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ROCK Pi X

X is for X86.

This is the documentation for ROCK Pi X, written by Radxa Team with community contributions.

ROCK Pi X is the first X86 SBC(Single Board Computer) by Radxa. It can run Windows and Linux distributions. The ROCK Pi X is started after the Radxa team get a lot of inquiries from the users if the ROCK Pi 4 can run Windows.

ROCK Pi X features an Intel Cherry Trail quad core processor Z8350, 64bit dual channel 1866Mb/s LPDDR3, up to 4K@30 HDMI, 3.5mm jack with mic, 802.11 ac WIFI, Bluetooth 4.2, USB Port, GbE LAN, 40-pin color expansion header, RTC. Also, ROCK Pi X supports USB PD and QC powering.

ROCK Pi X comes in two models, Model A and Model B, each model has 1GB, 2GB or 4GB ram options. for detailed difference of Model A and Model B, please check Specifications.

What's new

2021-04-15: ROCK PI S Based GPS NTP appliance is launched
2021-03-13: Build a Mini Serene Screen Aquarium with ROCK Pi X
2021-03-11: ROCK Pi 4 as the perfect Chia coin crypto currency farmer
2020-12-24: Monka-Manjaro-XFCE beta1 is released for ROCK Pi 4
2020-11-30: Booting ROCK Pi 4(A/B/C) with mainline u-boot in SPI, NVMe and Armbian v20.11.x
2020-11-19: [Crowdfunding] Cloverleaf - Open Source RISC OS on ROCK Pi 4B
2020-11-12: [OS] Great new OS for RockPi4C, AKA Armbian-Reforged
2020-10-07: New Android 10 image for ROCK Pi 4A/B/C is released, you can now install Android on USB disks.
2020-09-28: Build Yocto for radxa boards.
2020-07-26: One step forward for ROCK Pi X
2020-07-17 Android10 for ROCK Pi 4 is released
2020-07-10: ROCK Pi N10: The new version of Debian/Ubuntu system images are released. Check the ROCK Pi N10 Downloads.
2020-07-05: ROCK Pi E OpenWRT image and wiki is online now. Thanks to jayanta525.
2020-06-27: [Video] Make your own Armbian Focal Gaming Linux with Panfrost on RockPi4
2020-06-23: ROCK Pi 4 FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT image is released. For more details, go to ROCK Pi 4 FreeBSD post
2020-06-19: Libmraa on Rock Pi E has been supported for Java language development

More:

2020-06-13: Libmraa can be used on ROCK Pi E.
2020-05-28: ROCK Pi S: The new version of Debian/Ubuntu system images are released. Check the ROCK Pi S Downloads.
2020-05-28: ROCK Pi E: The new version of Debian/Ubuntu system images are released. Check the ROCK Pi E Downloads.
2020-04-15: ROCK Pi E engineering sample is available now. Check announcement.
2020-03-23: ROCK Pi 4 new Android firmware adds support for libmraa, access the GPIO/I2C/SPI/UART/ADC in your APK.
2020-03-18: ROCK Pi BaiduPan: Another download site for official ROCK Pi system images.
2020-03-16: ROCK Pi S new version of Debian and Ubuntu system images are released. Check the ROCK Pi S Downloads.
2020-03-16: ROCK Pi E new version of Debian system images is released. Check the ROCK Pi E Downloads.
2020-03-06: ROCK Pi N10 Ubuntu Bionic Server is released. More details.
2020-02-19: Libmraa can be used on ROCK Pi S.
2019-12-19: ROCK Pi S Ubuntu Bionic system image is released. More details.
2019-12-19: ROCK Pi S Debian Buster system image is updated. More details.
2019-12-13: Panfrost on ROCKPI4 : DUST: An Elysian Tail game testing video on youtube
2019-12-11: ROCK Pi SATA HATs for Raspberry Pi 4 and ROCK Pi 4 are released.
2019-11-29: ROCK Pi 4: Now you can run Android on M2 NVMe SSD.
2019-11-20: Update ROCK Pi S Debian Buster system image.
2019-11-10: 🔥ROCK Pi S v1.2 is shipping now. Get it from Allnet or Seeed Studio.
2019-11-07: How to Compile a kernel module on ROCK Pi 4.
2019-11-05: ROCK Pi 4 supports PXE boot.
2019-11-05: ROCK Pi S supports adb.
2019-10-14: DietPi for ROCK Pi 4 is released. Checkout the Rockpi4/downloads page.
2019-09-23: Community member Dondon did a talk at MRMCD2019 about BLOB FREE mainline kernel/u-boot on ROCK Pi 4. Checkout the slides and video( Language Germany).
2019-09-11: ROCK Pi 4 New ROM: AndroidTV Pie Custom firmware by mo123
2019-09-09: Developer mo123 has released a custom latest build of LibreELEC for RockPi 4.
2019-08-27: TWRP 3.2.3-0 Recovery for ROCK Pi 4 is released!
2019-08-20: 🕹Two more videos from PI LAB: [N64 emulation on ROCK PI 4 under Panfrost], [Quick test of scrcpy on my ROCK PI 4]

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