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Yumi SmartPi / SmartPad — v1.8.0-rc1 (Pre-release)

Release candidate for testing. Main new feature: H3 CPU overclock to 1368 MHz.

What's new

  • H3 CPU Overclock — 1368 MHz @ 1.40V via kernel patch. The CPU scales up to 1368 MHz under load (stock: 1296 MHz, +5.5%). Managed automatically by the cpufreq governor. Thermal throttle protects at 85°C.
  • Kernel headers pre-installed — allows compiling and loading kernel modules directly on the board (WiFi drivers, GPIO drivers, DKMS modules, etc.) without needing a cross-compilation setup
  • Bullseye compatibility — dwarves package installed to provide pahole on Debian 11

Overclock details

Frequency Voltage Status
1296 MHz 1.34V stock
1368 MHz 1.40V enabled

No configuration needed — the governor handles frequency scaling automatically. Heatsink + active fan recommended for sustained load.

Verify after boot

# Max frequency (should show 1368000)
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq

# Temperature
cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp

Supported boards

Board SoC RAM
SmartPi One Allwinner H3 1GB
SmartPad Allwinner H3 1GB

Available images

Distro Server Desktop
Debian 11 Bullseye SmartPi1, SmartPad —
Debian 12 Bookworm SmartPi1, SmartPad SmartPi1, SmartPad
Debian 13 Trixie SmartPi1, SmartPad SmartPi1, SmartPad
Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy SmartPi1, SmartPad SmartPi1, SmartPad
Ubuntu 24.04 Noble SmartPi1, SmartPad SmartPi1, SmartPad

How to flash

  1. Download the .img.xz file for your board and distro
  2. Verify integrity: sha256sum -c <filename>.img.xz.sha256
  3. Flash to SD card with balenaEtcher or xzcat image.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
  4. Boot — Armbian will prompt you to create a root password and a first user account
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