I don't know where you guys are seeing these, but if you can manage to find the tinker edge r, please tell me where... I'm seeing nothing about availability or pricing for this model.

There's tinker boards on B&H and Aliexpress, but the specific board this article is about is literally nowhere to be found.

I have 2 Tinker S boards and wouldn't buy another SBC from ASUS. They had no support or engagement with the community when I used to just their boards. The community was very friendly and helpful but it was small.

It is NOT a Raspberry Pi alternative. The price tag alone tells you so.

They can be ordered off AliExpress for $284.

Its the Tinker T that is $200, not the Tinker R.

I agree, stop copy and pasting the sales material that tries to ride on the tail of the RaspPi.

These are not $40 boards.

"Raspberry Pi alternative" should be defined as something that performs similarly and costs under $60.  Please stop trying to imply otherwise.

It's available now.. just search for it. B&H has them for $200 ea. Not exactly Raspberry Pi competition as implied. Looks like a sweet board though.

There is a large amount of designs based around RK3399Pro. Aliexpress is full of them. There are also stand-alone edge NPU chips based on the NPU unit from the pro.

This SBC has been talked about for months now and I had almost given up hope that Asus would actually release it. I've gone through several regular Tinker Boards and recently picked up the Tinker Board T. I will be getting this new Tinker Board once it goes live for sale, though I would still like to know how much they are asking for it, but it is loaded up to the brim with goodies.