The DR8072 V01 is a networking board based on the Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8072A System on Chip (SoC) which also supports Wi-Fi 6. According to the developer company Wallystech, this board was optimized to provide users with high-bandwidth data transmission and robust performance in challenging RF environments.

According to the IPQ8072A datasheet, the SoC offers four ARM Cortex A53 with a max frequency of 2GHz. The IPQ8072A is compatible with the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz Wi-Fi spectral band. The DR8072 V01 product page specifies that the 2.4GHz radio provides speeds up to 1147Mbps while the 5GHz radio offers speeds up to 2475Mbps. 

DR8072 V01 front 
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For storage, the SoC provides up to 8MB of NOR flash and 256MB of NAND flash. Additionally, the DR8072 V01 board also offers a MiniPCIe slot with PCIe 3.0 support. The base model comes with 512MB of DDR4 2400MHz although it can be upgraded to 2GB. 

DR8072 V01 back
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The networking interface includes four 1GbE ports, one 10GbE ethernet port and one 10GbE SFP (small form-factor pluggable) port. The company suggests that the DR8072 V01 can be used for dual band MU-MIMO 802.11g/n/ac/ax applications, wireless access points or 4×4 MU-MIMO 802.11ac access points. 

A representative from Wallystech mentioned that the DR8072 V01 board includes firmware, but if needed customers can contact them to develop additional features based on their requirements. 

• Processor System:
  • Qualcomm Atheros Quad-core ARM Cortex 64-bit processor (up to 2.2GHz)
• Memory/Storage:
  • 512MB, DDR4 2400MHz (optional 2GB)
  • 8MB NOR flash
  • 256MB NAND flash
• Connectivity:
  • 4x 1GbE LAN RJ45 ports 
  • 1x 10GbE LAN RJ45 ports 
  • 1x 10GbE SFP
  • On-board 4×4 2.4GHz MU-MIMO OFDMA 802.11b/g/n/ax (max 17dBm per chain)
  • On-board 4×4 5GHz MU-MIMO OFDMA 802.1.1a/n/ac/ax (max 17dBm per chain)
  • 8x U.FL Connectors
• Modulation:
  • OFDMA – BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM
• Expansion:
  • 1x MiniPCIe Slot with PCIe 3.0
• USB:
  • 2x USB3.0 ports
• Other Features:
  • 2x RGB LED indicators
  • 1x JTAG 20 pin connector
  • 1x Serial port 4-pin connector
• Operating Temperature:
  • -20°C to 70°C
• Power:
  • 12V (via DC jack connector)

 Further information

The company didn’t provide info regarding pricing. Refer to the DR8072 V01 product page for more information.