The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Raspberry Pi 3 B+

Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by jagger27 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:28PM (#16871809)

I've been looking at the new Rockchip RK3399 based devboards. Of note is the $99 Rock960[1]. The major draws for me are the DisplayPort support, so I can use it with my iPad 3/4 display controller board, M.2 PCIe 4-lane, eMMC, 802.11ac. Firefly makes a similar one as well. [2]

1. https://www.96boards.org/product/rock960/

2. http://shop.t-firefly.com/goods.php?id=45

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by hipboi on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:20PM (#16872870)

Hi, Jagger

Founder of Vamrs, ROCK960 manufacturer here, iPad 3/4 display is eDP interface and you can drive with RK3399 directly, you don't need DP and controller board. ROCK960 doesn't export eDP due to the small size, ROCK960 EE version has eDP exported.

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by linuxlizard on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:58AM (#16875483)

I wonder what wifi chipset it has. Supports 802.11ac which I need. I should investigate this board, see if it allows monitor mode (low level wifi packet access). The RasPiB+ supports 802.11ac but the Broadcom based wifi doesn't allow monitor mode.

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by linuxlizard on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:07AM (#16875570)

"The wifi/bt module used on ROCK960s is AP6356s from AMPAK Technology." https://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/rock960/hard...

"AMPAK combines Broadcom Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips in single modules." https://wikidevi.com/wiki/AMPAK

Broadcom + Linux is a very mixed bag. Would require more investigation.

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by my123 on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:45AM (#16882905)

The Raspberry Pi uses Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth chips too. You need to install the linux-firmware package though.

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by imtringued on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:41AM (#16876269)

The RK3399 based SBCs are very interesting. Not only are they not complete jokes in terms of performance but they also have PCIe which can be used for SATA.

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