C-3588LQ Overview
Chapter 1 Product Overview
The C-3588LQ core board uses the Rockchip RK3588 octa-core (4× Cortex-A76 + 4× Cortex-A55) 64-bit powerhouse CPU, with a built-in 6 TOPS independent NPU, built on an 8 nm advanced process, clocked at up to 2.4 GHz. It integrates a quad-core Mali-G610 MP4 GPU, supporting up to 8K@60fps H.265/VP9 video decode and 8K@30fps H.265/H.264 video encode, with simultaneous encode and decode; it can decode up to 32 streams of 1080P@30fps and encode up to 16 streams of 1080P@30fps. This powerful video codec capability delivers high-definition, finer-quality pictures. With stronger performance, faster speed, and richer interfaces, it is your best choice for human-machine interaction, smart terminals, and industrial-control projects.
1.1 Scope of application
The C-3588LQ core board is based on the Rockchip RK3588 platform, with super-high floating-point AI processing capability, supporting multi-stream video and image intelligent analysis. It has an industrial-grade configuration — dust-proof, shock-resistant, and high-temperature tolerant — to easily adapt to harsh deployment environments. Its lightweight size adapts to various terminal form factors, and its rich expansion interfaces make it widely applicable to smart city, security, retail, robotics, industrial internet, live-streaming encoders, Arm computers, smart displays, edge computing and AIoT solutions, Arm servers, high-performance tablets, and other AI-terminal fields that need multiple cameras and displays.
1.2 Product features
- The core board uses an LGA package with a small footprint.
- All pins are brought out.
- Rich expansion interfaces.
- Supports Android and Linux, providing system-call API reference code to perfectly support customer upper-layer application development.
1.3 Appearance and interface diagram
Front:
Back:
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The photos above were taken of a board from one of our production batches. Because the product is under continuous maintenance, the board actually shipped may not match the photos exactly.
Chapter 2 Basic feature list
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Core board size | 62*50mm |
| CPU | RK3588, octa-core 64-bit (4× Cortex-A76 + 4× Cortex-A55), up to 2.4 GHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G610 MP4 quad-core high-performance GPU, supports OpenGL ES3.2 / OpenCL 2.2 / Vulkan 1.1, 450 GFLOPS |
| NPU | Up to 6 TOPS (INT8), supports INT4/INT8/INT16 mixed-precision compute; supports converting models from TensorFlow / MXNet / PyTorch / Caffe and similar frameworks |
| ISP | Integrated 48 MP ISP with HDR & 3DNR |
| VPU / codec | Hardware decode: 8K@60fps H.265/VP9/AVS2, 8K@30fps H.264 AVC/MVC, 4K@60fps AV1, 1080P@60fps MPEG-2/-1/VC-1/VP8 Hardware encode: 8K@30fps H.265/H.264 |
| Memory | LPDDR4/4X, 8 GB standard, 4 GB / 16 GB optional, up to 32 GB |
| Storage | eMMC5.1, 64 GB standard, 32 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB optional |
| Power | 4 V / 5 A (±5%) |
| OS | Android 12 / Ubuntu 22 |
| Interface | LGA package, 660 pins total |
| Video output | 2× HDMI 2.1 TX / eDP TX (HDMI and eDP are muxed and cannot be used simultaneously; HDMI supports up to 1-channel 7680×4320@60Hz output with HDCP2.3; supports eDP1.3 up to 4K@60Hz with HDCP1.3) 2× DP1.4a (muxed with USB3.1 Gen1, supports 1/2/4 lanes; resolution up to 7680×4320@30Hz; supports HDCP2.3, HDCP1.3) 2× MIPI DSI (supports MIPI DPHY 2.0 or CPHY 1.1, 4K@60Hz; supports dual MIPI left/right display, supports RGB/YUV format up to 10 bit, 4-lane max rate up to 4.5 Gbps) 1× BT.1120 output (supports RGB format up to 8 bit, data rate up to 150 MHz, resolution up to 1920×1080@60Hz) |
| Video input | 4× MIPI CSI DPHY (DPHY V1.2 (2 lanes, 2.5 Gbps/lane); two 2-lane DPHY can be merged into one 4-lane DPHY) 2× MIPI D/CPHY (MIPI DPHY V1.2 (4 lanes, 2.5 Gbps/lane); MIPI CPHY V1.1 (3 lanes, 2.5 Gsps/lane)) 1× HDMI RX (supports HDMI 2.0 RX (3.4 Gbps~6 Gbps); supports HDMI 1.4b (250 Mbps~3.4 Gbps); resolution up to 3840×2160@60Hz) 1× DVP interface (8/10/12/16-bit standard DVP interface, up to 150 MHz data input; supports BT.601/BT.656 and BT.1120 VI interface) |
| Audio | 4× I2S total, supports TX and RX, audio resolution 16–32 bit, sample rate up to 192 kHz; among them 2× 8-channel I2S and 2× 2-channel I2S; 2× SPDIF, supports 2× 16-bit audio data storage and biphase stereo output; 2× PDM (8 channel), up to 8 channels, audio resolution 16–24 bit, sample rate up to 192 kHz, supports PDM master-receive mode, supports multi-MIC arrays. |
| SATA | 3× SATA3.0 muxed with PCIe2.1 |
| PCIe | 3× PCIe2.1 (1 lane), shared with SATA3, supports RC (Root Complex) only, up to 5 Gbps data rate; 1× PCIe3.0 (2×2, 1×4, 4×1) four combinations: 1×4 lanes / 2×2 lanes / 4×1 lane / (1×2 lanes + 2×1 lane); each lane supports 8 Gbps; supports RC and EP. |
| USB | 2× USB3.1 OTG (each muxed with one DP); 1× USB3.1 HOST (muxed with PCIe and SATA); 2× USB2.0 HOST; 2× USB2.0 OTG |
| SDIO | 1× SDIO3.0, supports 4-bit data bus width |
| I2C | 9× I2C, supports 7-bit and 10-bit address modes, standard-mode data rate up to 100 kbits/s, fast-mode up to 400 kbits/s |
| SPI | 5× SPI, supports serial-master and serial-slave modes, software-configurable |
| UART | 10× UART, with 2× built-in 64-bit FIFO usable for TX and RX respectively; supports 5/6/7/8-bit serial data send/receive, baud rate up to 4 Mbps; all 10 UARTs support auto flow control |
| CAN | 3× CAN 2.0B, supports CAN standard-frame and extended-frame send/receive |
| PWM | 16× PWM, up to 16 PWMs, supports capture mode |
| ADC | 8× ADC, 12-bit single-ended SAR-ADC, sample rate up to 1 MS/s |
| GPIO | All GPIOs are brought out and can be used for interrupt applications |
Chapter 3 PCB dimensions and interface layout
3.1 PCB dimensions
- PCB: 12-layer board, 1.6 mm thick
- PCBA: L × W = 62 mm × 50 mm, MAX H = 3.5 +/- 0.2 mm
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