5 single-board PCs for various tasks: November news

Milk-V Megrez

The company Milk-V, specializing in RISC-V architecture, has started accepting orders for the single-board computer Megrez — a high-performance device designed for artificial intelligence applications. It is based on the SoC ESWIN EIC7700X with a 4-core SiFive P550 processor running at 1.8 GHz and a neural coprocessor with a performance of about 20 TOPS.

The novelty is made in the mini-ITX form factor and is compatible with standard cases and power supplies. It is possible to install 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB of LPDDR5 memory and expand storage using microSD cards, an additional eMMC module, or a SATA 3.0 interface. The board also has four USB 3.0 Type-A ports and an M.2 E-key slot for an additional wireless module.

Another M.2 port is provided for installing an NVMe SSD based on SATA. The four-lane PCI Express Gen.3 ×8 slot is intended for installing network cards, graphics cards, or AI accelerators. As for peripheral connectivity: the board has an HDMI 2.0 port, analog audio input and output, UART and JTAG debugging interfaces, and two gigabit Ethernet ports. Power is supplied through a DC Jack connector.

^{Price: $199 for the 16 GB memory option | $269 for the 32 GB memory option}

Specifications:

• Central processor: SIFIVE P550 (1.8 GHz)

• Graphics processor: integrated

• Neural processor: 19.95 TOPS@INT8 NPU, support for INT16/FP16

• RAM: 8 / 16 / 32 GB LPDDR5-6400 MT/s

• Storage: M.2 (SATA3), eMMC, microSD, SATA3

• Dimensions: 170×170 mm

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AAEON UP 710S

AAEON, specializing in embedded computers, has announced a new model in its UP single-board computer line under the number 710S. This device is approximately the size of a Raspberry Pi 5, but it runs on Intel N-series chips (Intel N50, N97, N100, or N200 at the buyer's choice) and supports Microsoft Windows 11 or Canonical Ubuntu.

In terms of form factor, the novelty does not exceed the size of a credit card. In the maximum configuration, the PC is equipped with 4 cores, boosting up to 3.7 GHz, and an Intel UHD graphics processor with 32 execution units, operating at up to 750 MHz. Interfaces include a full-size HDMI 1.4b, three USB 3.2 Gen.2 Type-A ports, and two USB 2.0 ports.

The only full-size port in the system is the RJ45 jack for gigabit Ethernet. An additional two USB 2.0 ports, eight general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins, two SPI, two I2C, and two pulse-width modulation (PWM) outputs are brought out to wafer connectors, not to a 40-pin GPIO connector, reducing the overall board height by 10 mm.

Power is supplied through a 12V/5A screw terminal input connector, with consumption claimed to be around 30-36W. Although there is no built-in Wi-Fi on the board, there is an M.2 E-key slot suitable for additional 2230-sized modules. A microSD card slot is not implemented, but there is built-in eMMC memory of up to 128 GB.

^{Price: not announced}

Specifications:

• CPU: Intel N series (N50, N97, N100, N200)

• GPU: Intel UHD

• RAM: up to 8 GB LPDDR5

• Storage: up to 128 GB eMMC

• Supported OS: Windows 10/11, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Yocto 5.1

• Dimensions: 85×56 mm

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Orange Pi 4A

Orange Pi, specializing in embedded computing systems, has released the single-board computer Orange Pi 4A, based on the 8-core Allwinner T527 processor with Mali-G57 MC1 iGPU and a neural coprocessor with a performance of 2 TOPS for artificial intelligence workloads. Depending on the chosen option, the board can be equipped with 2 GB or 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.

Compact single-board computer equipped with a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB Type-A ports, HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz output, as well as built-in DisplayPort 1.3 and 4-lane and serial MIPI (DSI) display interface. There is also a 3.5mm jack for analog audio, one 2-lane and one 4-lane MIPI (CSI) camera interface, M.2 M-Key PCI Express Gen.2 slot, space for eMMC module and microSD card.

Finally, the board has a Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 (LE) module, a 40-pin general-purpose input/output (GPIO) connector, and a dedicated 4-pin connector for two channels of analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Orange Pi 4A supports various operating systems, including Linux (Armbian, Ubuntu, Debian) and Android, so users can choose the one that best suits their needs.

^{Price: $35 for the 2GB version | $40 for the 4GB version}

Specifications:

• CPU: Allwinner T527

• GPU: Mali-G57 MC1

• Neural Processor: 2 TOPS

• RAM: 2 / 4 GB LPDDR5

• Storage: up to 128 GB eMMC, M.2 (PCIe 2.0)

• Supported OS: Ubuntu, Debian, Android 13

• Dimensions: 89×56 mm

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Jetway JPIC‑ADN1

I have already dedicated a separate publication to this model, so I will not repeat myself. I will only remind you that this is a Pico-ITX single-board computer based on the Intel N97 or N200 processor, designed for use in industrial robotics.

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^{Price: not announced}

Specifications:

• CPU: Intel N series (N97, N200)

• GPU: Intel UHD

• RAM: up to 32 GB DDR5

• Storage: up to 128 GB eMMC, SATA3, M.2

• Supported OS: Windows 10/11, Linux

• Dimensions: 100×72 mm

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Orange Pi 5 Ultra

The new model in the Orange Pi 5 family, based on the Raspberry Pi, is the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, equipped with the Rockchip RK3588 SoC (4× Cortex-A76/2.4 GHz + 4× Cortex-A55/1.8 GHz) with an Arm NEON accelerator. It also features a neural coprocessor (up to 6 TOPS at minimum INT4 precision). The board also accommodates up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and ROM is optionally available with a capacity of 32-256 GB eMMC.

The interfaces include two USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, one HDMI 2.1 8K@60Hz output and one HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz. There is also a 4-channel MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI), two 4-channel camera serial interfaces (CSI), and a MIPI D-PHY reception port, analog audio, and a 2.5-gigabit Ethernet port, as well as a built-in Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 (LE) module.

The Orange Pi 5 Ultra is compact: its dimensions are only 89×57 mm. According to the manufacturer, this single-board PC is powerful enough for edge and cloud computing, smart home applications, neural network output, AR/VR, intelligent security, etc., covering various AIoT industries. It supports Orange Pi OS, as well as Ubuntu, Android 13, Debian, and other OSes.

^{Price: $125 for the 16 GB memory variant}

Specifications:

• CPU: Rockchip RK3588

• GPU: Mali-G610

• Neural Processor: 6 TOPS, support for INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16

• RAM: 4 / 8 / 16 GB LPDDR5

• Storage: up to 256 GB eMMC, M.2 (PCIe 3.0 ×4)

• Supported OS: Orange Pi OS, Ubuntu, Debian, Android 13

• Dimensions: 89×57 mm

Share your thoughts in the comments about the new products. Are there any manufacturers whose products you like the most?

P.S.: In the meantime, I am preparing material about new microcontrollers released in the past month. If tekkix finds such materials useful, I will try to write them regularly, as the compact computer market has become very interesting to me lately.