not being able to use an external aerial unless you desolder components on the board), when they release (hopefully accurate) schematics, how the battery connector looks like and whether this device will be priced competitively.Įdit: According to the above pictures the same DRAM as on NanoPi Air is used (512MiB K4B4G1646Q-BCK0 DDR3) and at least not the ultra-slow eMMC they used on every other board since BPi M2+ (there they use KLM8G1WEMB-B031 - can't read the exact writing on the picture above)Įdit 2: According to linux-sunxi IRC Ampak AP6212 is used on the board (WiFi/BT combo like on nearly all other Banana boards and also NanoPi Air or the upcoming OPi Zero 2 - so we then have 3 flat and lightweight boards with eMMC, camera connector and the same Wi-Fi/BT combination but from 3 different companies using 3 different Allwinner SoCs. Let's see whether SinoVoip manages to introduce the usual design flaws (eg. So most probably no need to fiddle around with Allwinner's tinalinux stuff or SinoVoip OS images at allįor me personally such an R16 IoT board has one big advantage over el cheapo H2+/H3 boards: PMIC support and therefore the ability to use/charge a connected battery (and also control voltage/useage and act on accordingly).
(seems Icenowy also managed to get Allwinner video engine working with mainline kernel already). Surprisingly they also rely on their own proprietary LiveSuit image format no one on this planet outside of Allwinner wants to use).īut the good news is: There are some mainline kernel branches with patches for A33 around that are in a pretty good shape eg.
Their tinalinux approach combines this with an outdated Android 4.4 and somehow also a smelly OpenWRT version for reasons unknown to me. Just FYI: the first interesting Banana board since ages: BPi R16 based on Allwinner's A33 SoC (R16 is just a relabeled A33 with a different Allwinner business unit being responsible for).įor R16 exists a horribly outdated 'SDK' made by Allwinner's BU5: (relies on unpatched kernel 3.4.39 which might contain more security flaws than features in the meantime.