I have been a fan of Rasplex for a long time now and have decided to do other things with my raspberry pis instead.

I am hoping to use the Pine64+ I pledged for to get another Rasplex like system set up for a while after I get it.

What is the best option for a Plex media player at the current time for the Pine64+? Android, Linux?

Thanks in advance for the help!

The fact Pine64 has many free GPIO and comms interfaces, makes it a great candidate for an Arduino API.

I have been a contributor to the Arduino project for quite some time now, and have seen it grow to other great devices like the ESP8266 and such. Basically I think an Arduino API for Pine64 linux would be quite useful for non-programmers and the like. 

Now that the IDE is quite versatile, a Pine64 can be integrated directly in. And the simple API with a reference/documentation already (on arduino.cc) would make it quite fun and simple to use, not to mention extendable by numerous Linux libs already available.

I'm going to start putting together a core for the Pine64 (attempt to anyway). I'll start implementing the high level shell and things common to linux like console in/output (Serial), Ethernet, even the EEPROM can be emulated as a per-program storage block on the SD card.

And then add in the low level features of GPIO manipulation. And any packaged drivers can be simply wrapped by Arduino libs (use driver for SPI, I2C if available, rather than bit-banging). However this will probably have to wait until I have something to test against. Plus the pin mapping will have to match that of the Arduino form-factor shield I have seen the creators talking about.

As my board probably won't make it to Australia until probably April, I have plenty of time to begin a basic implementation, but I'm curious to see who else might be interested in this, or more so interested in helping out.

I have created an empty repo here. However, I'm quite busy for the next few days, including researching what is available on the A64,  but will get at least a start happening by the end of the week coming and pushed up to GitHub.

Cheers

Just for the sake of organizing what is going on since they are all mixed on the updates and Facebook posts, here is a list of what I have seen mentioned by the project. This list goes as far as to update #23.

Channels

- Youtube Page
- Facebook Page
- Kickstarter Page
- Wiki Page

Use-Cases on PineA64 (Videos)

• Portable Set-up of the PineA64 (Touch Screen + Battery + PineA64 itself)
  
• Playing Games on PineA64 (Angry Bird)
  
• PineA64 Bridge Children to Education
  
• Remix OS 2.0 (Mimics a Desktop OS for everyday use)
  
• Nintendo 64 Emulator running on PineA64
  
• 4K H.265 Video Quality:
  

• HDMI to DVI Adaptor (click the link for image)
  
• HDMI to VGA Adapter with 3.5 MM Audio output integration (click the link for image)
  

• Basic PINE64 IR Remote (Non airmouse)
  

• 8000mAH Lithium Polymer Battery
  

• Acrylic Case
  

• Waterproof Enclosure
  

• Testing Solar with PineA64
  

• Thermal imaging camera
  

• Pine Powered by Ethernet
  

• SATA Hardrive / Western Digital Partnership for Hardrive Support
  

• Playbox Concept (Early Prototype - Also shown as an Alarm)
  

• Lego Enclosures
  

• Partnerships for other functionality (Smart homes and Personal Cloud to run at home).
  
• Partnership for testing clustering with PineA64.
  
• Partnership with Keyport Inc. (PineA64 could detect keychain arriving at home and turn on devices as in a "Smart Home")
  
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• PineA64 being used for robots at Curtin University at Australia (See Developer Boards Section).
  

Just thought this could be an interesting idea to get the community busy while the Pine64 does not come around as a poll here. I don't remember seeing the shirt anywhere either, has it be set to stone? It would most certainly be great if the shirt was unique for the Kickstarter backers :-)

Dear Pine Development Team,

Currently, the Pine A64 supports Android 5.1.1. Are there any plans to support the latest Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow" release and if so, when can we expect the timeframe to be?

Thank you.

Hi guys I heard double booting is possible but has anybody thought about triple booting from a single mini SD card?

Hi there,

is dualboot anyhow possible with the Pine64?
I would like to dualboot Android and Ubuntu.

Best regards
Julian

Hi there,
Guys do you have plans to support android auto?

Now that the Kickstarter is successful and the boards are pretty much ready to ship, what do you guys plan on doing with your PINE64 boards?

I intend to use mine for an autonomous robot project and I will be posting about it on nanite.co for anyone who is interested in following my progress.

As per the title, I offer my heartfelt congratulations on your success.

Best regards

Greg