I'm new to the whole non-prebuilt computer thing. Can these be linked/networked to build a simple server to host things like a minecraft server or something similar? How many would it take to do this?

title says it all. What do you plan to attach to the I/O expansion ports?

hello I can see in the datasheet A64,  up to three SD/MMC controller and comply  to eMMC standard V5.0

the question is, can I add eMMC memory? 8GB,16gb or 32GB with eMMC module ?

Thanks you.

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Again, welcome everyone and I cant wait to see what this community can achieve with their new Pine A64!

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The Pine64 FAQ mentions that H.264 video *encoding* is supported. How is this achieved? Via an attached camera? Or can it also be achieved via the HDMI port?

I see that HDMI CEC will be supported, but what about some of the other features of HDMI 1.4 such as 3D, the Audio Return Channel (ARC) and the Ethernet Channel?

By the looks of it the Pine64 boards don't support this, but I wanted to bring it up in discussion.

Have you guys thought about having the Pine64 boards be able to interface with a PoE 802.3af/at daughter card?

My hope would be that if the cost of the board can stay roughly the same, but be able to interface with a PoE 802.3af/at daughter card for those interested, this would greatly increase the board's versatility.

I for one would absolutely love this.

By the looks of it, the Pine64 boards don't support Optical SPDIF via the 3.5mm Jack, only SPDIF via the 'euler' bus connector. Is this correct?

The low-cost "Chromecast Audio" device supports optical SPDIF via its 3.5mm jack, so my thought is that the physical component isn't too expensive (if you can find the source for it). It would be nice to have/tout SPDIF support without having to create a daughter card.

What are your thoughts?

What interface type is being used for the WiFi + Bluetooth card? Is it only intended to work with Pine64 manufactured cards, or also 3rd-party cards?

With the Pine64 board having 4K video support, it would be preferable to me to have an 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0 BLE option.

For others, Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, AM/FM/DAB etc. might be preferable. What other radios might be possible/will be available?

Greetings, Just wondering if there are any Ham Radio operators here with plans to use this with their station operation.

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