NANOPI M4 – RK3399 BASED RPI CLONE SBC COSTS $65 ONLY

FriendlyElec has launched the NanoPi M4. It is one of the smallest, most affordable Rockchip RK3399 based SBC yet. The NanoPi M4 has essentially the same layout as the latest Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and has all of its stand out features. Aside from the different processor, this is a very close resemblance of the RPi 3 B+ except for the lack of PoE support on the GbE port.

On the other hand, it has a faster, native GbE port instead of the RPi 3 B+’s USB-based connection. Like the B+, it has dual-channel 802.11ac on the WiFi/Bluetooth module.

Despite the performance improvements on the RPi 3 B+, the Rockchip RK3399 beats it in speed tests. It also defeats the vast majority of Arm SoCs. The RK3399 has dual Cortex-A72 cores clocked to up to 2.0GHz and 4x Cortex-A53 cores at 1.5GHz. There’s also a high-end Mali-T864 GPU and a VPU that supports 4K VP9 and 4K 10-bit H265/H264 60fps decoding.

NANOPI M4 – RK3399 BASED RPI CLONE SBC COSTS $65 ONLY

The NanoPi M4 is intended for applications including machine learning, AI, deep learning, robots, industrial control, industrial cameras, advertisement machines, game machines, and blockchain. OS support for this board includes Android 7.1.2 and three Ubuntu-based Linux distributions: Lubuntu 16.04, FriendlyCore 18.04 (Ubuntu Core), and FriendlyDesktop 18.04.

Specifications for the NanoPi M4:

  • Processor:
    • Rockchip RK3399 (2x Cortex-A72 at up to 2.0GHz,
    • 4x Cortex-A53 @ up to 1.5GHz); Mali-T864 GPU
  • Memory:                                                            
    • 2GB or 4GB LPDDR3 RAM (dual-channel)
    • eMMC socket
    • MicroSD slot for up to 128GB
  • Wireless:
    • 802.11b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz) with Bluetooth 4.1;
    • 2x IPX antenna connectors
  • Networking: Gigabit Ethernet port

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