Rock Pi X by Radxa
The most bang for your buck with embedded computing! This is probably the most impressive single board computers (SBC's) that we've experienced for the price. This is similar to the Up Board and LattePanda, but more affordable.
Because this board runs Microsoft Windows, it can also run ARC directly. There is an audio jack for speakers and an HDMI for video.
ROCK Pi X is the first X86 SBC(Single Board Computer) by Radxa. It can run Windows and ARC. ROCK Pi X features...
- Intel Cherry Trail quad core processor Z8350
- 64bit dual channel 1866Mb/s LPDDR3
- up to 4K@30 HDMI Video
- 3.5mm audio jack with mic
- 802.11 ac Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 4.2
- USB Port
- GbE LAN
- 40-pin color expansion header
- Realtime clock
- USB PD and QC powering
ROCK Pi X comes in Model A and Model B; each model has 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB ram options. For the detailed differences between Model A and Model B, please check the Specifications.
This comparison chart, done by our friends at Explaining Computers says it all...
Drivers
Synthiam has assembled a driver package to get your Rock Pi/x Rock'n! The driver package includes an installation readme file, which we recommend reading.
Download Rock Pi/X Windows 10 Drivers (x64)There is a document with step-by-step instructions for installing the drivers. Be sure to read the file and follow the instructions.
Installation Tips & Performance for SBCs
We have a guide in the Support section that includes steps on freeing storage space, increasing the performance, powering the SBC, and running headless with remote desktop software of robot computers, such as single-board computers.
View Performance Tips To Make a Robot.
Wow thanks for posting the driver pack. My new pi X turned up and it took me minutes, not hours to get everything working. I can't believe no one else has put together a complete pack. The one on their website is full of missing and broken drivers.
Awesome - are there any devices without a driver in device manager after using my driver pack? Wanting to make sure I got everything
All Drivers installed and no unknowns. All drivers installed seem to work. I must admit I did install the drivers on the Rock pi x site first and only saw your new driver pack after I went looking for the name of the file to copy over to the system32/drivers directory to get the wifi to work.
I printed out a cute little case for the Rock Pi I found on Thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4680165
It Printed ok but the design is a little tricky as they bridge across the ports and I had some pieces break in half just above the HDMI and power ports but worked out fine and has a spot for the antenna.
I saw that case and decided not to print it because it’ll hold in too much heat which will lower CPU performance
if you’re using on a desk, use my rock pi mount 3D print (get design files here)
if you’re using to mount on a robot, replace the heat sink screws with standoffs (kits avail on Amazon)
I kind of have no choice but to put it in a case. My robot dog runs quite fast and spends a considerable amount of time upside down.
I was installing another rock pi/x and noticed I was missing a driver. It's been updated in the windows driver package above.
Is there a way to purchase this with the Windows 10 already installed? def rather not spend hours doing it myself.