ASUS Tinker Board Is a Raspberry Pi 3 Competitor

Hot on the heels of the Raspberry Pi’s new Compute Module, ASUS has made some headlines of its own with an SBC for the Maker community. The Tinker Board is equipped with a Rockchip RK3288 ARM Cortex-A17 SoC and claims to be nearly two times as fast as the Broadcom BCM283-based RPi 3.

The Tinker Board — which measures 3.4" x 2.1" in size — features 2GB of RAM, 1 Gbps Ethernet, 192K/24-bit audio sampling rates, and the ability to decode 4K H.264 video content.

But that’s not all. There is a microSD slot for storage, as well as four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI output, and a 40-pin header for additional expansion options. The board also supports 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.

In terms of software, ASUS says Tinker will support Debian Linux with Kodi. You can read more about the board, including all of its specs, here.