This document introduces an open source hardware board called the Tinker Board. It has a powerful quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity, and various ports. The document discusses its intended uses for education, making, and IoT applications. It provides an overview of the board's specifications and compares its performance to the Raspberry Pi. Instructions are given for setting up the board along with answers to frequently asked questions.

1. DREAM, INVENT, INSPIRE

2. Designing Concept
- For EDUCATION
• Electronics learning
• Programming/coding study
- For MAKER
• A powerful board that highly compatible with current solution
and peripherals available in the market
- For IoT/Industrial application
• Low power consumption with high performance platform

3. Usage Scenarios
LAPTOP
Mini PC
PHONE
ARCADE GAME
PORTABLE GAME
CONSOLE
RC PRODCUTS
DIGITAL
WALL CALENDAR
TIME-LAPSE
CAMERA

4. Product Overview
Color Box Quick start guide ESD shielding bag
Power-in jack
HDMI with
4K decode capability
3.5mm audio jack
Gbit Ethernet
USB 2.0 Ports
802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 4.0
with upgradable i-PEX antenna header
40-pins GPIO header
Other Package Contents:
RK3288 ARM A17 Quad-cores
1.8Ghz SoC
VCC33_IO 1 2 VCC_SYS
GP8A4_I2C1_SDA 3 4 VCC_SYS
GP8A5_I2C1_SCL 5 6 GND
GP0C1_CLKOUT 7 8 GP5B1_UART1TX
GND 9 10 GP5B0_UART1RX
GP5B4_SPI0CLK_UART4CTSN 11 12 GP6A0_PCM_CLK
GP5B6_SPI0_TXD_UART4TX 13 14 GND
GP5B7_SPI0_RXD_UART4RX 15 16 GP5B2_UART1CTSN
VCC33_IO 17 18 GP5B3_UART1RTSN
GP8B1_SPI2TXD 19 20 GND
GP8B0_SPI2RXD 21 22 GP5C3
GP8A6_SPI2CLK 23 24 GP8A7_SPI2CSN0
GND 25 26 GP8A3_SPI2CSN1
GP7C1_I2C4_SDA 27 28 GP7C2_I2C4_SCL
GP5B5_SPI0CSN0_UART4RTSN 29 30 GND
GP5C0_SPI0CSN1 31 32 GP7C7_UART2TX_PWM3
GP7C6_UART2RX_PWM2 33 34 GND
GP6A1_PCM_FS 35 36 GP7A7_UART3RX
GP7B0_UART3TX 37 38 GP6A3_PCM_SDI
GND 39 40 GP6A4_PCM_SDO
Display signal
Camera signal
Reserve for sensor, LED, switch,
button, motor…peripherals
debian
S/PDIF (Contact Point) 41 42 PWM (Contact Point)
OS:
Heatsink

5. TINKER BOARD/2GB
Processor Cortex-A17 Quad-core 1.8GHz
GPU
ARM Mali-T764 GPU supports Support OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0,
OpenVG1.1, OpenCL, DirectX11
Display
1 x HDMI, supports H.264 4K decode
1 x 15-pin MIPI DSI supports up to HD
Memory Size Dual-CH LPDDR3 2GB
Storage Micro SD(TF) card slot
Connectivity
1 x GB LAN
1 x wireless 802.11 b/g/n & BT 4.0 + EDR
Audio RTL HD Codec with 1 x 3.5mm audio jack
USB 4 x USB 2.0 ports
Internal Headers
1 x 40-pin headers includes:
- 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 points includes:
- 1 x PWM signal
- 1 x S/PDIF signal
Power Connector Micro USB (5V/2A)
OS Support Debian/KODI
Dimension 3.37" x 2.125"
Detail Product Specification
3.37”
2.215”

6. ASUS Tinker Board Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Core Processor (SoC) Rockchip RK3288 Quad-Core 1.8Ghz Broadcom BCM2837 Quad-Core 1.2Ghz
Benchmark Score
(tested by GeekBench)
3925 2092
RAM 2GB 1 GB RAM
Display HDMI with H.264 4K decode capability HDMI with HD resolution
NIC Gb LAN 100M LAN
Audio Supports up to 192K/24bit sample rate 48K/16bit
Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n + swappable antenna Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, 4.0 + EDR Yes, 4.1 + LE
SDIO SDIO 3.0 SDIO 2.0
Official Supported OS Linux – Debian / KODI Linux – Debian
SPEC Comparison
Almost 2X faster!!

