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Radxa Rock Pi N10

April 18th, 2021

The solution is based on the Rochchip RK3399Pro processor.

This chip contains six processing cores – the Cortex-A72 duo clocked at up to 1.8 GHz and the Cortex-A53 quartet at up to 1.4 GHz.

The integrated Mali-T860 MP4 GPU controller with support for OpenGL ES 1.1–3.2, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL 1.2 and DX 11 is responsible for graphics processing.

It is important to note that the processor includes a specialized NPU designed to accelerate the execution of operations related to artificial intelligence.

The amount of LPDDR3 RAM ranges from 4 GB to 8 GB. Up to 64GB eMMC 5.1 flash drive and microSD card slot are provided. Additionally, up to 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD can be installed. The single board computer measures 100 × 100 mm. The product is equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet network controller. There are two USB 2.0 ports, a USB 3.0 OTG connector, an HDMI 2.0 interface and a standard 3.5mm audio jack.

The Rock Pi N10 starts at $99. It talks about compatibility with software platforms Debian 10, Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora 28 and Android 8.1.

I was able to build a FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE boot image for this device, it allows you to install the operating system on an eMMC flash, NVMe SSD or USB HDD.

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FriendlyElec NanoPi R4S

April 17th, 2021
  • The NanoPi R4S (as “R4S“) is an open source platform with dual-Gbps Ethernet ports designed and developed by FriendlyElec for IoT applications.

  • The NanoPi R4S uses the RK3399 SoC. It has two Gbps Ethernet ports and 1G/4G RAM.

  • FriendlyElec ported an OpenWrt system for it. It works with Docker CE. It is a good platform for developing IoT applications, NAS applications, smart home gateways etc.

  • This is a great product that is ideal for use as an Internet gateway. I was able to create a custom build of the popular OPNsense firewall and FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for this device. And it works great.

Hardware Spec

Board Specifications  

SoC Model

Rockchip RK3399 – Hexacore
2x Cortex-A72 + 4x Cortex-A53
SoC Architecture ARMv8-A 64-bit
CPU Frequency A72 : 2.0GHz, A53 : 1.5GHz
Memory  
RAM 1GB DDR3 or 4GB LPDDR4
microSD Slot 1
External Interfaces  
Gigabit LAN Port (1Gbe) one Native Gigabit Ethernet, and one PCIe Gigabit Ethernet
USB 3.0 2xType-A
Developer Interfaces  
2×5-pin header SPIx1, I2Cx1
4-pin header USB 2.0
Debug One Debug UART, 3Pin 2.54mm header, 3V level, 1500000bps
Others  
LEDs 1 x power LED and 3 x GPIO Controlled LED
Power supply DC 5V/3A, via USB-C connector or Pin header
PCB 8 Layer, 66 mm x 66 mm
Temperature range 0℃ to 80℃
Reset button 1

From these links you can download the SD card installation images for
FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE and OPNsense

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