Feature-rich, low-profile Rockchip RK3588 SBC is made for digital signage displays, industrial PCs, NVR, and more

Shenzhen Runwelltec RWA027-RK3588 is a low-profile SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3588 and equipped with plenty of connectors and ports. Those make the 11mm thin RK3588 board suitable for network video recorders (NVR), smart digital signage displays, industrial PCs, face recognition solutions, etc…

The ultrathin board comes with up to 16GB RAM and up to 256GB eMMC flash, supports NVMe and SATA storage, provides HDMI 2.1 video output and five other LCD interfaces with optional USB/I2C touchscreen support, as well as two 4K-capable HDMI input ports, offers Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, up to nine USB interfaces, six UART, and so on.

RWA027-RK3588 specifications:

• SoC – Rockchip RK3588
  • CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Arm Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.4 GHz, 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores
  • GPU – Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU with support for OpenGL ES3.2, OpenCL 2.2, Vulkan1.1
  • AI Accelerator – 6 TOPS NPU
  • VPU – 8Kp60 video decoding, 8Kp30 video encoding
  • ISP – 48MP ISP
• System Memory – 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB LPDDR4x
• Storage
  • 32GB eMMC 5.1 flash by default, options for 64GB to 256GB capacities
  • SATA port for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives
  • M.2 PCIe socket for M.2 2280 NVMe drives
  • MicroSD card slot
• Display interfaces
  • 31-pin MIPI DSI interface for 7-inch (1024×600), 8-inch (1280×800) or 10.1-inch (1280×800) displays with backlight adjusted by jumper
  • 2x 15-pin LVDS connector  up to 1080p60
  • eDP LCD connector up to 1080p60
  • V-by-one connector up to 4Kp60
  • eDP connector up to 4K resolution
  • HDMI 2.1 output up to 8Kp60
  • USB and I2C touch panels support
  • 2x PWM for backlight control
• Video Input
  • 1x HDMI 2.0 input up to 4Kp60
  • 1x HDMI 1.4 input up to 4Kp30
  • 40-pin MIPI CSI camera connector with HDR support
• Audio
  • 3.5mm stereo headphone jack
  • 10W stereo amplifier and speaker connector
  • 1x microphone input
• Connectivity
  • Low-profile Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
  • WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 via Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe module
  • Optional 4G LTE cellular via mPCIe USB module + micro SIM card slot
  • Optional 5G cellular via USB 3.0 dongle
  • Optional ST-26-Z8LR GPS module with support for GPS, GLONASS, and Beidou, accuracy up to 2.5m with AGNSS
  • Antennas – 4s IPEX-I antenna connectors for GPS (1x), WiFi (2x) and Bluetooth (1x)
• USB – 9x USB interfaces:
  • 1x USB 3.0 OTG port for data and firmware update
  • 1x USB Type-C with support for PD 3.0 fast charging up to 100W
  • 1x USB 2.0 Type-A port
  • 6x USB host ports via 4-pin headers
• Other peripherals
  • 6x UARTs:  UART2 for debugging only, UART6 and UART7 (TTL or RS485) and UART3, UART5 and UART8 (TTL only)
  • 5x GPIOs configurable as input or output; 3.3V by default, but “5V or 12V can be offered by other connector”
  • 2x TWI/I2C with one used for touch panel
• Misc
  • U-boot button
  • Up to 6 buttons via ADC
  • IR receiver
  • Power LED
  • RTC with battery
• Power Supply
  • 12V/3A via 2mm DC jack or 6-pin connector
  • 4-pin connector for 12V PoE up to 30W
• Dimensions – 160 x 105 x 11mm; Note: top side is about 7mm high, the PCB is 1.6mm thick, and the bottom side is 2.4mm high.

The company provides Android 12 with Linux 5.10 for the board, but there’s no mention of support for any Linux distributions. I’d assume it could be done upon request. It’s quite a versatile Rockchip RK3588 single board computer so besides applications like digital signage displays and network video recorders, it could be found in all sorts of more advanced applications.

I don’t think I had ever written about this company before. Runwelltech has a website, but it has not been updated for several years, so most of the information comes from an Alibaba page that shows a $186 price tag for samples as well as a PDF user manual with additional technical information.

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