Developers, makers and enthusiasts searching for a more powerful alternative to the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC may be interested in the new FriendlyELEC NanoPC-T4 which has been specially designed to provide a powerful Raspberry Pi alternative without the bottleneck issues. The NanoPC-T4 include support for NVMe-linked M.2 SSDs, solving I/O bottlenecking and offers users a SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3399.
Paired with a dual-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A72 with a quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 in a Big.LITTLE configuration, supported by a Mali-T864 GPU, and 4K VP9 and 10-Bit H.265/H.264 hardware video decoder, with 4 GB RAM and 16 GB of onboard storage. The NanoPC-T4 is available bundled upwith a heatsink, radio antennas, a power adapter, and an acrylic case for $119. Officially, the NanoPC-T4 mini PC is listed as supporting Android 7.1 and Lubuntu 16.04 with GPU and VPU acceleration.
Full Specifications include :
– SoC: Rockchip RK3399
– CPU: big.LITTLE, Dual-Core Cortex-A72 (up to 2.0GHz) + Quad-Core Cortex-A53 (up to 1.5GHz)
– GPU: Mali-T864 GPU, supports OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenVG 1.1, OpenCL, DX11, and AFBC
– VPU: 4K VP9 and 4K 10-Bit H265/H264 60 FPS decoding, Dual VOP, etc
– PMU: RK808-D PMIC, cooperated with independent DC/DC, enabling DVFS, software power-down, RTC wake-up, system sleep mode
– RAM: Dual-Channel 4GB LPDDR3-1866
– Flash: 16GB eMMC 5.1 Flash
– Ethernet: Native Gigabit Ethernet
– Wi-Fi/BT: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, dual antenna interface
– Video Input: two 4-Lane MIPI-CSI, dual ISP, up to 13MP/s, supports simultaneous input of dual camera data
– Video output
– HDMI: HDMI 2.0a, supports 4K @ 60Hz, HDCP 1.4/2.2
– DP (on USB-C): DisplayPort 1.2 Alt Mode
– LCD Interface: one eDP 1.3 (4-Lane, 10.8Gbps), one 4-Lane MIPI-DSI
– Audio Out: 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, HDMI
– Audio In: onboard microphone
– USB 2.0: 2 independent native USB 2.0 Host A interfaces
– USB 3.0: 1 native USB 3.0 Host A type interface
– USB Type-C: Supports USB 3.0 Type-C and DisplayPort 1.2 Alt Mode on USB Type-C
– PCIe: One M.2 M-Key PCIe x4 socket, compatible with PCIe 2.1, Dual operation mode; Onboard M3 PCB nut for mounting M.2 2280 module
– microSD Slot x 1
– 40Pin GPIO Extension ports:
– 1 X 3V/1.8V I2C, up to 2 x 3V UART, 1 X 3V SPI, 1 x SPDIF_TX, up to 8 x 3V GPIOs
– 1 x 1.8V I2S, 3 x 1.8V GPIOs
– ADC: 3 x 1.8V ADC inputs, 5 Pin 2.54mm header
– Debug: one Debug UART, 4 Pin 2.54mm header, 3V level, 1500000bps
– Keys: PowerKey, Reset, MASKROM(BOOT), Recovery
– LED: 1 x Power LED and 1 x GPIO-controlled LED
– IR reciver: Onboard IR reciver, Acceptes 38KHz carrier frequency
– RTC Battery: 2 Pin 1.27/1.25mm RTC battery input connector
– Cooling: two 2.5mm PCB nuts for mounting heat sink; 3 Pin 12V cooling fan interface with PWM
– Power supply: DC 12V/2A
Source: TR