Hello everybody,
I need a Nano computer with Android OS, correct performance and NFC support.
Pine64 seems good for all my requirement, except NFC.
Does a solution exist to add an NFC reader to the Pine64?
You'll have then also seen the super user friendly /sys/class/sunxi_dump/write calls that enable and disable this functionality.
Well on all of ayufan's linux desktop environment builds you have the super handy pinebook_enable_uart.sh and pinebook_enable_headphones.sh scripts (you'll need sudo to run them as they're located in /usr/local/sbin - and need root privleges anyway). You can run them to easily toggle between the two different stages. This will let you see all the boot messages and interact with the serial console on your pinebook, and use the built in serial connection, which is available as /dev/ttyS0 once you boot.
One gotcha will be that on the pinebook DE (desktop environment builds) there is a pinebook-headphones service that runs during boot, so the UART is disabled part way through the boot process. You can easily change this behaviour using systemctl. Simply issue the command sudo systemctl disable pinebook-headphones at a terminal in order to disable it, and naturally you can also enable it again if you wish the headphones functionally to be automatically made available.
There is a possibility this behaviour will change in the future, and that UART via the headphones jack will only be switchable via an on-board switch, so watch this post to see if this behaviour does indeed change. This switch is already present on most production pinebooks, and is a slide switch (referred to as SW11 on p9 of the mainboard schematic) located on the edge of the main circuit board on the far right side. At the present time it simply overrides the GPIO pin that is toggled by the enable/disable scripts, and forces the UART to be permanently on.
The desktop featured androids are quite fun, I'd love to have my new pinebook setup with one of those, wondering if there have been any whispers about them?
I have heard that Allwinner is coming out with an improved version of the A64, the A63. The only details that I have heard that are different than the A64 is that it is made with a 28nm process (lower power and hopefully faster CPU clock), and a better GPU - Mali-T760MP2. I would be very interested in a new SOPINE board that uses the A63.
Not sure if anyone is tracking issues but I flashed Ubuntu 0.5.5-65 onto my new 64g EMMC last night and have been exploring.
Very pleased so far - the Pinebook is awesome.
Anyway one thing I did spot was that the 'Software Boutique' which is part of Ubuntu Mate Welcome seems to show no available software and crashes after a few minutes. Having been away from Linux for a bit, I was hoping this would show me the 'best in class' apps rather than have to trawl through everything on one of the many package catalogs and managers.
The reason it crashes, it seems, is because it doesnt know about ARM builds and since the Pinebook is ARM it shows no available software which then crashes the Boutique.
Can you folks in the Pine community lobby the Ubuntu Mate team to support ARM apps?
I am trying to figure out how to disable tap-to-click on the touchpad. Has anyone been able to disable this feature? Currently, I am just disabling the touchpad (fn+f2) while using the keyboard.
Is there a configuration option for /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-pine64-pinebook-touchpad.conf that turns it off?
When I purchased my Pinebook (back at early first quarter of 2017) I also purchased a "MINI HDMI MALE to HDMI FEMALE ADAPTER", I got my Pinebook in several days ago but still have not received the adapter.
What should I do? My email confirmation of the order after the Pinebook was delivered showed the adapter on the order list as part of the completed order. My purchase history for my card also shows the payment as indicated on the order (which includes the HDMI adapter).
The 64bit Rock64 4K60p HDR Media Board Computer has been mounted in the C4Labs Emerald Zebra case designed by Dustin for the RPi. The Rock64 has the same form factor, so fits like a glove in the Zebra case with a couple of minor mods to allow for the additional power components of the Rock64;
The case comes with a heat-sink set that matches the Rock64 perfectly; this model sports the 16Gb eMMC module, usb3.0, 2Gb LPDDR3 memory (optional 4Gb), PI-2 bus, P5-bus, Gbe ethernet port, 10/100 ethernet port, two usb2.0 ports (one OTG) and IR receiver.
The pic below is the Rock64 running the Android media image 7.1.1:
I was able to mod the Emerald Zebra case from C4Labs with a dremel tool in about one hour. The following post will show the mods; which are necessary and which are optional:
Happiness is a Zebra cased Rock64 board from Pine; available after July 1 2017
The Zebra case from C4Labs is a seven layer plexiglass sandwich which holds the Rock64 board securely with a glimmer of elegance and ample protection. The case has been modded here to accommodate the new board; this is easily done with a dremel tool; although, in the near future the cases and boards will match without modding.
The prerelease boards will fit the case with a couple of quick changes to the existing seven layer design.
Four mods are actually visible here. The bottom two layers have been trimmed on the SD card slot (right side) to facilitate the removal of the SD card , which on the pre release boards is just off center; the production boards will have the SD card centered. The thin layer (up one) which holds the board in place needs to be defined better in the corners. The first clear layer above that requires a notch-out for the buttons ( power and reset ) and for the IR receiver module on the right.
In the pic above the lower green layer upon which the circuit board rests must be notched out to accommodate the front pins of the Gbe ethernet port , as well some of the components on the front edge of the card; note the semi circle notch-out for the resistor in the center.
I have removed the insert ( power , hdmi , audio jack ) to allow for better airflow around the heat-sinks ; passive cooling is sufficient in this case; however, the production boards will match the insert should that option be desired.
The Zebra black, and the Zebra Emerald (shown here) comes with the three heat-sink passive cooling set.
Okay, so I'm wondering if any of you have successfully installed Docker on any of the pinebook distros? If so, could you please point out the steps you have undertaken to make it all work?! Thanks in advance!
