(Photo: Asus/Cubic) Single-board computers have grown in popularity over the last several years thanks to the Raspberry Pi.
Asus introduced a competitor called the Tinker Board back in 2017, and now we're getting a second-generation board with two model options.
As NotebookCheck reports (via French publication Clubic), the Tinker Board 2 and Tinker Board 2S are exactly the same except for one feature: the 2S includes 16GB of eMMC storage and a Micro SD card slot, where as the Tinker Board 2 only includes the Micro SD card slot.
Both boards use the Rockchip RK3399 64-bit system-on-chip, consisting of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 running at 2GHz and quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 running at 1.5GHz.
The GPU is an ARM Mali-T860 MP4 running at 800MHz, and 2GB/4GB dual-channel LPDDR4 RAM options will be available.
There's plenty of connectivity options on these boards which only measure 85-by-56mm, including:
1x HDMI 2.0 (4K-capable)
1x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (OTG & DisplayPort 1.2)
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A
1x 22-pin MIPI DSI
1x 15-pin MIPI CSI-2
1x RJ-45 Gigabit LAN
1x Wi-FI 802.11 AC and Bluetooth 5.0
1x 40-pin GPIO header
1x DC fan header
1x RTC battery header
1x Power and recovery headers
1x 12 V - 19 V DC-in barrel connector
The expected performance gain over the original Tinker Board is 1.5x and Asus is supporting Debian 9 Linux and Android 10, although Android support isn't expected until Q1 2021.
We don't know pricing or an official release date yet, but the first Tinker Board cost $60 and it seems likely Asus will try to hit a similar price point again, especially considering the 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 costs $75.
Meanwhile, the latest product carrying the Raspberry Pi name is a keyboard with a Raspberry Pi 4 inside and offering everything you need except a display for under $100, or just the keyboard on its own for $70.
(Photo: Asus/Cubic) Single-board computers have grown in popularity over the last several years thanks to the Raspberry Pi.
Asus introduced a competitor called the Tinker Board back in 2017, and now we're getting a second-generation board with two model options.
As NotebookCheck reports (via French publication Clubic), the Tinker Board 2 and Tinker Board 2S are exactly the same except for one feature: the 2S includes 16GB of eMMC storage and a Micro SD card slot, where as the Tinker Board 2 only includes the Micro SD card slot.
Both boards use the Rockchip RK3399 64-bit system-on-chip, consisting of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 running at 2GHz and quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 running at 1.5GHz.
The GPU is an ARM Mali-T860 MP4 running at 800MHz, and 2GB/4GB dual-channel LPDDR4 RAM options will be available.
There's plenty of connectivity options on these boards which only measure 85-by-56mm, including:
1x HDMI 2.0 (4K-capable)
1x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (OTG & DisplayPort 1.2)
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A
1x 22-pin MIPI DSI
1x 15-pin MIPI CSI-2
1x RJ-45 Gigabit LAN
1x Wi-FI 802.11 AC and Bluetooth 5.0
1x 40-pin GPIO header
1x DC fan header
1x RTC battery header
1x Power and recovery headers
1x 12 V - 19 V DC-in barrel connector
The expected performance gain over the original Tinker Board is 1.5x and Asus is supporting Debian 9 Linux and Android 10, although Android support isn't expected until Q1 2021.
We don't know pricing or an official release date yet, but the first Tinker Board cost $60 and it seems likely Asus will try to hit a similar price point again, especially considering the 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 costs $75.
Meanwhile, the latest product carrying the Raspberry Pi name is a keyboard with a Raspberry Pi 4 inside and offering everything you need except a display for under $100, or just the keyboard on its own for $70.
