Pine64 has launched a smaller and cheaper “HardRock64” variant of its RK3399-based RockPro64 SBC that removes the PCIe and USB Type-C.
The board features:
The RK3399 hexa-core SOC found in the Pinebook Pro and on the ROCKPro64
2xUSB 3.0
2xUSB 2.0
WiFi AC and BT 5.0
Gigabit Ethernet
Full GPIO pins
SPI flash
eMMC socket
mSD card slot
Fan & RTC headers
Heatsink mount
CSI connector
DSI connector
IR receiver
5V barrel jack for power
Digital video out
The board will run all ROCKPro64 OS images with little or no tweaks (we checked) and probably most Pinebook Pro OS with a ‘simple’ device tree tweak. In other words, if you don’t need all of the ROCKPro64’s functionality – e.g. PCIe or USB-C – then this may just be the board for you.
The board does run hot so a heatsink is pretty much mandatory. A couple of different options will be sold by us to match your needs and expected the SOC load.
The board will ship in 3 LPDDR4 RAM configurations (tentative $ pricing):
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