Pine64 announced first details on a forthcoming Risc V SBC https://www.pine64.org/2022/07/28/july-u...l-evolved/

Features

• StarFive JH7110 (4 SiFive FU740 1.5GHz cores)
  
• Imagination Technologies BXE-2-32 GPU
  
• 4 or 8GB memory
  
• 2x Gb ethernet ports
  
• 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
  
• GPIOs
  

• There is a GPU but the CPU is probably too slow for daily desktop usage.
  
• 2 ethernet ports but no wifi. That rules out a router unless one adds external wifi.
  

Hi,

I successfully implemented a solution for having an "after power loss" feature on my rockpro64.
I use an esp8266 with a relay shield, connected to the rpi connector.  5V is provided through the rpi connector as soon as the 12v DC plug provides power
3.3v pin is connected to a GPIO of the esp8266. The pin is to 0v if the RockPro64 is off.
If the rockpro64 is off  the esp8266 detect that the 3.3v pin is down and it turn on the relay for 1s.

I use esphome to configure my esp8266.

Today one of my pogo pins melted while connecting an PPP with an empty battery to the keyboard:



This is a weird thing and if this happens to you, here are some pictures on how you might fix this:

1.) remove all screws on the backcover, including the one behind the white sticker:



2.) Gently remove the whole back cover:




3.) Clean the PCB contacts with alcohol or some special "Kontakt" cleaner:



4.) Take a replacement pin (or clean the burnt one) and try to model a new surface with some glue and bring it in place (its terrible work when you have big hands):



5.) Wait 24h until the glue is really dry (I know, they say it takes seconds to dry, but thats not true), then clean the pogo pin from any glue with a thin file or sandpaper:

......Picture coming in 24h........

So was looking at the PinePhone Pro, but going through the threads seams like the camera is not yet working, and some other beta like disadvantages. But it looked lie kit worked great with t-mobile in the US.  I also did a search and find soft yeses for using things like google play and other apps.

Looking at just the PinePhone, it's listed as beta, and hardware seams a little lackluster. (currently using Samsung A10e)

My most used apps are from google, Maps or Voice and then email oh and google's calendar type stuff. I don't care if google knows where I am while using it's map but they should be shut out of location if not running maps. ) after the google apps is Signal. Then we get down to clock, calculator, camera and last would be web surfing with firefox.

My questions:
1. Are there only 2 phones being offered, and they are both beta?
1a. Either of the phones fully usable if I bought for myself or my kid?
2. Confirm that the PinePhone hardware is a lot less than my current low end phone A10e(bellow specs) and the Pro would be a close?
2a. How fast would it feel being that the OS is different?
3. See weird verbiage about the battery being sold/package separately on the PinePhone Pro, do I order battery separately, etc?
4. Current or expected future use of apps from Google and or Google play?
4a. Using google maps to get to places and or google voice(for sms)?


Current Phone: A10e
Octa-core (2x1.6 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.35 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP2
32GB 2GB RAM or 32GB 3GB RAM
Camera: 8 MP, f/1.9, AF or 5 MP, AF

PinePhone Beta
CPU: 64-bit Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A-53
GPU: MALI-400MP2
Memory: 2GB LPDDR3 SDRAM
Internal Flash Memory: 16GB eMMC
Camera: Single 5MP, 1/4″, LED Flash

PinePhone Pro
CPU: 64-bit 6-core 4x ARM Cortex A53  + 2x ARM Cortex A72
GPU: Mali T860MP4
Internal Flash Memory: 128GB eMMC
Memory: 4GB LPDDR4
Camera: Single 13MP, Sony iMX258, LED Flash

I am running the latest Armbian

I had trouble installing it the conventional way to the emmc - where you copy the compressed system image to the emmc. It would boot and hang/spin in the Armbian loading screen

However the system has been running no problem from the SD card. Is there some way I could copy my existing/running system to the emmc?

And could I then copy it back (for backup) to the SD card?

Ideally I'd have a 32GB system partition that I could backup periodically from the emmc

The issues is i don't really know the correct Unix commands to copy the system back and forth.

Hope someone with more Linux foo could help me out with the right dd lines (or maybe it's more complicated bc of partitioning?)

Hi guys

Cross posting from another thread here..

https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8473

Are there any recommended steps in replacing the clock speed with the custom file: rk3399_ddr_666MHz_v1.25.bin directly on an eMMC boot module?

ELI5 pls if possible at all, I am not super technical

Thanks for the help

Hi all,

I'm not sure how much traction this idea will get, as I'm not sure how many people would benefit from it , but I was wondering if Pine64 would be willing to develop a Uninterruptible power supply for all their SBC's.

Maybe something similar to this for the Raspberry pi
It could include a shutdown script that is run should power switch to the backup module just incase that power outage is prolonged.

Unless users of pine64's SBC's have found another solution for the issue of power outages ?

Any thoughts of this idea ?

Using arch64/sxmo/PPP

How can I automount external storage devices?

For example when I insert an SD card from my digicam I do not find it after boot, I need to manually mount it, which sucks a bit.

What I am looking for is a simple tool which automounts external devices (as we have e.g. in Ubuntu)

Any hints very welcome ;-)

Hi Everyone,

Has anybody had problem getting WiFi to work consistently? I can connect to my home router and use it for about 5 minutes, but then it seems to error out and disconnect. This presents as a signal-strength kind of issue, but that seems ridiculous when the phone is sitting within 4 ft of the router and none of my other devices (in other rooms) are having problems. Though, I was able to connect to a guest WiFi in a public area and things seemed to work consistently.

Does anybody have any ideas? Could my little NetGear router be bumping my device off for some reason? If any body else has had this problem I'd love to hear if you solved it.

Thanks

Hello,
I bought a PINE64 PA642GB and flashed it with Armbian (Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)). I need the Pine64 for the BirdNET project https://github.com/mcguirepr89/BirdNET-Pi.

The Pine64 is so interesting precisely because the microphone input is also on the 3.5mm jack plug. Does this still have to be activated?

Many thanks for your help!