I swear it’s not an AI-generated picture of a device, but the Mekotronics R58-PTZ is real and just another unusual Rockchip RK3588 hardware platform from the company that’s an embedded computer with a 3-inch display on the front panel and a PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera placed on top.
Mekotronics describes it as a live-streaming box designed for video surveillance, so I assume its main use case is to leverage to built-in 6 TOPS NPU for live streaming with some real-time effect and/or surveillance applications detecting persons, masks, etc… especially it also offers two HDMI inputs for extra cameras.
Mekotronics R58-PTZ specifications:
- SoC – Rockchip RK3588 octa-core processor with
- CPU – 4x CortexA76 cores @ up to 2.4 GHz, 4x CortexA55 core @ 1.8 GHz
- GPU – Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, OpenCL 2.2, Vulkan 1.2
- Video decoder – 8Kp60 H.265, VP9, AVS2, 8Kp30 H.264 AVC/MVC, 4Kp60 AV1, 1080p60 MPEG-2/-1, VC-1, VP8
- Video encoder – 8Kp30 H.265/H.264 video encoder
- AI accelerator – 6 TOPS NPU
- System Memory – 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB LPDDR4x
- Storage
- 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB eMMC 5.1 flash
- M.2 M-key 2280 socket (PCIe Gen3) for NVMe SSD
- MicroSD card slot
- Video Output – HDMI 2.1 port up to 8Kp60
- Video Input
- 2x HDMI inputs up to 4Kp60
- Camera / Image sensor
- 2.38 MP SONY 1/2.8″ CMOS sensor
- Focal length – 5.9-94.4mm
- Aperture – F1.8-3.9
- Optical zoom – 20x optical zoom
- Horizontal Vision – 52.1°(W) – 3.4°(T)
- Vertical angle – 29.3°(W) – 1.9°(T)
- Diagonal angle – 59.8°(W) – 3.9°(T)
- Digital noise reduction – 2D & 3D Digital Noise Reduction
- Display – 3-inch display connected over MIPI DSI
- Audio – 3.5mm Audio out, Line-in, and Line-out jacks
- Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 jack
- WiFi 6
- Optional 4G LTE/GPS module via mini PCIe socket and nano SIM card slot
- USB – 2x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x USB Type-C port
- Misc
- Power button
- Front panel buttons (D-Pad, 3x user buttons)
- RTC clock (TBD)
- Power Supply – 12V/3A via 5.5×2.1mm DC jack
- Dimensions – TBD (Aluminum enclosure; wall mountable)
Mekotronics provides support for Android 12, Buildroot, Debian, and Armbian (Debian/Ubuntu), but has yet to provide the OS images on its website. Having said that, the R58-PTZ looks very similar to the Mekotronics R58-4×4 3S with an extra camera on top and fewer HDMI input ports, and the OS images for the R58-4×4 3S can be found on the download page.
Michael Wang will usually upload video demos of Mekotronics embedded computers on YouTube, but there’s no demo for the R58-PTZ just yet. Pricing has not been made public, but you can request a quotation and/or find a few more details on the product page.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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