"The most notable difference between the two, the S version now comes with the Cortex-A17 Quad-core processor versus the Rockchip RK3288 found in the previous version."
The RK3288 *is* a quad core A17 1.8GHz chip so this has to be some sort of mistake. Presumably they moved onto one of the RK33xx chips. RK3368 would be a downgrade in single threaded CPU performance (8x A53) but RK3399 (4x A53 + 2x A72) would be nice.
The RK3288 is also the chip that already came with the old Tinkerboard, so something isn't right here.
Plus, why would Asus launch a new single-board computer in 2018 using an ARMv7 SoC from 2014? Are they just trying really hard to fail in the IoT market?
According to Pcper, the S comes from storage and the notable difference is they added the 16GB of Onboard eMMC storage, instead of having you install the OS on the sd card.
Looking at this more, the old Tinkerboard also has 4 USB ports rather than 2 as stated by the article so that hasn't changed either. Not a very interesting model update.
Looks like quite plenty tech site covering tinker board s use materials prepared by asus. The journalists either turning blind eye or uneducated at this field (ARM)
If you can find me a Tinkerboard site with anywhere near the documentation of the top SBCs, a changelog for the OS images, or even a list of current and past OS images, I might believe you.
Until then, the tinkerboard looks very interesting but too difficult to be worth the cost.
"Until then, the tinkerboard looks very interesting but too difficult to be worth the cost." Yeah, that's my feeling as well. When I read about it during its (slow) launch, I was interested because of the SoC being pretty good. A more powerful emulation/media device than my rPi3. But the software side and documentation from ASUS isn't really up to par and so all that power is kinda useless. It's a bit of a shame.
All of the past OSes for both Tinker OS Debian and Android, including the change logs, are available back to February, 2017, prior to its official release. Please refer to https://www.asus.com/us/Single-Board-Computer/Tink... The current releases for both the Debian 9 version and the Android 6.0 version were released on December 11th, 2017. Both are constantly being improved, and the release of a new Tinker Board is very reassuring for the future. Also, the number of 3rd party partners has increased to nine on the Tinker Board S website (it is only four for the original Tinker Board,) so that is a good sign as well. See https://www.asus.com/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-...
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notashill - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
"The most notable difference between the two, the S version now comes with the Cortex-A17 Quad-core processor versus the Rockchip RK3288 found in the previous version."The RK3288 *is* a quad core A17 1.8GHz chip so this has to be some sort of mistake. Presumably they moved onto one of the RK33xx chips. RK3368 would be a downgrade in single threaded CPU performance (8x A53) but RK3399 (4x A53 + 2x A72) would be nice.
ToTTenTranz - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
The RK3288 is also the chip that already came with the old Tinkerboard, so something isn't right here.Plus, why would Asus launch a new single-board computer in 2018 using an ARMv7 SoC from 2014? Are they just trying really hard to fail in the IoT market?
claudiuro - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
According to Pcper, the S comes from storage and the notable difference is they added the 16GB of Onboard eMMC storage, instead of having you install the OS on the sd card.notashill - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
Looking at this more, the old Tinkerboard also has 4 USB ports rather than 2 as stated by the article so that hasn't changed either. Not a very interesting model update.lmcd - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
The big change looks to be HDMI-CEC support.t.s - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
Looks like quite plenty tech site covering tinker board s use materials prepared by asus. The journalists either turning blind eye or uneducated at this field (ARM)lmcd - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
If you can find me a Tinkerboard site with anywhere near the documentation of the top SBCs, a changelog for the OS images, or even a list of current and past OS images, I might believe you.Until then, the tinkerboard looks very interesting but too difficult to be worth the cost.
Death666Angel - Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - link
"Until then, the tinkerboard looks very interesting but too difficult to be worth the cost."Yeah, that's my feeling as well. When I read about it during its (slow) launch, I was interested because of the SoC being pretty good. A more powerful emulation/media device than my rPi3. But the software side and documentation from ASUS isn't really up to par and so all that power is kinda useless. It's a bit of a shame.
Doug B - Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - link
All of the past OSes for both Tinker OS Debian and Android, including the change logs, are available back to February, 2017, prior to its official release. Please refer to https://www.asus.com/us/Single-Board-Computer/Tink...The current releases for both the Debian 9 version and the Android 6.0 version were released on December 11th, 2017. Both are constantly being improved, and the release of a new Tinker Board is very reassuring for the future. Also, the number of 3rd party partners has increased to nine on the Tinker Board S website (it is only four for the original Tinker Board,) so that is a good sign as well. See https://www.asus.com/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-...
Doug B - Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - link
The processor does not change at all: You can see the changes at: https://www.asus.com/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-...Joe Shields - Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - link
Good catch, and updated!