Radxa CM5 - RK3588S 16G Ram Tiny device like a chromecast

DarkevilPT · February 24, 2024, 4:29am

Does it matter if its pink or rainbow? As long as they provide a proper enclosure… The issue is that radxa is used to sell 2 plastic flat panels… instead of a nice no space around convering it all plastic case like the google chromecast for example… its a case made of plastic… good enough. It doesnt even needs to be metal. Now regarding to eating… idk maybe one with space for a metal heatsink.
Just a proper case.

incognito · February 24, 2024, 9:34am

I hope you’re not planning to eat it @DarkevilPT. Chromecast can be in such a plastic case because it doesn’t consume more than 4-5 W (4x A55 cores, the power supply is 7.5 W max), rk3588 would peak with more. But it sounds like a nice TV smartifier.

DarkevilPT · February 24, 2024, 3:17pm

I know it gets really hot… but do u remember the old days ? where lads were saying rock 5b without cooler ran fine and then some dudes (me included) come out with massive heatsinks Tbh a simple eatsink should suffice for most things unless u will be using it 24/7 under high performance which I doubt tbh. some heathink maybe a tiny fan something nice to fit inside a compact shell plastic or metal.

incognito · February 24, 2024, 11:04am

It can run fine with passive cooling, but best without an SSD (it uses 1-2 W at idle)

DarkevilPT · February 26, 2024, 2:08pm

I would just use:
1 type c for power to avoid power issues.
2 type c for everything else
3 Video output like the rock 5A just for video… cutting out the need of that extra sized mini hdmi on the other corner and that would be my ideal.

GinKage · February 26, 2024, 4:19pm

There’s actually something similar out there for Raspberry Pi CM4: https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/CM4-NANO-B

DarkevilPT · February 26, 2024, 4:34pm

9e9
Bring it !

kwankiu · March 3, 2024, 12:26am

It would be really interesting if we could build something like this.

(a concept made by myself)

DarkevilPT · March 6, 2024, 11:34pm

China first:
https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=761694601059&spm=a1z10.5-c-s.w4002-25260064099.45.53452cbfJcqmaz

Europe soon… (i hope)…

kwankiu · March 7, 2024, 12:24am

China: Not available for purchase yet. (Coming Soon)

DarkevilPT · March 18, 2024, 9:59pm

Theres apparently these 3 - CM4 Nano I/O boards but none has soldered wifi… that would be the cherry on top of the cake. However as it is / looks good.

zan · April 3, 2024, 3:37pm

Any updates for it?

DarkevilPT · April 5, 2024, 3:47pm

Its available now for sale but not the 16gbs of ram it seems.

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DarkevilPT · April 13, 2024, 7:11pm

Ive ordered mine but I wanted the 16gbs of ram one
However… the carrier board is what concerns me… Guess I will try something… with an wifi usb drive.

Well Ordered List:

CM5 - 8GB Ram and Heatsink Fan from Arace

CM4 Nano Carrier board > https://a.aliexpress.com/_EHJx1dn
(simple… no cut outs nice options camera one being the slimmer one)

Wifi 6 + BT - Usb > https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIUMCSV

(No need for extra usbs for mouse and keyboard or wifi modules).

This one is driver free > https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyGBrol

Optional:
USB hub expansion board > https://a.aliexpress.com/_EywsIUp

PS: Im gonna try that 1.4 hdmi board… so dont follow me until I can check if it works.

3djelly · April 6, 2024, 8:43pm

You can use the M.2 slot to put in the A8 wifi card.

3djelly · April 6, 2024, 8:45pm

I ordered the CM5 3 days ago but still hasn’t shipped. I am probably being impatient as April 4th was a holiday and now its the weekend… has anyone had shipping confirmation yet?