Asus has introduced three new mini PC systems to its
Tinker range in the form of the Asus Tinker Edge R and Tinker Edge T and the
CR1S-CM-A. The Tinker Edge R mini PC was last week showcased at this year’s
Computex 2019 technology show. The Tinker Edge T and CR1S-CM-A both feature an
NXP I.MX8M quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor and Google’s Coral Edge TPU
system-on-module for artificial intelligence/machine learning. Although the
CR1S-CM-A also supports Power over Ethernet, an M.2 expansion slot, a SATA
interface together with a few other features making it tailored for enterprise
applications.
ASUS Tinker Edge T mini PC specifications:
- SoC – NXP i.MX 8M quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor with Arm Cortex-M4F real-time core, GC7000 Lite 3D GPU
- ML accelerator – Google Edge TPU co-processor
- System Memory – 1GB LPDDR4 RAM
- Storage – 8 GB eMMC flash
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet port, Wi-Fi 2×2 MIMO (802.11b/g/n/ac 2.4/5GHz), and Bluetooth 4.1
- Video Output – MIPI DSI connector, and HDMI output
- Camera I/F – 2x MIPI CSI 2 interfaces for stereoscopic camera applications
- USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x USB-C port
- Expansion – 40-pin Raspberry Pi compatible header with GPIO, I2C, PWM, UART, SPI, I2S, etc…
- Misc – External power and reset buttons, and three programmable LEDs
- Dimensions – 85x56mm (Credit card form factor)
While the Asus Tinker Edge R Pico-ITX SBC mini PC is
powered by Rockchip RK3399Pro hexa-core processor equipped with a 3.0 TOPS NPU.
Full Asus Tinker Edge R SBC specifications are listed below and the mini PC
will come with fully open-source kernel and support for multiple APIs,
including OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, OpenVX, TensorFlow Lite, Android NN, and
Caffe.
- SoC – Rochchip RK3399Pro hexa-core big.LITTLE processor with 2x Cortex A72 cores up to 1.8 GHz, 4x Cortex A53 cores @ 1.4 GHz, an Arm Mali-T860 MP4 GPU up to 800 MHz with OpenGL ES 1.1 to 3.2, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL 1.2 and DX 11 support, and NPU delivering up to 3.0 TOPS
- System Memory – 4 GB dual-channel LPDDR4 memory for system, 2 GB LPDDR3 memory for NPU
- Storage – 16GB eMMC flash, micro SD card slot
- Video Output – HDMI, DisplayPort via USB-C port, up to 2x MIPI DSI connector (one MIPI connector is multiplexed with DSI or CSI available)
- Audio – 3.5mm audio jack
- Camera – Up to 2x MIPI CSI-2 connectors
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac WiFi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 2T2R
- USB – 3x USB 3.1 gen1 ports, 1x USB 3.1 gen 1 type-C OTG port
- Expansion
- mPCIe slot for 4G/LTE extended; nanoSIM card slot on-board
- 40-pin GPIO header with same pinout as original Tinker board with I2C, SPI, UART, PWM, I2S, and GPIOs
- Misc – RTC battery header, power-on header, header for reset button
- Power Supply – 12V to 19V input via power barrel jack or header
- Dimensions – 100 x 72mm (Pico-ITX form factor)
