I Need Best Armbian Setup for Tinker Board (Python + I²C/UART/PWM/GPIO Support)

[sbcmrt]

Hi everyone,

I’m using an ASUS Tinker Board (RK3288, 2 GB, released in 2017). Since this board is quite old and we are now in 2025

I want to run the latest stable Armbian and develop a Python application using I²C, UART, PWM, and GPIO pins.

Which Armbian image and kernel branch (current or edge) is the most stable for this board?

Are there any specific steps or adjustments needed due to its older hardware?

Thanks!

[laibsch]

I cannot provide the answer, but have you had a chance to check https://www.armbian.com/tinkerboard/ ?  I am not sure if the maintainer Paolo is active in the forum.

 

Edit: found him. ping @jock

[jock]

Hello! Asus Tinkerboard is still perfectly supported by Armbian.

Best setup is the current LTS kernel 6.12, you can take an image from the official download page: https://www.armbian.com/tinkerboard/

 

enjoy!

 

[Pi-R]

Can I use the Armbian 25.8.1 noble XFCE  thinkboard/S image for an ASUS ChromeBook C100P, which is no longer supported by Google, to convert in Linux Debian notepad?

[laibsch]

9 hours ago, Pi-R said:

Can I use the Armbian 25.8.1 noble XFCE  thinkboard/S image for an ASUS ChromeBook C100P, which is no longer supported by Google, to convert in Linux Debian notepad?

 

Why would you think that?

[The Tall Man]

10 hours ago, Pi-R said:

Can I use the Armbian 25.8.1 noble XFCE  thinkboard/S image for an ASUS ChromeBook C100P, which is no longer supported by Google, to convert in Linux Debian notepad?

 

I have an OrangePI 5 Plus, which is based on the rk3588 (arm64) SoC. I've installed Debian Trixie directly from their .iso installer (using an EFI booter) and it works - although I had to upgrade the kernel to the latest backported version to get GPU and audio. But the Armbian edge kernel (Rockchip64 in my case) works even better when install that package onto the pure Debian.

I looked up that Chromebook and see it's based on the rk3288C, which is apparently a 32-bit arm (armhf)?

If that's the case, you can download the Debian .iso installer here:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/iso-dvd/

 

Then if Armbian has an edge kernel for the rk3288, try it out to improve upon what Debian provides.

 

I did find this page on Debian's site, but it doesn't look like it would be much help.:

https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C100P

 

There is a Debian page for a similar computer that may be more helpful if you can adapt it to yours?

https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C101PA

 

Note that the above two links were probably created long before Trixie.

 

Edited 13 minutes ago by The Tall Man