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Say Hello to the Radxa Rock4 SE and Rock4 C+

The Radxa Rock4 SE and Rock4 C+ are both Raspberry Pi-sized single board computers built to take on the world's favourite SBC. In this video, I will take you on a tour of the boards' features and we will fire one up to see what they are like to use.

Board Specifications:

Rock4 C+

Model

ROCK 4C Plus

Processor

64bits hexa core processor

Rockchip RK3399-T

Dual Cortex-72, frequency 1.5GHz with qual Cortex-A53, frequency 1.0GHz

Mali T860MP4 gpu, support OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.0, Open CL 1.1 1.2, DX11.

Memory

LPDDR4

64bit dual channel LPDDR4@3200Mb/s, 1GB/2GB/4GB optioal

Storage

eMMC connector

μSD card (μSD slot supports up to 256 GB μSD card)

Display

One Micro HDMI 2K up to 1440P@60

One Micro HDMI 4K 2.0 up to 4k@60

MIPI DSI 4 lanes via FPC connector

Only two of HDMI 2k, HDMI 4K and MIPI DSI can work at the same time.

Audio

3.5mm jack HD codec that supports up to 24-bit/96KHz audio.

Camera

MIPI CSI 2 lanes via FPC connector, support up to 800 MP camera (0.3mm pitch connector).

Wireless

802.11 ac wifi

BT 5.0

with external antenna

USB

USB 3.0 OTG X1, upper one, software configurable to be host or OTG,

USB 3.0 HOST X1, dedicated USB 3.0 channel, lower one

USB 2.0 HOST X2

Ethernet

GbE LAN with Power over Ethernet (PoE) support

additional HAT is required for powering from PoE

IO

40-pin expansion header

2 x UART

2 x SPI bus

3 x I2C bus

1 x PCM/I2S

1 x SPDIF

2 x PWM

1 x ADC

6 x GPIO

2 x 5V DC power in

2 x 3.3V DC power in

Others

RTC

Power

USB C 5V/3A

Size

85mm x 54mm

Rock4 SE

Model

ROCK 4 SE

Processor

64bits hexa core processor

Rockchip RK3399-T

Dual Cortex-72, frequency 1.5GHz with qual Cortex-A53, frequency 1.0GHz

Mali T860MP4 gpu, support OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.0, Open CL 1.1 1.2, DX11.

Memory

LPDDR4

64bit dual channel LPDDR4@3200Mb/s, 1GB/2GB/4GB optioal

Storage

eMMC connector

μSD card (μSD slot supports up to 256 GB μSD card)

M.2 SSD (M.2 connector supports up to 2T M2 NVME SSD)

Display

Standard HDMI 2.0 up to 4k@60

MIPI DSI 2 lanes via FPC connector

HDMI and MIPI DSI can work at the same time, support mirror mode or extend mode.

Audio

3.5mm jack with mic

HD codec that supports up to 24-bit/96KHz audio.

Camera

MIPI CSI 2 lanes via FPC connector, support up to 800 MP camera(1mm pitch connector).

Wireless

802.11 ac wifi

BT 5.0

with on board or external antenna

USB

USB 3.0 OTG X1, hardware switch for host/device switch, upper one

USB 3.0 HOST X1, dedicated USB 3.0 channel, lower one

USB 2.0 HOST X2

Ethernet

GbE LAN with Power over Ethernet (PoE) support

additional HAT is required for powering from PoE

IO

40-pin expansion header

2 x UART

2 x SPI bus

3 x I2C bus

1 x PCM/I2S

1 x SPDIF

2 x PWM

1 x ADC

6 x GPIO

2 x 5V DC power in

2 x 3.3V DC power in

Others

RTC

RTC battery connector for time backup(optional)

Power

USB PD, support USB Type C PD 2.0, 9V/2A, 12V/2A.

Qualcomm® Quick ChargeTM: Supports QC 3.0/2.0 adapter, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A

Size

85mm x 54mm

Links:

OKDO getting started guides

Radxa Rock4 Wiki

Armbian Rock4 page

The Civil Infrastructure Platform project

ROCK Shop

Mark completed his Electronic Engineering degree in 1991 and worked in real-time digital signal processing applications engineering for a number of years, before moving into technical marketing.
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