I'm trying to get to a stage where I can use all my peripherals with all my boards (not that I've used any yet) so as not to duplicate and have unnecessary parts lying around doing nothing, so my question is:

Can I use my Raspberry PI Power unit to power the Pine 64?
Also I will order the Camera and Screen, will these also work with the Raspberry Pi?

Thanks
Graham

Hey Guys,

I just wondered if i want to attach a external usb HDD to the PINE64 do i need a powered usb hub or not ?

Because the HDD i own, only got one usb cable and no power supply

Hi Everyone

I've found this inexpensive USB microphone and headset. 

I won't know if this is compatible until I receive my 'Pine 64'.  I wanted to share this to encourage those who need a microphone there are inexpensive options for those who are willing to wait a few weeks for a shipment coming from China. 

Ron

Hi,
We have posted the latest Android Image and Linux BSP for Pine A64 board in our Wiki at link listed below,

http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Main_Pa...e_Download

You are welcome to download and check it out.

Regards.

I would like to know what is the revision board will be sold to backers?

 and if we can to know the evolution between the board, Rev A/B/C or upper if exist..?

thank you

Hi,

as soon as I get my pledged PINE A64+ board, we'll build a new version of HypriotOS to run on it.

HypriotOS is based upon the latest Debian Jessie and is build as a ready-to-run Linux distribution and includes the complete Docker Tools pre-installed. One of our main goals is it, that the users can download a complete OS Image and flash it to a SD card image or into the device and can instantly start using it. Until now we support the Raspberry Pi family, but plan to extend to more 32- and 64-bit boards soon. http://blog.hypriot.com

As I understand, PINE A64 is currently only supporting a 3.10 kernel (maybe a 3.18 or 4.x kernel later in 2016). That's not a real concern as I have already Docker running on other 3.10 kernels on ARM64 boards.

So, if anybody wants to get HypriotOS for the PINE A64, please send us your feedback on our Gitter channel https://gitter.im/hypriot/talk or tweet at @HypriotTweets your thoughts and ideas on this project.

And it would be great to get a direct contact and support from the PINE A64 team, this could speed up things for development for sure.

Dieter
@Quintus23M

I am going to set up my 'Pine 64+' with 'Lubuntu' (Linux).  For this application I will need a keyboard and mouse.  I am seriously considering using Bluetooth for these. 

This would also give me the option of adding additional Bluetooth peripherals in the future.   However I have no experience with Bluetooth.  

I have two questions:

1 - Can these automatically pair each time the computer is turned on so I don't need another keyboard or mouse to enable these?  

2 - Will the Pine 64+ Bluetooth be USB based or something that plugs in to one of the expansion slots?  I would ideally like to keep the USB free for other things.

Ron

I would like to know If wifi board is capable to cast from cellphone to TV, like chrome cast?
via DNLA or other?

I would like control the board with my cellphone.

Thank you.

Is will possible to control the startup/shutdown of the Pin64, i think about a button connecting to some pin that manage software shutdown and  power circuit ?

Would it be possible to add some 8GB eMMC module?

With the option to boot from SD and fallback to eMMC. So you could transfer system to eMMC and had option to update it from SD if something goes wrong. 
From what I saw Allwinner finally published sources for bootloader, so it should be doable - don't know how it would affect price though.