[Rock Pi X] More details and photos, please (:

[stki12]

Something similar might be closer than you think. Check NPS-1.

ROScube Pico–ROS Opensource Solution–ADLINK

[Madgrizzle_Maslow]

I recently purchased an atomic pi to use as I wait for the Rock Pi X. It’s the same processor and overall very similar. For my application (robot) I’m hoping the Rock Pi X will be a fairly simple drop-in replacement as the atomic pi isn’t a production unit.

[Alex_Roca]

Thanks for the reply, Jack. Looking forward to test my videogame there when possible, and also the performance of some emulators too (Lakka/Retroarch).

[Alex_Roca]

This ROScube Pico NPS-1 looks interesting, stki12. Thanks for sharing.

Let’s hope they announce soon if its price is similar to Raspberry Pi and Rock Pi X, and which specific Intel Atom uses to guess if it’s going to be more or less powerful than the other boards…

[jack]

One step forward…

One step forward

Dear pi rocker, We are very glad to tell that ROCK Pi X, the very first x86 sbc from us, it finally finishes the training and steps outside world for the community review. Currently the status is as below: Windows 10 is running fine with eMMC Ubuntu 20.04 is running fine with eMMC uSD card booting is not supported You can install OS to USB driver/USB HDD as well HDMI/Audio/Mic/USB/uSD card is working fine under Windows Need trivial fix for Ubuntu 20.04 configuration panel audio setting AP6255…

[Dipster]

Will it work with the SATA.hats?

[jack]

Will it work with the SATA.hats?

Yes, quad sata hat would work… But do you want that?

[Dipster]

Sure! It opens the possibility of setting up a TrueNAS Core server, which is x86 only.

[aabbate]

Very cool to hear this is nearly across the finish line! I’ve been watching this project for a while now. I have big plans to replace a very large and power hungry storage server with a simple SMB3.0 file share and a USB3.0 drive. And while I’m sure it’s not officially supported, my goal will be to run Server 2019 core, rather than Win10 (though Win10 will be a perfectly fine fallback). I’ll be very curious to see USB/Ethernet throughput performance numbers.

[chabad360]

Considering that the processor is on the bottom (like the Rock Pi 4) will this be compatible with the heat-sink cases for the Rock Pi 4?

[jack]

No. the CPU position is slightly different. If you have CNC machine, you can modify the ROCK Pi 4 heatsink to X.

[georgekap]

Will there be an official heatsink for Rock Pi X and what kind of heatsinks can be used with it?

[chabad360]

What are the necessary modifications?

Will the Rock Pi X ship with some sort of heatsink (it would be pertinent to mention if it doesn’t)? I’m getting a sample, and it seems I’m going to need to get and/or modify a heatsink as well…

[jack]

Yes, there will be official heatsink, just another variant of the ROCK Pi 4 heatsink.

[jack]

I think the answer would probably no, because some of the case metal case from Allnet has heatsink at the bottom already, so the heatsink is optional. The cherrytrail is just 6W CPU, the heat is less than ROCK Pi 4 from our testing.

[chabad360]

I think the answer would probably no, because some of the case metal case from Allnet has heatsink at the bottom already, so the heatsink is optional.

I don’t think I fully understand what you mean, can you elaborate?

The cherrytrail is just 6W CPU, the heat is less than ROCK Pi 4 from our testing.

Well that certainly is comforting.

P.s. will you guys be publishing the results of those (and any other) tests?

[BTopbas]

Will have M2 or pcie slot or nvme ssd hat for nvme ssd drives? If yes x2 lane or x4 lane and support which gen?

[georgekap]

Will have M2 or pcie slot or nvme ssd hat for nvme ssd drives? If yes x2 lane or x4 lane and support which gen?

Atom x5-Z8350 has only 1 PCI Express 2.0 lane according to ark.intel.com.