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RK3399 Renegade Elite SBC Launched for $99 on Indiegogo
In partnership with Firefly, Libre Computer has launched its Renegade Elite (ROC-RK3399) SBC on Indiegogo. There’s only one funding package with 4GB LPDDR4 and an empty eMMC socket, priced at $99, with shipments due in September.
Libre Computer has released a few new details on the open-spec board, including the implementation of its promised Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support. The 120 x 72 x 11.9mm SBC is touted for its thin profile, which could pay off in space-constrained applications such as robotics.
The $99 price is below that of most of the other open-spec, community backed contenders fielding the high-end Rockchip RK3399, which features dual 2GHz Cortex-A72 cores, 4x 1.42GHz Cortex-A53 cores, and a high-end Mali-T860 GPU.
The Renegade Elite also features dual USB 3.0 Type-C ports with DisplayPort and power support compared to only one Type-C port on its similarly priced rivals. The SBC lacks the 40-pin, Raspberry Pi like connectors found on the Orange Pi RK3399 and RockPro64, but like the latter, it offers a 60-pin PCIe x4 slot. The Renegade also supplies a 60-pin low-speed expansion connector.
Below Renegade Elite’s specifications:
- Processor — Rockchip RK3399 (2x Cortex-A72 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 cores); Mali-T860 GPU
- Memory:
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
- eMMC 5.x interface for up to 128GB
- MicroSD slot
- 128Mb SPI NOR
- Display/media:
- HDMI 2.0 port
- 2x DisplayPort (via 2x USB 3.0 Type-C)
- eDP
- MIPI-DSI
- MIPI-DSI /CSI dual role
- MIPI-CSI
- Networking — Gigabit Ethernet port with optional PoE
- Other I/O:
- 2x USB 3.0 Type-C (1x with power) with DisplayPort support (only 1x at a time)
- 3x USB 2.0 host ports
- UART and UART header
- Expansion — 60-pin PCIe x4 2.1 header; 60-pin low speed header
- Other features — IR receiver; RTC with battery backup; recovery button; various accessories to be announced later
- Power — DC 12V (power input via Type-C); up to 15W consumption
- Dimensions — 120 x 72 x 11.9mm
- Operating system — Android 8.1 Oreo; Rockchip Linux 4.4 and mainline Linux 4.19+ with support for distros including Debian, Arch, Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora, and OpenSUSE
Renegade Elite pre-orders will run about $100 for the board only during the crowdfunding campaign, or up to $200 with accessories. Libre Computer says retail prices will be about 20 percent higher after the Indiegogo campaign ends.