Pine64 s Quartz64 Is A Ripe Single-Board Computer Rival For Raspberry Pi 4
The fine folks over at Pine64 this week posted their February Update to give us a heads up on where it stands with current and future products. There was a lot to unpack with this latest update, but one product that really caught our attention is the Quartz64 single board computer (SBC).
Although it s currently only being shown in prototype form, it s expected that production version of the Quartz64 won t look
too different from what you see above. Pine64 is quick to point out that there are a lot of similarities between the new Quartz64 which is the first member in the company s new Quartz family and the existing ROCKPro64. That means that you ll find dual USB 2.0 ports, a USB 3.0 ports, and a PCIe x4 slot. You ll also find an HDMI port along with IR, DSI, CSI, and SDIO headers. There s even a SATA port to handle storage duties along with GbE, eMMC slot, and a microSD reader. The Model A doesn