RISC-V specialist StarFive has introduced a brand new model of its Raspberry Pi-like VisionFive 2 single-board pc, the VisionFive 2 Lite — now crowdfunding with rewards beginning at as little as $19.90 for a mannequin with 2GB of RAM.
“This yr marks the fifteenth anniversary of RISC-V, in addition to the third anniversary of the VisionFive 2 launch,” StarFive’s Tao Xu says by the use of introduction. “Motivated by the assist of our first marketing campaign backers, now we have made vital strides in software program porting, growth, and optimization. As RISC-V marks its 15-year milestone, we’re excited to introduce the VisionFive 2 household merchandise: VisionFive 2 Lite, your easiest entry level to RISC-V growth, beginning at $19.90.”
StarFive, which designs its personal system-on-chips constructed round SiFive’s RISC-V processor cores, was initially tapped to be a part of the BeagleBoard BeagleV Starlight earlier than the challenge was cancelled — then unveiled its personal single-board pc, the VisionFive V1. The VisionFive 2 adopted, upgrading to the extra highly effective StarFive JH7110 system-on-chip — and now it has a Lite variant within the household.
The brand new VisionFive 2 Lite strikes to a extra Raspberry Pi-like structure, internet hosting the StarFive JH7110S processor with 4 64-bit RISC-V cores operating at as much as 1.25GHz, down from 1.5GHz of the JH7110 correct, and an Creativeness BXE-4-32 graphics processor linked to 2GB, 4GB or 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Not like the unique design there’s the choice for on-board eMMC storage and Wi-Fi connectivity, whereas the smaller board structure offers room for microSD card storage, a single HDMI port and two-lane MIPI Show Serial Interface (DSI), one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 Kind-A ports, a wired gigabit Ethernet port, and an M.2 M-key slot for high-speed storage or an accelerator module.
The brand new mannequin adopts a really acquainted structure, taking on a smaller footprint than the sooner VisionFive and VisionFive 2. (📷: StarFive)
Energy is dealt with over a USB Kind-C port, which requires a 5V 3A provide, with the choice of Energy-over-Ethernet (PoE) with further {hardware} or feeding 5V straight into the Raspberry Pi-style 40-pin general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) header, which offers 28 user-addressable GPIO pins engaged on 3.3V logic.
“VisionFive 2 Lite is a budget-friendly and feature-rich RISC-V single board pc tailor-made for schooling, AIoT [Artificial Intelligence of Things], good residence, and IIoT [Industrial Internet of Things] purposes,” Xu claims of the corporate’s new board design. “Powered by StarFive’s JH7110S quad-core processor, it options sturdy picture and video processing capabilities together with versatile enlargement interfaces together with PCIe, HDMI, USB 3.0, and gigabit Ethernet.”
The corporate is, as with earlier fashions, crowdfunding manufacturing of the brand new board on Kickstarter, with bodily rewards beginning at simply $19.90 for a mannequin with 2GB of RAM — a reduction over its deliberate $27.99 retail value. All {hardware} is predicted to ship in October, StarFive says.
