# peng-zhihui/Planck-Pi

Super TINY & Low-cost Linux Develop-Kit Based On F1C200s.

Repository: https://github.com/peng-zhihui/Planck-Pi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/planck-pi
Language: HTML
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-08-25T04:07:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1611, "days_push": 1469, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1427, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.821287+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source, ultra-small and low-cost Linux development kit based on the Allwinner F1C200s (ARM9) chip, including full hardware designs plus u-boot, Linux kernel, and root filesystem sources. It ships with extensive documentation covering toolchain setup, building, flashing, and driver/application development, making it well suited for learning embedded Linux.

## Use cases
- learn embedded Linux development from scratch
- build a custom low-cost Linux board with F1C200s
- compile u-boot and Linux kernel for ARM9
- build a Debian root filesystem for a tiny board
- practice driver development on real hardware
- flash and boot Linux from SD card or SPI flash

## When to choose
- you want a cheap hands-on board to learn embedded Linux
- you need fully open hardware and software for a small Linux project
- you are teaching or self-studying boot flow, kernel, and rootfs bring-up

## When to avoid
- you need a powerful mainline-supported SBC with a modern ARM core
- you require production-grade support or long-term vendor maintenance
- you want a plug-and-play board without tinkering with toolchains and flashing

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: embedded, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: embedded-systems, hardware, operating-systems, education
- platform: embedded
- tags: f1c200s, allwinner, arm9, linux-development-board, open-hardware, u-boot, buildroot, low-cost, sbc, diy-electronics, linux, arm

## Member repositories
- peng-zhihui/Planck-Pi (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.821287+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:23.397618+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/peng-zhihui/Planck-Pi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.821287+00:00, sha f34b058ed2d4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.