To be honest I don’t see the point in PWM but guess for us in different climes or load it give ability to set different speeds.
You can just stick a 12v on 5v or a 5v on 3.3 and both silent and loads of air flow.
Introduce ROCK 5B - ARM Desktop level SBC
Yeah I agree. I also purchased a Rpi4 back in 2019 and I have been extremely impressed with the amount of support it gets, I mean my vim3 can’t do stuff(run 64 bit android apps) that the Rpi4 can do with much less cpu/gpu juice! This is why I’m so excited about what Rockchip is doing with the rk3588 soc!
Yeah Raspberry make 100% profit on all there boards and think it was £10M last year and there is no comparison really to a relatively small outfit like Khadas.
The Radxa Zero2 is out soon which also is an Amlogic A311D which also complements the previous Zero Amlogic chip so you can counter revenue if you get a big enough herd so maybe Khadas will also benefit.
Rockchip is throwing some weight behind Android also Linux but like all many of these boards are fresh and part of a development and support cycle based on number of users and funds.
If you don’t get the herd (numbers) or enough funds without a lot of manufacturer SoC support things can be very slow or even freeze.
The Radxa Fan 4012 is 2P and currently work with pico-itx boards only(3B/5B/VisionFive), not the pi form factor because of the size limitation.
Is there any ETA on the board? Even a rough estimate?
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I’m wondering the same thing. A popular youtuber made two videos featuring the rk3588 soc and oh my! I can’t wait the the single board computer powered by this amazing soc
@radxa, I haven’t found the answer in the thread. Do you know if the penta hat available for the rock 4 will be compatible with the rock 5?
If i may ask. Is that 100% profit a typo or it was meant as a sarcasm? Can’t figure that out definitively as english is not my mother tongue. Thank you in advance.
Nope but incorrectly worded really I read somewhere the markup is about 100% for raspberry on build cost to actual sale when they have packaged and delivered I think they make about 10% on each board.
They have huge sales that are massively automated and that is how they employ so many engineers and staff whilst still providing such low cost boards.
You can check there accounts but doesn’t break down to actual build cost just gross cost which they include a lot of overheads but a Pi in build cost is prob more than half its final sale value.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08207441/filing-history
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Now i think i can understand your point better. Thank you very much for the clarification.
If Radax allow, in order to help none technical people appreciate the RK3588 performance abilities. Here are real world uses.
Here is the vastly expensive firefly 3588 running game emulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrEmmXMXzXU
The Mekotronics R58X RK3588 running Debian 11 OS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNV5gL0A5k
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Does the board have 2x CSI connectors as mentioned here https://linuxgizmos.com/rock-5-sbc-features-octa-core-rk3588-16gb-ram-and-triple-displays/
Or is it one MIPI-CSI and one MIPI-DSI?
It’s 1x MIPI CSI 4 lanes that can be split into two 2-lanes MIPI CSI.
Will it be possible to do 4K editing on this board?
Picked up a DJI drone the other day but noticed my MBP did not have the horsepower to even play the video video content H265(mov) or H264(mp4), even less for editing.
If yes, 16Gb ram i recomended(or 8Gb will perform equal)?
Page 10: H.265 HEVC/MVC Main10 L6.1 : 8K@60fps (7680x4320)
These days i believe almost all fairly new SOCs support hardwareacceleration when it comes to decoding H.265 and such.
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In case anyone is wondering about RK3588S real world performance. Eta Prime just posted a YouTube video testing beta Android 12 ( no Google Play ) gaming on a Firefly SBC.
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Are there any power consumption estimates for Idle and Load?
Hoping for a compact case 
Not much info but with the above ETA hated the heat from the RK3399 and is all praise for the RK3588s as the active heatsinks are pretty small but if you where to go passive then as in there nature pretty huge usually.
Guess you will have to check what you think
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I have a wifi 6/AX card ,it’s an m.2 ax201 with E key
will this board support it and are there 2 m.2 lot on this board?
can I still use M.2 SSD if I have M.2 wifi card installed ?
and does the $5 for the preorder coupon go toward the final purchase price of the board?
what are the chances of seeing a Batocera build or recall box for this board?
Ameridroid is listing the Rock 5 Model B at higher prices than what is listed here before the $50 off coupon.
4gb - $144.95
8gb - $169.95
16gb - $219.95
Are these prices correct or should I go with the other distributor?