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Dec 01, 2023

Rockchip RK3588 system

Forlinx FET3588-C is a relatively compact Rockchip RK3588 system-on-module

Forlinx FET3588-C is a relatively compact Rockchip RK3588 system-on-module measuring 68x50mm and exposing many of the processor's I/Os through four 100-pin high-density connectors.

The module ships with up to 8GB LPDDR4x and 64GB eMMC flash, and the company also provides the OK3588-C development board for evaluation with HDMI output and input, two MIPI DSI interfaces, five camera connectors, dual Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 sockets for WiFi and 4G/5G cellular connectivity, and more.

Specifications:

The company provides support for Android 12, and both Ubuntu and (Yocto?) Linux are shown as TBD (to be determined) on the product page. It looks somewhat similar to the RD-RK3588 CPU module we covered earlier this year, but that one came from Aliexpress with limited info, and Forlinx does have a website and an English-speaking staff (at least the sales).

Documentation is not public, but customers should get a software user manual, the Linux kernel source code, the file system, an OS image, and a VM Ubuntu image for Android 12 development, as well as a hardware user manual, the carrier board schematics and PCB, a datasheet, as well as the carrier board and SoM DXF files.

While the Forlinx FET3588-C is slightly larger than a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the performance is roughly equivalent to three or four Raspberry Pi CM4 modules combined with one and a half Google Coral AI accelerators, plus you get SATA, PCIe Gen3, HDMI 2.1 8K video output, among many other peripheral interfaces and I/Os.

Forlinx also provides the OK3588-C development board for evaluation of the Rockchip RK3588 system-on-module and early software development before the custom carrier board is ready.

Forlinx OK3588-C specifications:

The Forlinx OK3588-C devkit offers more interfaces than the Firefly ITX3588J mini-ITX motherboard and Banana Pi RK3588_MB motherboard, but somehow does lack SATA ports. There should be a cooling solution as well since the Rockchip RK3588 processor does require some active or passive cooling, but Forlinx does not mention anything about it.

The 4GB+32GB and 8GB+64GB variants of Forlinx’ Rockchip RK3588 system-in-module are available now in small batch production, while the model with 16GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash is being worked on. Pricing has not been disclosed. More details may be found on the product page.

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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