Radxa, a Brazilian single-board computer (SBC) developer, has started sales of its Rock Pi 4C SBC designed for ultra-compact and very low-cost systems. The Radxa Rock Pi 4C SBC is based on the Rockchip RK3399 System on Chip (SoC) which was originally designed for budget Google Android tablets and therefore has quite a decent set of features and performance. The card could power an entry-level entertainment or home theater PC project or a ``typewriter'' type desktop PC that doesn't require significant performance. The Rockchip RK3399 SoC contains two high-performance Arm Cortex-A72 cores operating up to 1.80 GHz, four energy-efficient Arm Cortex-A53 cores operating up to 1.40 GHz, an Arm Mali-T864 GPU, as well as a multimedia engine that supports decoding. of modern video codecs used by streaming services, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264/MPEG4-AVC, H.265/HEVC, VC-1, VP9, VP8 and MVC.
Universal SBC
The Rock Pi 4C SBC comes with 4 GB (or less) of onboard LPDDR4 memory, an optional eMMC storage module (up to 128 GB), and can support a microSD or M.2 SSD card (up to 2 TB, PCIe 2.1 interface). ssd. On the connectivity side, the card includes Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 5, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0 Type-A ports (2.0 and 3.0), mini HDMI 2.0a output (4Kp60 compatible), mini DisplayPort 1.2, a GPIO header, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a USB-C jack for power. The SBC measures just 85x54mm and can be adapted to different chassis and is compatible with various accessories, including those designed by Radxa himself. When it comes to software support, the Rock Pi 4C SBC can work with various Linux operating systems, as well as Google Android, as well as some versions of Google Android TV.
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(Image credit: Radxa) Radxa's Rock Pi 4C SBCs are now available from a variety of retailers, including Amazon (for $110) and AllNetChina (for $59). Via CNX software