Forlinx Embedded has introduced three new entries in its system-on-module-based single-board laptop vary, all powered by the Rockchip RK3506: the OK3506J-S, OK3506J-C, and the OK3506-S12 Mini, a mannequin designed primarily for improvement and experimentation quite than direct deployment.
“The newest Rockchip RK3506 with its excessive efficiency, low energy consumption, and wealthy interfaces has turn out to be a preferred alternative for situations similar to industrial management, the Web of Issues (IoT), and edge computing,” the corporate says of the system-on-chip on the coronary heart of its newest gadgets. “Towards the backdrop of the versatile calls for for environment friendly improvement platforms, Forlinx has launched 3 totally different improvement board to feed the ever-increasing calls for throughout industries. OK3506J-S/C provide cost-effective, low-power, industrial-grade options with wealthy I/O [Input/Output], long-term help, and speedy prototyping, whereas OK3506-S12 Mini is a budget-friendly platform for builders to check options and validate capabilities earlier than scaling up.”
Forlinx has three new SBC designs out, together with the industrial-grade OK3506J-C (above) and the OK3506-S12 Mini (prime). (📷: Forlinx Embedded)
All three fashions are constructed across the Rockchip RK3506, a low-power system-on-chip that features three Cortex-A7 processor cores operating at as much as 1.5GHz plus a Cortex-M0+ microcontroller core operating at 200MHz as a coprocessor for real-time workloads. There is a alternative of 256MB or 512MB of DDR3 reminiscence, relying on mannequin, and the OK3506J-S and OK3506J-C embody 256MB of NAND flash plus 8GB of on-board eMMC storage; the OK3506-S12, in the meantime, has no eMMC however the alternative of 256MB of 512MB of NAND flash. All fashions embody microSD Card help for storage enlargement.
The S- and C-suffixed fashions embody single-channel audio, two Quick Ethernet ports, RS485, two CAN FD, three SPI, and 6 contact key interfaces, plus on-board Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, two USB 2.0 Host and one USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) ports, 4G help, a real-time clock, and JTAG debugging. The S12-suffixed Mini variant drops the audio, RS485, CAN bus, SPI, and wi-fi connectivity, loses the USB OTG port and drops to 1 USB 2.0 Host port, strikes to 1 Quick Ethernet port, and, unusually for a system focusing on improvement, loses the JTAG debugging port — however beneficial properties a Raspberry Pi-format 40-pin general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) header, which makes use of the RK3506’s “Matrix IO” to permit for versatile pin remapping.
Extra info on the OK3506J-C, OK3506J-S,and OK3506-S12 Mini is accessible on their respective product pages; pricing had not been publicly disclosed on the time of publication.
