of Luck Fox Pico Ultra is a Rockchip RV1106 based Linux micro development board with MIPI CSI port, Ethernet port, 0.5 Tops NPU for running AI and image processing applications. In addition, it has a speaker header, RGB LED header, GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, USB and many other features.
Waveshare also offers a “W” version of the Pico Ultra, which has 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 built in. If you want to add PoE support, you can connect it to the board using a separate PoE module.
Luckfox Pico Ultra Specifications
- SoC – Rockchip RV1106G3
- CPU – Arm Cortex A7 @ 1.2GHz with integrated RISC-V coprocessor.
- NPU – 0.5 TOPS, INT4/INT8/INT16, supports TensorFlow/MXNet/PyTorch/Caffe/Onnx NN
- ISP – 5MP High performance, HDR, WDR, 3DNR, 2DNR, Sharpening, Defog, Fisheye and Gamma Correction, Feature Detection
- VPU – 3072×1728 (5M) @ 30fps H.265/H.264 encoding, 16M @ 60FPS JPEG snapshot
- System Memory – 256MB DDR3L
- Storage – 8GB eMMC Flash
- Display Interface – RGB666 LCD interface
- Camera Interface – 2-lane MIPI CSI
- Audio – On-board microphone, speaker header
- Connectivity
- Built-in PHY with 10/100Mbps Ethernet controller and optional PoE
- 2.4GHz WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2/BLE (only available on Luckfox Pico Ultra W)
- USB
- 1x USB-C port
- 1 x USB-A port (switches with USB Type-C via chip, automatically enables USB communication when USB-C is not connected)
- GPIO – 2 x 26-pin GPIO headers
- others
- BOOT and RESET buttons
- User LED
- RTC Battery Connector
- PoE Module Header
- Power supply – 5V via USB-C port or PoE port (802.3af compatible)
- Dimensions – 50 x 50 mm
Functionality-wise, this board is very similar to the LuckFox Pico Pro and Pico Max we introduced back in February of this year. The only difference is that the new Pico Ultra board has a different form factor and gives you the option to add a wireless module and/or PoE support. LuckFox also offers a Rockchip RV1103-powered pico board, so if you’re looking for a similar product, check that out too.
Rockchip RV1106G3 is equipped with the 4th generation Rockchip NPU unit which supports int4, int8, int16 hybrid quantization, this NPU can achieve 0.5 TOPS when using int8 and 1.0 TOPS when using int4. In addition, this chip is equipped with the 3rd generation ISP 3.2, which supports up to 5 megapixel camera modules, high dynamic range and wide dynamic range algorithms.
In terms of software, the board supports buildroot and Ubuntu 22.04 systems, allowing developers to choose the appropriate system based on their project requirements.
The Luckfox Pico Ultra comes in four different versions so you can choose the one that best suits your needs. For more information on each version and other details, check out the Waveshare wiki page.
The Luckfox Pico Ultra development board can be purchased here: AliExpress from $26.27 Depending on your options, such as WiFi or PoE, it should be available soon. Waveshare Amazon StoreOr you can buy the board below: Waveshare Official Store They retail for $17.99 to $29.99 depending on the configuration, but Waveshare’s prices don’t include shipping.
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