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Mekotronics R58X is an embedded mini PC powered by Rockchip RK3588 Cortex-A76/A55 processor with 16GB RAM, dual Gigabit Ethernet, 8K capable HDMI and DisplayPort video output ports, HDMI input, M.2 NVMe storage, and more.
This is yet another announcement of Rockchip RK3588 hardware following ROCK5 Pico-ITX SBC, Firefly ITX-3588J mini-ITX motherboard, and Mixtile Blade 3 server board among others. Melotronix R58X may have different use cases, as it is suitable as an IoT gateway, an industrial PC, an edge computing platform, a video analytics server, digital signage, a vehicle control unit, and other embedded applications.
Mekotronics R58X mini PC/SBC specifications:
The company will allegedly provide Android 12, Linux Ubuntu 18.04, and Debian 11 for the mini PC. Based on our recent article about the Mixtile board, I’d suspect only Android 12 will be available initially, and providing an Ubuntu 18.04 image in 2022 instead of Ubuntu 20.04, or Ubuntu 22.04 whose release is planned for next month, looks strange to me.
It should also be possible to purchase the DEV-RK3588-4D32 board only, especially since some interfaces like MIPI CSI and SATA are not accessible from the mini PC. That board may have been unveiled last December during the official RK3588 announcement at RKDC 2021 according to a post on CSDN in Chinese.
Mekotronics told CNX Software the sample cost is $249 with a shipping lead time of just 7 days. I was unable to get the details about memory and storage capacity for the sample in time for this article, but I’d suspect at this price it should be 4GB RAM with 32GB eMMC flash. Again based on what I have read over the last few months, I doubt software, even Android, is ready for prime time. More details may be found on the product page, and we were told the download link to the first firmware image would be available on March 15. They also have a YouTube account with some demos. R58K can’t be purchased online right now, so you’d have to email them or call them to get more information and/or arrange a sample.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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I wonder if the holes are in VGA support format, to skrew behind screen ? This would make it so convenient to have a clean desktop and easy to move desktop computer.
VESA mount you mean? If so, no, too wide housing for that.
Good to see an actual product with videos too.
Would like to see some real world benchmarks to compare against those previously posted.
I do wonder how many would pay this price instead of buying an Intel box though.
Just because rising price of energy.
Why oh why, they’re selling with these kind of price. What a pity. Looks like x86 powered mini-pc’s still better for price/perf than something like these. Just get intel NUC11PAHi3 (~$270 barebone), or mini-pc with intel T series procie, underclock and undervolt it. It’s super easy to upgrade and get compatible OS and drivers usually works OOTB. i5-8500T elitedesk 600 G4 (2nd hand, ~$340, 8/128GB) undervolt 170mV clock to 2500MHz, idle at 5-6watt. Youtube at < 20w (around 11-16watt). Dota2 at <= 44watt (~58 celcius ambient at > 30 degree). Silent. If want to frugal, tune it down to 2GHz… Read more »
The question now is: who in Shenzhen has NOT announced an RK3588 board yet?!
Can these rk3588 capture HDMI video in 4K @ 120fps?
If so they are the least expensive device which can do this.
The datasheet (page 12) states the HDMI RX is only capable of up to [email protected] However, the more practical issue will be the need for HDCP keys to decode protected content.
Rockchip boards are almost useless.
For those interested Michael Wang has posted YouTube videos of this device running Debian OS 11, Antutu and GLmark2 results.
I’m really interested in a sample R58x & I would leave great reviews. I love watching & streaming movies . Please respond
will android version play 3D, and dolby vision mkvs? thanks. George
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