ROCK64

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ROCK64

ROCK64 is a credit card size 4K60P HDR Media Board Computer powered by Rockchip RK3328 Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor and support up to 4GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 memory. It provides eMMC module socket, MicroSD Card slot, Pi-2 Bus, Pi-P5+ Bus, USB 3.0 and many others peripheral devices interface for makers to integrate with sensors and devices. Various Operating System (OS) are made available by open source community such Android 7.1, Debian, Yocto and many more to come.

ROCK64 Software Images

• Android 7.x

• Debian

• Yocto

• many more to come...

SoC and Memory Specification

• Based on Rockchip RK3328

CPU Architecture

• Quad-core Cortex-A53 up to 1.5GHz CPU
• Full implementation of the ARM architecture v8-A instruction set
• ARM Neon Advanced SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) support for accelerated media and signal processing computation
• ARMv8 Cryptography Extensions
• In-order pipeline with symmetric dual-issue of most instructions
• Unified system L2 cache
• Include VFP v3 hardware to support single and double-precision operations
• Integrated 32KB L1 instruction cache, 32KB L1 data cache with 4-way set associative
• TrustZone technology support
• Full CoreSight debug solution
• One separate power domains for CPU core system to support internal power switch and externally turn on/off based on different application scenario
• PD_A53: Cortex-A53 + Neon + FPU + L1 I/D Cache of core 2/3
• One isolated voltage domain to support DVFS

GPU Architecture

• ARM Mali-450MP2 Dual-core GPU
• OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0, OpenVG1.1

System Memory

• LPDDR3 RAM Memory Variants: 1GB, 2GB and 4GB.
• Storage Memory: ROCK64 boards do not have built-in Flash memory but use bootable microSD Cards or bootable attachable eMMC.

Board Features

Video

• HDMI 2.0a output up to 4K@60Hz
• 4K HDR @ 60fps
• H.264/AVC Base/Main/High/High10 profile @ level 5.1; up to 4Kx2K @ 60fps
• H.265/HEVC Main/Main10 profile @ level 5.1 High-tier; up to 4Kx2K @ 60fps
• VP9, up to 4Kx2K @ 60fps
• MPEG-1, ISO/IEC 11172-2, up to 1080P @ 60fps
• MPEG-2, ISO/IEC 13818-2, SP@ML, MP@HL, up to 1080P @ 60fps
• MPEG-4, ISO/IEC 14496-2, SP@L0-3, ASP@L0-5, up to 1080P @ 60fps
• VC-1, SP@ML, MP@HL, AP@L0-3, up to 1080P @ 60fps
• MVC is supported based on H.264 or H.265, up to 1080P @ 60fps

Audio

• 3.5mm A/V Jack (Composite Video Output and RCA Stereo support using conversion cable)

Network

• 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with Bluetooth 4.0 (optional USB dongle)

Storage

• microSD - bootable, support SDHC and SDXC, storage up to 256GB
• eMMC - bootable (optional eMMC Module)
• 1 USB3.0 Dedicated Host port
• 2 USB2.0 Dedicated Host port (one of them is USB-OTG)

Expansion Ports

• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header
• 2x11 pins "Pi P5+" GPIO Header (with 2nd 10/100Mbps Ethernet pins)

ROCK64 Board Information and Schematics

• Board Dimensions: 85mm x 56mm x 18.8mm
• Input Power: +5V @3A with 3.5mm DC connector (@2A still work if no heavy loading on USB 3.0 port)
• ROCK64 Schematic v1.0
• ROCK64 Pi-2 and Pi P5+ Bus
• ROCK64 ES9023 Audio with 10/100Mbps Ethernet Board Schematic

Datasheets for Components and Peripherals

• Rockchip RK3328 SoC information:
  • Rockchip RK3328 SoC Brief
  • Rockchip RK3328 Datasheet V1.1
  • Rockchip RK3328 Technical Reference Manual part 1
  • Rockchip RK805 Datasheet V1.1
• LPDDR3 (178 Balls) SDRAM:
  • Hynix LPDDR3 Datasheet V1.2
  • Samsung LPDDR3 Datasheet V1.00.00
  • Spectek LPDDR3 Datasheet
• Remote control button mapping
  • Official Remote Control for the PINE A64 Button Mapping

Other Resources

• ROCK64 Forum
• ROCK64 Linux GitHub Repo
• ROCK64 Linux ayufan GitHub Repo
• Rockchip Linux GitHub Repo
• Rockchip Android RKMC (Forked from Kodi 16.1)
• Rockchip Open Source Wiki