The all-new Mekotronics R58x is a full-fledged multi-purpose ARM-based embedded PC offering all the characteristics of a stand-alone encoding-decoding system.
Last week we presented the Mekotronics RK3399Pro 6-core. Today we will introduce the big boy of the family, the Mekotronics R58x embedded PC.
Mekotronics R58x is a low power, high performance processor for ARM-based PC and Edge Computing device, personal mobile internet device and other digital multimedia applications, and integrates quad-core Cortex-A76 and quad-core Cortex-A55 with separately NEON coprocessor; its maximum DDR capacity support is up to 32GB.
Also, R58x support WiFi 6, 2.4G/5G WiFi. With its metal housing, R58x has industrial grade stability and can operate stably for a long time under the working temperature range from -40°C to 80°C.
Rockchip RK3588 industrial CPU
Rockchip 3588 is a eight core 64 bit quad-core cortex-A76 and quad core cortex A55 processor, and it is 8nm made advanced technology. Quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 MPCore processor and quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 MPCore processor, both are high-performance, low-power and cached application processor.
Integrated 64KB L1 instruction cache, 64KB L1 data cache and 512KB L2 cache for each Cortex-A76. Integrated 32KB L1 instruction cache, 32KB L1 data cache and 128KB L2 cache for each Cortex-A55. Quad-core Cortex-A76 and Quad-core Cortex-A55 share 3MB L3 cache.
Mekotronics R58x, with DDR max capacity up to 16GB
RK3588 has high-performance quad channel external memory interface (LPDDR4/LPDDR4X/LPDDR5) capable of sustaining demanding memory bandwidths; it also provides a complete set of peripheral interface to support very flexible applications.
* Dynamic Memory Interface
- Compatible with JEDEC standards LPDDR4/LPDDR4X/LPDDR5
- Support four channels, each channel 16bits data widths
- Support up to 2 ranks (chip selects) for each channel
- Totally up to 16GB address space
- Low power modes, such as power-down and self-refresh for SDRAM
* eMMC Interface
- Fully compliant with JEDEC Emmc5.1, SDIO3.0, M.2 PCIE 3.0, SATA 3.0 7pin*2
- Backward compliant with eMMC 4.51 and earlier versions specification.
- Support HS400, HS200, DDR50 and legacy operating modes
- Support three data bus width: 1bit, 4bits or 8bits
Rockchip RK3588 integrated GPU, VPU, and NPU
Mekotronics R58x has Embedded 3D GPU makes RK3588 completely compatible with OpenGLES 1.1, 2.0, and 3.2, OpenCL up to 2.2 and Vulkan1.2. Special 2D hardware engine with MMU will maximize display performance and provide very smoothly operation.
The build-in NPU supports INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16 hybrid operation and computing power is up to 6TOPs. In addition, with its strong compatibility, network models based on a series of frameworks such as TensorFlow/MXNet/PyTorch/Caffe can be easily converted.
Multiple display interfaces
Mekotronics R58x has many embedded powerful hardware engines provide optimized performance for high-end application. RK3588 supports H.265 and VP9 decoder by 8K@60fps, H.264 decoder by 8K@30fps, and AV1 decoder by 4K@60fps, also support H.264 and H.265 encoder by 8K@30fps, high-quality JPEG encoder/decoder, specialized image pre-processor and post-processor.
The system has HDMI 2.1 and DP video output, and also HDMI input interface, so R58x can support two screens displaying different contents at the same time; R58x can be used as digital bulletin terminal, digital signage mediaplayer and other applications.
The new RK3588 introduces a new generation totally hardware-based maximum 48-Megapixel ISP (image signal processor). It implements a lot of filtering and accelerator algorithm, such as HDR, 3A, LSC, 3DNR, 2DNR, sharpening, dehaze, fisheye correction, gamma correction and so on.
Video Decoder
- Real-time video decoder of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265, VC-1, VP9, VP8, MVC, AV1
- MMU Embedded
- Multi-channel decoder in parallel for less resolution
- H.264 AVC/MVC Main10 L6.0 : 8K@30fps (7680×4320)
- VP9 Profile0/2 L6.1 : 8K@60fps (7680×4320)
- H.265 HEVC/MVC Main10 L6.1 : 8K@60fps (7680×4320)
- AVS2 Profile0/2 L10.2.6 : 8K@60fps (7680×4320)
- AV1 Main Profile 8/10bit L5.3 : 4K@60fps (3840×2160)
- MPEG-2 up to MP: 1080p@60fps (1920×1088)
- MPEG-1 up to MP: 1080p@60fps (1920×1088)
- VC-1 up to AP level 3: 1080p@60fps (1920×1088)
- VP8 version2 : 1080p@60fps (1920×1088)
Video Encoder
- Real-time H.265/H.264 video encoding
- Support up to 8K@30fps
- Multi-channel encoder in parallel for less resolution
Stable running at wide temperature range
With strictly select industrial grade processors and components, Mekotronics R58x can run under harsh working environment, and its working temperature range is from – 40°C to 80°C. And R18 also can work continuously and stably 24/7 for reaching the industrial standard.
Various interfaces
Mekotronics R58x has HDMI2.1 and DP video output, HDMI input, dual G-LAN network, GPIO, RS232, RS485, PCIE for internal SSD, USB 3.0, USB2.0,Type-C, and many other interfaces.
Multiple operation systems, Android 12 and Linux Ubuntu OS
The Rockchip 3588 chipset can be widely used as IOT gateway, industrial PC, edge computing, face recognition, digital signage, intelligent device, cloud terminal, vehicle central control and other applications. The system has excellent real-time performance and can provide a safe and stable system environment for product research and production.
Specifications
| CPU | Quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 MPCore processor and quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 MPCore processor, both are high-performance, low-power and cached application processor, frequency 2.4Ghz |
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| NPU |
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| Storage |
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| Video-codec |
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| JPEG-codec |
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| Display |
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| WiFi | 2.4G/5G dual band WiFi (2T2R) or WiFi 6
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| Clock | Support RTC
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| Audio | Support MIC and audio jack *1 1.25mm 4 pin CON *1
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| Operating system |
Android 12 OS, Linux Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 11 |
Final thoughts
This new Mekotronics R58x looks like a powerful, yet low-energy device to add a number of interesting new opportunities to our home, SOHO and industry applications. Mekotronics planned its launch today, March the 10th, with a retail price of 249 USD. A medium-sized NUC would cost twice, with less configuration options and a doubled request for power.
If the RK3399Pro-6core was a little jewel, the R58x appears like the new big boy of the town. I would consider buying one for my daily work.
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