7. The Benchmark Scores of CPU/Memory
(higher is better)
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1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Geekbench Score Integer Floating Point Memory Stream
Tinker Board/2GB
Rpi 3
Testing procedure, download and install Geekbench on Tinker Board & RPi3, then run the test.
http://support.primatelabs.com/kb/geekbench/geekbench-3-benchmarks

8. The Benchmark Scores of Storage (SD Slot)
(higher is better)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Read Wirte
Tinker Board/2GB
Rpi 3
Testing configuration: Tinker Board/2GB & Rpi with “SanDisk ExtremePRO UHS-I 128GB SD card”
MB/s

9. How to Get it Start (1/3)
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
MONITOR HDMI CABLE KEYBOARD MOUSE
POWER SUPPLY MICRO SD CARD
*Besides the board, all the items have to purchase separately.

10. How to Get it Start (2/3)
- Insert the SD card with OS Image
- Connect HDMI Cable to Monitor
- Connect USB Keyboard & Mouse
- Connect USB Power Supply
- Boot UP

11. How to Get it Start (3/3)
- Connect to the peripherals that you need for your creation
- Using C / Python / Scratch…to code scripts
- Start make the creation

12. Question. What’s open source hardware?
Answer. "Open hardware," or "open source hardware," refers to the design specifications of a physical object which are licensed in such a way
that said object can be studied, modified, created, and distributed by anyone..
Question. Does the board use a new form factor? Who made this dimension?
Answer. As a open source hardware, there should not a standard form factor available on the market, and usually the board form factor, or even
the PCB shape depends on the project’s usage scenario. It all rely on what users want to create.
Question. What’s the main IC on this board? What’s the performance and why this SoC?
Answer. The main IC is ROCKCHIP RK3288. It’s a system-on-chip IC integrated lots of functions inside, including a quad-core cortex-A17 1.8G
processor, Mali-T764 GPU with 4K support. And the SoC performance is pretty higher as well, for example, the Antutu benchmark score is
around 37K. The high performance supports this product running the OS faster and smoother, also create the possibilities for some usage
scenarios that required strong computing power, for example, a VR headset was shown at the MWC(Mobile World Congress) exhibition this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7NcrCjWlM
Question. Can I build a PC with this board? What’re the supported OS? Can I run windows on it?
Answer. Yes, this product mainly supports Linux-based OS, like Debian, and we’ll release the kernel file and datasheet for users to create more
possibilities for other OSs. But windows OS is not supported.
Question. So, this is ASUS pi?
Answer. You can expect more on us. Raspberry PI has been in the market for so long, we’re here to expand users’ choices with more options.
And this board has 4K support, higher SoC performance, faster Ethernet transmission, and flexibility for the memory size, I believe users will
create some more different creations based on these features.
FAQ (1/3)

13. Question. What’s the 40pin onboard header for?
Answer. This board provides several 5V/3.3V/I2C/SPI/UART/PWM signals allowing to connect below modules available on the market.
Question. Where can I get the peripherals, like chassis, power adapter, cable, sensor and the others?
Answer. There’re lots of e-tailers like ADAFruit, SPARK FUN, SEEED STUDIO…, and they focus on providing the peripherals including chassis,
power cable, display panel for the open source hardware.
Question. What’s the package contents?
Answer. A quick start guide, a ESD shielding bag, and a Tinker board inside of the packing box.
FAQ (2/3)

14. Question. What’s the max power consumption?
Answer. Idle with 1080P HDMI out: 2.25Watt, without HDMI: 2Watt. The max power consumption is around 5 Watt.
Question. Which Linux distributions are compatible with our MB? Is it 100% software compatible with all Raspberry Pi OS?
Answer. ASUS will release our own operating system based on Debian, and we’ll also arrange this board to 3rd party alliance for wider OS support,
such as ubuntu, openSUSE….
But due to the SoC solution is different as RPi, Tinker Board can’t install all the Raspberry Pi OS.
Question. Will we have a dedicated developer page / community were users can share their programming work?
Answer. Yes, but it’s still under discussing with HQ MKT.
If there’s any questions, please feel free to let us know, thank you!
FAQ (3/3)

15. Thank You!