1. Overview

1.1 Summary

Boardcon EM3568 single board computer is based on RK3568 and designed specifically for AIoT and industrial applications with 2GB RAM (up to 8GB), 8GB storage (up to 128GB), onboard WiFi and Bluetooth, optional Camera and 4G modules. The SBC features two Gigabit Ethernet port to meet the high-speed network requirements, as well as High-speed expansion interface such as SATA3.0, USB3.0 port. EM3568 integrates eDP/MIPI/LVDS/RGB interfaces, supports multi-screen different display.

EM3568

1.2 Product Parameters

Basic Parameters

SoC

Rockchip RK3568

CPU

Quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A55, up to 1.8GHz

GPU

ARM Mali-G52 2EE. Support OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, OpenCL 2.0 and Vulkan 1.1

NPU

1 TOPS

Video

Support 4K 60fps H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoding

Support 1080P 60fps H.265/H.264 video encoding

RAM

2GB/4GB/8GB

Storage

8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB eMMC

Extended Storage

SATA3.0, Micro SD Card

Support system

Android, Debian, Buildroot

Electrical Parameters and Environmenta

Power supply input

12V/3A

RTC input voltage

3V

Operating temperature

0 to 70°

Storage temperature

-40° to 85°

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions

Baseboard - 135mm x 100mm, CPU module - 45 x 60mm

PCB layer

4 layers

EM3568 Interfaces

I/O and Network

Power in

12V DC power input. DC jack or 2-pin connector

Headphone

Audio output, recording

USB Host

3x USB2.0 Host, 1x USB3.0 host

RTC

RTC battery connector. 3V CR1220

Ethernet

2x Gigabit Ethernet, RJ45 interface

HDMI

HDMI2.0 output

Micro USB

USB2.0 OTG

mPCIe

For 4G (with GPS) module

SD Card

MicroSD card slot

SIM Card

Nano SIM card slot

SATA

SATA0: 6Gb/s.

SATA2: 3Gb/s.

Buttons

Power/recovery/reset

LVDS/MIPI/eDP/RGB

Display interface. LVDS by default

Debug

UART2, debug serial port

Key con

Key connector. Including PWM3_IR/Reset/Recover/ Power

Camera1

MIPI camera

Camera2

MIPI camera. I2C4 multiplexed with camera1

SPI

2x SPI(SPI0, SPI2)

WiFi&BT

IEEE 802.11b/g/n (1T1R) WIFI + Bluetooth4.2

RS485

RS485 data transmission

CAN

CAN communication interface

Speaker

1.3W speaker

SATA Power

5V voltage output

UART

UART4/3/5, TTL level