Asus unveils Tinker Board - a Raspberry Pi on steroids

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26 Oct 2018

this news is only for users interesting for robotic,programations.designe droids,ia ,and else

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JGw
28 Jan 2017

Anonymous, 24 Jan 2017https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0#Radio_frequency_interferenceThis is why I won't buy anything with USB 3.0 in it. I am waiting for USB 3.1 to become standard. I have already been stung by this, and I can afford to wait for the industry to get it's act together.

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s1f
25 Jan 2017

can you use plex on this?

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JGw
24 Jan 2017

Celluloid, 23 Jan 2017Thanks for the info!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0#Radio_frequency_interference

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24 Jan 2017

Specs wise sounds similar to the ODroid C-2, both do 4k, hdmi 2.0, gigabit ethernet, etc. Only US$40 for the ODroid though.

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vD0
24 Jan 2017

RK3288... Rockchip is notoriously bad at properly supporting standards. Just cruise the Kodi forum for more information. Going with this SoC is a terrible choice if they want to advertise Kodi support.

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Y1k
23 Jan 2017

Anonymous, 23 Jan 2017Stop calling every embedded system a raspberry pi clone. Raspberry pi did one thing to set it ... moreBut it is literally a clone - the board layout matches that of the pi.

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Celluloid
6EV
23 Jan 2017

Anonymous, 23 Jan 2017The reason there are no USB 3.0 ports is because the USB 3.0 standard has a problem working al... moreThanks for the info!

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6jr
23 Jan 2017

Stop calling every embedded system a raspberry pi clone. Raspberry pi did one thing to set it apart from the rest. Its extremely low cost. Of you don't have that (and most don't ) it's nothing like a raspberry pi.

BTW at those prices you can buy a full windows tablet for the last 2 years or so. It would not be impressive even for 2 years ago.

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vV5
23 Jan 2017

DXyuyu, 23 Jan 2017Question : what do you use this for? It seems like a micro PC, is it? It's for dev or geek that build robots or new thing. Not suitable for pc.

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JGw
23 Jan 2017

The reason there are no USB 3.0 ports is because the USB 3.0 standard has a problem working alongside wireless 2.4GHz radio adapters like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. When a USB 3.0 device is operating in close proximity to 2.4GHz radio the electrical interference is so great that it prevents any wireless communication.

Most manufacturers have become aware of this problem, and utilising additional shielding in an attempt to mitigate the problem (wireless routers with USB 3.0).

However I have bought an original Microsoft Surface 3 docking station which is affected by this problem. This is how I personally became aware of this.

You can read about it on the associated Wikipedia page. Supposedly it is less of a problem with the USB 3.1 specification.

So an exposed embedded board, such as this one, would not cope with the interference. The built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth would not work when using a USB 3.0 device.