Hong Kong-based single-board laptop maker Pine64 is reportedly about to tackle Raspberry Pi with its upcoming Ox64, in line with CNX Software program (opens in new tab).

The Ox64 might be constructed on RISC-V structure to instantly problem the Raspberry Pi Pico W. Whereas Pine64 has not but made an official announcement, a wiki put up (opens in new tab) does give us a reasonably detailed trace at what to anticipate.

Its CPU options two Alibaba T-head cores, one 62-bit and the opposite 32-bit, and the machine has 64MB of DRAM (in contrast with the Pico W’s 264Kb). It additionally makes use of a Bouffalo Lab AI engine for video and audio detection and recognition.

Pine64 Ox64 specs

When it comes to connectivity, just like the Raspberry Pi Pico W, there’s built-in Wi-Fi. The Ox64 makes use of the identical Wi-Fi Four commonplace and solely connects to 2.4GHz channels. Whereas Wi-Fi 6 is starting to achieve severe traction in family units, Wi-Fi Four ought to be enough for many microcontroller customers.

There’s additionally Bluetooth 5 with help for Bluetooth Low Vitality, and for good dwelling aficionados, Zigbee (particularly IEEE 802.15.4).

Onboard storage is capped at 128Mb/16MB, nevertheless there’s help for SDHC/SDXC microSD playing cards. Additional growth comes courtesy of a USB 2.zero port, 26 GPIO pins dotted across the outdoors of the module with SPI, I2C and UART performance, and a USB-C port for energy.

Just like the Raspberry Pi Pico W, the Ox64’s footprint measures 51x21mm. It’s barely thicker than the Pico W, although, at 19mm (in contrast with 3.9mm for the Pico W or 12.9mm for the Pico WH). 

Little is thought concerning the future functions of the Ox64, although it’s more likely to help a Linux working system, together with most of the Raspberry Pi distros which might be available. It’s additionally anticipated to come back in at underneath $10/£10, very similar to its key rival.

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