Asus has a new product that is said to knock out the famous Raspberry Pi with its advanced specs and features. The new Asus Tinker has been making rounds online on Jan. 24 and it is intriguing a lot of tech buffs if it is really even better than the Raspberry Pi.
According to Slash Gear, the RAM of the Asus Tinker is doubled compared to the Raspberry Pi. This one has 2 GB of RAM and it runs on the power of the Rockchip RK3288. Apart from those things, it is safe to say that it is the clone of the Raspberry Pi. Although one would notice that their ports and locations are way better than the RPi.
Industry experts are convinced that it is more powerful than the pioneer of small computers because of its 1.8 GHZ quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 processor. By default, it could handle more things than the Cortex A-53 chip, which Raspberry Pi 3 used to brag about.
The good news is that owners of the RPi could still use the accessories they have from it to the new ASUS Tinker. Shields and even GPIO peripherals working on Raspberry Pi could also be used on the Tinker. This will save a lot of time and even money for users when it comes to having a new set of controllers.
Setting up a computer, especially a small one like this could still be difficult and some accessories are hard to find if they don't instantly come with it. This new product from ASUS has definitely made it easier for techies to set up and find their way around the new board compared to when the Rpi first came out.
Digital Journal also wrote about this new product saying that this may be awesome, but the price might be a little bit disappointing for RPi users. This one is twice the cost of the Pi since it is about $68, while you can still buy a Raspberry Pi online for around $30.