DFRobot Unihiker: New single-board computer arrives for US$78 with Rockchip RK3308 and built-in display
The Unihiker is a compact SBC with an integrated color display. (Image source: DFRobot)
DFRobot is now selling the Unihiker, an 83 x 52mm SBC that combines a Rockchip RK3308 chipset with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Unlike many of its competitors, the Unihiker also has a built-in 2.8-inch screen.
DFRobot, the company behind the LattePanda, has announced the Unihiker, a single board computer (SBC) with an integrated display. According to DFRobot, the Unihiker measures 83 x 52 x 13mm, making it comparable in size to the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. However, the SBC isn’t as powerful as the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, nor is it as powerful as the LattePanda.
Instead, the Unihiker is based on the Rockchip RK3308 chipset with four 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A35 CPU cores, but no video accelerator. DFRobot complements that chipset with a GD32VF103C8T6 RISC-V coprocessor, plus 512MB of DDR3 RAM and 16GB of eMMC storage on which it installs the Debian operating system. Additionally, the SBC has a Micro SD card reader for expansion purposes and the following I/Os:
- 4x 3-pin GPIOs
- 2x 4-pin I2C GPIOs
- 1x 6-axis motion sensor
- 1x Buzzer
- 1x Edge Connector
- 1x LED
- 3x Pushbuttons
- 1x Microphone
- 1x Light Sensor
- 1x USB Type-A
- 1x USB Type-C
DFRobot Unihiker: New $78 Single Board Computer with Rockchip RK3308 Integrated Display
Also, the Unihiker has a 2.8-inch screen that outputs 240 x 320 pixels. DFRobot adds that it has also included a Realtek RTL8723DS modem for Bluetooth 4.0 and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connectivity. Currently, the Unihiker can be ordered for $79 before shipping and tax. See the Unihiker wiki for more details.
