw_input)

C

C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.

1. Open a terminal and download C GPIO library
wget http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Linux/Tinker_Board_2GB/GPIO_API_for_C.zip

2. Unzip GPIO_API_for_C.zip and navigate to folder
unzip GPIO_API_for_C.zip
cd GPIO_API_for_C/

3. Install C GPIO library for Tinker Board
sudo chmod +x build
sudo ./build

4. Check install success or not
gpio -v
gpio readall

5. Reference codes
There’re few sample codes under this folder /GPIO_API_for_C/wiringpitest or /GPIO_API_for_C/examples

GPIO pinout

If you would like to control GPIO’s SPI, I2C or serial(UART) with Python, it is recommended to use 3rd party or open source Python library, such as spidev, smbus2 or pySerial.

GPIO.Setmode
(GPIO.ASUS)		GPIO.Setmode
(GPIO.BOARD)		PinoutPhysical Pin
Number		PinoutGPIO.Setmode
(GPIO.BOARD)		GPIO.Setmode
(GPIO.ASUS)
1VCC3.3V_IO12VCC5V_SYS2
2523GP8A4_I2C1_SDA34VCC5V_SYS4
2535GP8A5_I2C1_SCL56GND6
177GP0C1_CLKOUT78GP5B1_UART1TX8161
9GND910GP5B0_UART1RX10160
16411GP5B4_SPI0CLK_UART4CTSN1112GP6A0_PCM/I2S_CLK12184
16613GP5B6_SPI0_TXD_UART4TX1314GND14
16715GP5B7_SPI0_RXD_UART4RX1516GP5B2_UART1CTSN16162
17VCC33_IO1718GP5B3_UART1RTSN18163
25719GP8B1_SPI2TXD1920GND20
25621GP8B0_SPI2RXD2122GP5C322171
25423GP8A6_SPI2CLK2324GP8A7_SPI2CSN024255
25GND2526GP8A3_SPI2CSN126251
23327GP7C1_I2C4_SDA2728GP7C2_I2C4_SCL28234
16529GP5B5_SPI0CSN0_UART4RTSN2930GND30
16831GP5C0_SPI0CSN13132GP7C7_UART2TX_PWM332239
23833GP7C6_UART2RX_PWM23334GND34
18535GP6A1_PCM/I2S_FS3536GP7A7_UART3RX36223
22437GP7B0_UART3TX3738GP6A3_PCM/I2S_SDI38187
39GND3940GP6A4_PCM/I2S_SDO40188

Specification

Additional information

Weight0.1 kg
Dimensions10 × 10 × 10 cm

Specifications

Specifications

  • CPU
    Rockchip Quad-Core RK3288 processor
  • Memory
    2GB Dual Channel DDR3
  • Graphic
    Integrated Graphics Processor

    ARM® Mali™-T764 GPU*1

  • Storage
    Micro SD(TF) card slot
  • LAN
    RTL GB LAN
  • Wireless Data Network
    802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0 + EDR
  • Audio
    RTL ALC4040 CODEC
  • USB Ports
    4 x USB 2.0
  • Internal I/O Ports
    1 x 40-pin header :
    – up to 28 x GPIO pins
    – up to 2 x SPI bus
    – up to 2 x I2C bus
    – up to 4 x UART
    – up to 2 x PWM
    – up to 1 x PCM/I2S
    – 2 x 5V power pins
    – 2 x 3.3V power pins
    – 8 x ground pins
    1 x 2-pin contact pin :
    – 1 x PWM
    – 1 x S/PDIF
    1 x 15-pin MIPI DSI
    1 x 15-pin MIPI CSI
  • Accessories
    Passive heatsink*2
    User manual
  • Weight
    55g
  • Note
    *1. The ARM® Quad-Core Mali GPU supports max. resolution of [email protected] (up-scaled from 1080P) with H.264/H.265 hardware decoder (update coming soon).
    *2. Do not touch the SoC or heatsink surface directly to prevent possible burn injury.

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Asus Tinker Board

₹5,990.00₹6,990.00