I have an old (can't believe I'm saying it) pine64+ with the WiFi module and was thinking of upgrading to the RockPro64. I don't want to buy the WiFi module for that, yet, so I was wondering if I can cannibalize the N from the Pine64 for the time being and upgrade to that later. It's already more than I spent originally, albeit more powerful, so upfront cost is a concern. The more I have to spend upfront, the longer it will take for my project to get back up.
The reason for the upgrade is I designed a Home Automation Hub/Media Center for my dining room and the Jessie and Xenial kernels just seem to not like USB touchscreen very well and unless it was solved and I missed it, the gigabit network is not really a gigabit network (hardware flaw), and It will stream from a Plex/Playon server on my network at times at 4K (large get togethers). Plus I'm finding a really annoying problem that on boot from a long shutdown, I have to unplug the HDMI then Plug it back in to get signal. Only happens for long shutdowns. Restarts and quick shutdowns don't do it. Basically going to retire it to something headless. The RockPro gives me the excuse.
Basically, will the module work or not.
The reason for the upgrade is I designed a Home Automation Hub/Media Center for my dining room and the Jessie and Xenial kernels just seem to not like USB touchscreen very well and unless it was solved and I missed it, the gigabit network is not really a gigabit network (hardware flaw), and It will stream from a Plex/Playon server on my network at times at 4K (large get togethers). Plus I'm finding a really annoying problem that on boot from a long shutdown, I have to unplug the HDMI then Plug it back in to get signal. Only happens for long shutdowns. Restarts and quick shutdowns don't do it. Basically going to retire it to something headless. The RockPro gives me the excuse.
Basically, will the module work or not.