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