NanoPi R5C

1 Introduction

Overview

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Back

Case

Case

Case

Case

The NanoPi R5C (as “R5C”) is an open-sourced mini IoT gateway device with two 2.5G, designed and developed by FriendlyElec.It is integrated with a Rockchip RK3568B2 CPU, 4GB LPDDR4x RAM and 32GB eMMC flash. It supports booting with TF cards and works with operating systems such as FriendlyWrt etc.

The NanoPi R5C has rich hardware resources with a compact size of 58 x 58 mm. FriendlyElec has released a carefully-designed custom CNC housing for it. It has one HDMI port. It works with Android, Ubuntu Desktop and Buildroot etc and works with headless systems as well. It supports decoding 4K60p H.265/H.264 formatted videos.

The NanoPi R5C has one M.2 E-Key port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports. It is an ideal portable drive for saving images and videos.

All in all, the NanoPi R5C is a board featured with multiple Ethernet ports, light NAS and video playing. It is a cannot-miss platform with infinite possibilities for geeks, fans and developers.

2 Hardware Spec

• SoC: Rockchip RK3568B2
  • CPU: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU, up to 2.0GHz
  • GPU: Mali-G52 1-Core-2EE，supports OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, and 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and 1.1, OpenCL 2.0 Full Profile
  • VPU: 4KP60 H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoder, 1080P60 H.264/H.265 video encoder
  • NPU: Support 0.8T
• RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X
• Flash: 32GB eMMC
• Ethernet: two PCIe 2.5Gbps Ethernet
• USB: two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports
• HDMI:
  • support HDMI1.4 and HDMI2.0 operation
  • support up to 10 bits Deep Color modes
  • support up to 1080p@120Hz and 4096x2304@60Hz
  • support 3-D video formats
• M.2 Key E: PCIe2.1 x1, USB 2.0 x1, supports M.2 WiFi and Bluetooth Module.
• microSD: support UHS-I
• Debug: one Debug UART, 3 Pin 2.54mm header, 3.3V level, 1500000bps
• LEDs: 4 x GPIO Controlled LED (SYS, WAN, LAN, WL)
• others:
  • 2 Pin 1.27/1.25mm RTC battery input connector for low power RTC IC HYM8563TS
  • MASK button for eMMC update
  • One User button
• Power supply: USB-C 5V input
• PCB: 8 Layer, 58x58x1.6mm
• Ambient Operating Temperature: 0℃ to 70℃

3 Diagram, Layout and Dimension

3.1 Layout

NanoPi R5C Layout

• Debug UART Pin Spec

3.3V level signals, 1500000bps

Pin#	Assignment	Description
1	GND	0V
2	UART2DBG_TX	output
3	UART2DBG_RX	intput

• USB Port

Each USB 3.2 Gen 1 port has 1.4A overcurrent protection.

• RTC

RTC backup current is 0.25μA TYP (VDD =3.0V, TA =25℃).

Connector P/N: Molex 53398-0271