OKdo launched yesterday the Radxa ROCK 3 Compute Module (CM3) which is based on the Rockchip RK3566 System-on-Chip. The CM3 is currently offered with 2GB RAM/32GB eMMC, one GbE Ethernet PHY, dual displays, dual SATA ports and many other peripherals.

The SoC found on the Rock 3 CM3 has the following features: 

• Rockchip RK3566 SoC:
  • Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 (ARMv8) 64-bit (up to 2.0GHz)
  • Arm Mali-G52-2EE, OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.1
  • 1 [email protected], support INT8, INT16, FP16, BFP16, support deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, Caffe, Tflite, Pytorch, Onnx, Android NN, etc.
  • Video decoder 4K H.265/H.264/VP9, Video encoder [email protected] H.264/H.265

ROCK 3 Compute Module block diagram
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OKdo is currently offering the CM3 equipped with 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 16GB of eMMC storage. However, it seems they will sell a variant with 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC in the future. Additionally, there is support for two SATA interfaces. 

The Radxa CM3 also has support for one Gigabit ethernet PHY, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0./BLE. 

This computer module has various display interfaces including one HDMI port (4Kp60), one eDP (4Kp60), two 4-lane MIPI DSI connectors and one 4-lane LVDS (mux w/ MIPI DSIO).

Refer to the Radxa’s Wiki for additional information regarding official OS images compatible with this CM3

ROCK 3 Compute Module front 
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Specifications listed for the Rock 3 CM3 include: 

• Memory/Storage:
  • 2GB LPDDR4 RAM
  • 16GB eMMC
  • 2x SATA 3.0 
• Connectivity:
  • 1x Gigabit ethernet PHY
  • 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wireless LAN (Wi‑Fi 5)
  • BT 5.0 with BLE
• Display/Audio:
  • 1x HDMI (4Kp60/2Kp60)
  • 1x eDP four lanes (2.7 Gbps per lane) 
  • 1x Mic-in, 1x Line-out
• Camera:
  • 2x MIPI DSI (1.6Gbps per lane)
  • 2x 2-lane
  • 1x 4-lane MIPI CSI camera port
  • 1x LVDS combo four lanes, mux with MIPI DSIO
• USB:
  • 1x USB 2.0
  • 1x USB 2.0 OTG
  • 1x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
• I/O Interfaces:
  • 8x UART, 8x I2C, 4x SPI, 1x I2S
  • 50x GPIO, 2x ADC, 9x PWM
  • 1x PDM w/ mic array support
  • 1x SDIO 3.0 
  • 3x 100 pins 0.4mm pitch B2B connector 
• Software:
  • Debian/Ubuntu Linux
  • Android 5.0/7.1/10/11
• Power:
  • 5VDC @5A
• Operating Temperature:
  • 0℃ to 80 ℃
• Dimensions:
  • 55 x 40mm

 Further information

According to the product brief, “Radxa guarantees availability of the CM3 until at least September 2029.” As mentioned earlier, the 2GB/16GB variant of the CM3 is available for ~$68 on OKdo’s online store.

Additionally, OKdo is also advertising the Radxa ROCK 4 Model C+SBC for around ~$73. The Rock 4 Model C+ was covered in the past.