5 new models for developing corporate and DIY projects

Device equipped 128MB QSPI NOR Flash, 2.4GHz/5Ghz MIMO WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.2, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI 2.0, PCIe slot, SD Card, eMMC, 1 USB 3.0 port, 3 USB 2.0 ports , 3.5mm audio jack, 40-pin GPIO. Size 133 × 80 × 19 mm.

Manufacturers have not forgotten about the graphics accelerator – this is the BX-4-32 GPU from Imagination Technology, which supports OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.2.

Orange Pi 5B



And this is a single-board system with a Rockchip RK3588S processor, support for up to 32 GB of RAM and a wide variety of ports and connectors. The single board is similar in many ways to the Orange Pi 5B that was released last year. But there is built-in support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0, as well as an eMMC module, with storage capacities ranging from 32GB to 256GB.

The cost of the board is about $90 on Aliexpress for a model with 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. You can choose more advanced features, but you will have to pay a few tens of US dollars.

Processor Specifications:

  • 4 x ARM Cortex-A76 CPU cores @ 2.4 GHz.
  • 4 x ARM Cortex-A55 CPU cores @ 1.8 GHz.
  • Mali-G610 MP4 graphics.
  • NPU with 6 TOPS.

In addition, there is a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port, a USB 3.0 Type-A port, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, a MIPI-DSI connector, a MIPI-CSI connector, a 26-pin connector, an audio output, and a microphone.

Supports Android 12 system and GNU/Linux distributions including Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. Of course, we must not forget about Orange Pi OS.

The size of the board is small – 100 mm x 62 mm. It turns out that the system is slightly larger than the Raspberry Pi 4, but more versatile.

Up Squared Pro 7000



Well, here is a fairly productive board with an Intel Core i3-N305 processor. True, options with other chips are also available. The cost is about $249 for a system with an Intel N50, 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. In addition to this model, you can also choose a system with Intel N97, Intel Atom x7425E, Core i3-N305. Well, the maximum configuration provides 16 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory.

The system is equipped with an M.2 2280 slot and a SATA 3 connector. There is also an M.2 2230 E-Key slot for a wireless module and a 40-pin connector.

Ports and connectors:

  • 1 x HDMI 2.0b
  • 1 x Display Port 1.2
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A
  • 1 x 3.5mm audio combo
  • 2 x 2.5GbE Ethernet
  • 2 x RS232/422/485

The system can work with three displays at the same time, connected via HDMI, DisplayPort and USB Type-C.

Cool Pi CM5



This is not quite a single-board, but rather a module that is designed to be installed on a full-fledged motherboard.

The model is an alternative Raspberry Pi CM4 and Radxa CM5 system. Characteristics:

  1. 2/4/8/16/32GB LPDDR4/4X RAM
  2. Built-in 8/16/32/64/128/256 GB eMMC storage
  3. Realtek ES8336 audio chip
  4. Two network chips – RTL8111HS and RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet

As for the motherboard for which the module is intended, here are its characteristics:

  • 1 SATA 3 connector and one M.2 2242 with PCI-E 3.0 2x interface
  • 2 HDMI 2.1 up to 8K60Hz
  • 2 eDP up to 4K60Hz
  • MIPI DSI 4x and 2 MIPI CSUI 4x
  • Jack 3.5mm
  • 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • 2 USB 3.0 Type-A, 4 USB 2.0 Type-A, 2 USB
  • PCI-e 3.0 2x via expansion slot

Well, the RK3588 processor with 4 Cortex-A76 cores and 4 Cortex-A55 cores. Performance is somewhere in between the Intel Core i3-7100 and Intel Core i3-8100.

RASynBoard



The smallest board of the collection, but with a lot of features. Its size is only 30*25 mm, it is equipped with a Renesas RA6M4 Cortex-M33 microcontroller, a Syntiant NDP120 neural decision processor, a Renesas (formerly Dialog Semi) DA16600 Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.1 combo module, as well as a 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a digital microphone from TDK.

Here board specifications:

  • The main MCU is a 200MHz Renesas RA6M4 Arm Cortex-M33 MCU with 1MB Flash, 256KB SRAM.
  • Machine Learning Accelerator – Syntiant NDP120 Neural Engine powered by Syntiant Core 2 Deep Neural Network, Arm Cortex M0 and HiFi 3 DSP.
  • Wireless module – Renesas DA16600 2.4 GHz 802.11b / g / n Wi-Fi 4 1 × 1 and Bluetooth 5.1.
  • Storage – 16 Mbit SPI NOR Flash.
  • USB – 1x USB 2.0 Type-C port for power and programming.
  • Sensors – 6-axis motion sensor (ICM42671), PDM digital microphone (MMICT5838).
  • Expansion Header – 2x 28-pin board-to-board header for I/O board.
  • Battery management – LiPo battery management and connector
  • Dimensions – 30 x 25 mm.

The board is operated using the Renesas e2 Studio IDE and the built-in E2OB debugger microcontroller on the I/O board. It comes with a card with instructions for launching. The use is, of course, specific, including sensor systems, speech recognition, and the like.

The cost of the baby is $99, but the start of sales has not yet been made and it is not entirely clear when the system will be on sale.

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