Raspberry Pi is an institution for the most open minds, thanks to this small logic card we can make steps as emulators and much more. And it is that when you give a system as open and malleable as this to the community, fantastic inventions always emerge, in fact, there are few who say that the NES Classic Mini is nothing more than a Raspberry Pi in a beautiful Nintendo box. . However, a tough rival with a lot of fame has emerged in this of consumer electronics, Asus launches Tinker Board, the Raspberry Pi direct rival with insane features considering its price.
The first thing that strikes us is the almost traced design between the Asus Tinker Board and the Raspberry Pi. However, the characteristic bluish hue of Asus plates is present. The hardware is almost what surprises us the most, giving in theory twice the power of a Raspberry Pi. We have a Rockchip RK3288 QuadCore SoC that gives up to 1,8Ghz, which is 0,6Ghz more than the Broadcom of Raspberry Pi.
Regarding RAM, we find 2GB for the Tinker Board, for 1GB of the Raspberry Pi. We continue with the screen, the Raspbery Pi offers resolutions close to FullHD, while this Asus is designed to offer 4K capabilities thanks to its HDMI connection.
In the same way, the LAN connection is more powerful, it has WiFi with the same characteristics, but the Tinker Board's audio card is 24bit, above the 16bit of the Raspbery. Finally, both have Bluetooth and officially support Linux / Debian.
The best price, around € 70 It will eventually cost, about € 20 more than the Raspberry Pi Model B usually costs, however, perhaps the capabilities are worth it.