Globalscale Technologies has created a new open source quad core networking board designed to provide users with high-speed connectivity using the Wi-Fi, 5G, 1Gbit and 10Gbit Ethernet.
The Mochabin is designed for a variety of Firewall, Networking and NAS applications.
Mochabin is designed to support 4G and 5G applications via the M.2 interface. These can be used for cellular backhaul and communications to replace the ISP modem.
With the OpenWRT and Replica One software.
We are interested in installing FreeBSD/OPNsense/TrueNAS on this board.
МochaBin-5G SBC diagram.
Board Specifications
SoC Model
Marvell Armada 7040 quad-core Corex-A72 processor Product Breaf
SoC Architecture
ARMv8 64-bit
CPU Frequency
UP to 1.4GHz
Memory
RAM
4GB or 8GB DDR4 (soldered down)
eMMC flash
16GB
SPI NOR flash
4MB for bootloader
External Interfaces
LAN Port (10Gbe)
1x 10GbE SFP+, 1x 1GbE SFP (via 88E1512 PHY)
LAN Port (1Gbe)
4x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 via Topaz 88E6141 switch
WAN Port (1Gbe)
1x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 WAN port (via 88E1512 PHY) with PoE support, multiplexed with 1GbE SFP, so only one can be used at any time
The Baikal-M (BE-M100) processor was presented by the “Baikal Electronics” company in October 2019.
BE-M1000 is a feature-rich system-on-a-chip with eight ARM Cortex-A57 cores, an 8-core Mali-T628 GPU, and a set of high-speed interfaces including HDMI, PCI Express, 10Gb Ethernet and SATA. This SoC can be used in desktops, microservers, and embedded applications.
Specifications
8 ARM Cortex-A57 cores (64 bit)
Clock rate up to 1,5 GHz
8-core Mali-T628 GPU
Dual-channel 64-bit DDR3/4 interface with ECC support
4 MB (L2) + 8MB (L3) cache
Two 10Gb Ethernet and two 1Gb Ethernet controllers support VLAN
Supports HDMI 2.0 WQXGA (2560×1440)@60Hz and LVDS video
A built-in PCI Express Gen. 3 root complexes (4+4+8 lanes)
Two SATA 6G controllers with data transfer rates up to 6 Gbps
Two USB3.0 and four USB2.0 channels
I2S, SPI, eSPI, SMBus, UART, GPIO
TSMC 28 nm process technology
Estimated TDP below 35 W
Baikal Electronics — a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based(SoC). The Baikal family of multicore processors includes energy-efficient solutions for desktops and industrial computers with various levels of performance and functionality.
