Seeed Studio has unveiled the reComputer RK3576 development platform based on Rockchip’s RK3576 processor, with options ranging from standalone compute modules to a complete Dev Kit with an RK1820 AI accelerator. The platform features a 6-TOPS integrated NPU, LPDDR5 memory, eMMC storage, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, MIPI CSI/DSI, HDMI, USB, and a 40-pin expansion header.

The reComputer RK3576 compute module is based on Rockchip’s RK3576 SoC, which integrates four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at up to 2.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores reaching 2.0GHz. Graphics are handled by an Arm Mali-G52 MC3 GPU, while the integrated NPU provides up to 6 TOPS of INT8 AI acceleration.

Seeed lists several workloads for the integrated NPU, including YOLO11 at 77.9fps with 640 × 640 input, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 7B, Qwen2.5-VL 3B, Whisper-based speech recognition, and text-to-speech models.

reComputer RK3576 module block diagram

Memory and storage options currently include 4GB LPDDR5 with 32GB eMMC and 8GB LPDDR5 with 64GB eMMC. Other onboard components shown in Seeed’s block diagram include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware, a Gigabit Ethernet PHY, RTC, EEPROM, PMIC, and associated clock circuitry.

Rockchip’s integrated video engine supports H.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2 decoding at up to 8K30, while H.264 decoding reaches 4K60. Hardware encoding for H.265 and H.264 is supported at up to 4K60.

reComputer RK3576 block diagram

The module connects to the accompanying IO board through a 200-pin board-to-board connector. The carrier exposes one USB 3.0 Type-A port, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, USB Type-C with USB OTG and DisplayPort, HDMI, a four-lane 22-pin MIPI-DSI connector, and one four-lane plus one two-lane 22-pin MIPI-CSI connector.

For storage expansion, an M.2 M-Key 2280 slot is connected over PCIe 2.1 x1 and can accommodate either an NVMe SSD or an AI accelerator. A microSD card slot provides additional removable storage.

reComputer RK3576 M.2 expansion

Rockchip’s compatible RK1820 accelerator provides up to 20 TOPS of INT8 NPU performance together with 2.5GB of on-chip DRAM and is intended for local LLM, VLM, computer-vision, and other AI inference workloads.

Seeed lists optimized Qwen, DeepSeek, YOLO, and other models compatible with Rockchip’s RKNN3 software stack. Since the accelerator occupies the board’s single M.2 M-Key slot, NVMe storage cannot be installed in the same slot when the RK1820 is fitted.

reComputer RK3576 bottom view

Networking includes a Gigabit Ethernet port together with onboard Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. PoE PD operation is also supported through the Ethernet interface, although Seeed notes that an additional PoE module is required.

Expansion is provided through a 40-pin header for connecting sensors, actuators, and other embedded peripherals. According to the carrier-board diagram, interfaces routed through this section include UART, CAN, I2C, SPI, PWM, and GPIO.

reComputer RK3576 top view

For software, Seeed lists Armbian as the pre-installed operating system, along with support for Debian, Ubuntu, Android 14 or later, and balenaOS. Seeed also notes that the platform is supported by reComputer AI Lab, which provides workflows for model conversion, deployment, and evaluation.

Specifications listed for the reComputer RK3576 include:

• Processor:
  • Rockchip RK3576
  • 4x Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
  • 4x Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz
  • Arm Mali-G52 MC3 GPU
  • 6-TOPS INT8 NPU
• AI accelerator:
  • Rockchip RK1820
  • 20 TOPS INT8
• Memory:
  • Up to 8GB LPDDR5
• Storage:
  • Up to 64GB eMMC
  • microSD card slot
  • 1x M.2 M-Key 2280
  • PCIe 2.1 x1
• Networking:
  • 1x Gigabit Ethernet
  • Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4
  • PoE PD support
• Display:
  • HDMI
  • DisplayPort over USB Type-C
  • 1x four-lane MIPI-DSI
• Camera:
  • 1x four-lane MIPI-CSI
  • 1x two-lane MIPI-CSI
• USB:
  • 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
  • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
  • 1x USB Type-C
• I/O:
  • 40-pin header
• Other:
  • 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack
  • CR2032 RTC battery holder
  • 4-pin PWM fan connector
  • Power, Reset, and MaskROM buttons
• Power:
  • 9V to 19V DC
• Operating temperature:
  • 0°C to 65°C
• Mechanical:
  • Dev Kit: 164 × 95 × 31.4mm

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