From the videos I’ve been watching about UConsole, I see everyone using the “Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or 5.”
When searching the Clockwork shop and checking the specifications of, for example, the uConsole Kit A-06, I notice that they are using the “ClockworkPi Core A-06,” which is a Rockchip RK 3399 chip.
This raises the following questions:
1 - Why do they mostly use the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or 5?
2 - Why aren’t they using the ClockworkPi Core A-06 - Rockchip RK 3399?
3 - What about the possibility of using a Rockchip RK 3588 (which is an Octacore?)
3.1 - What is the possibility of using this chip directly? Has anyone tested it? Is it possible?
I have an image here on the forum for the radxa cm5 that’s a rk3588, the a06 core clockwork provides isn’t supported anymore. It’s stuck on old software with no update path.
Almost everyone uses raspberry pi cores because they’re the easiest to support.
Almost all ARM devices need custom kernels, device trees, drivers and docmentation, and it can be hard to get access to those and they might not be updated regularly.
That is where raspberry pi has a major advantage, they have a proven track record of providing this for all their devices for a long time.
Why do they mostly use the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or 5?
Because RPi CM4 if officially supported by CM4 adapter board, and RPi CM5 is “pin-compatible”.
Why aren’t they using the ClockworkPi Core A-06 - Rockchip RK 3399?
I wasn’t there at the time it was used, but as far as I’ve read, it has pretty bad software support. I could be wrong, just read old threads.
What about the possibility of using a Rockchip RK 3588 (which is an Octacore?)
Each board (Radxa CM5 or OPi CM5) with RK3588 requires it’s own image with different device-tree (It’s possible to unify image but nobody will do that), and each of these modules has some serious hardware compatibility problem (Read other threads).
What is the possibility of using this chip directly? Has anyone tested it? Is it possible?
Directly? It’s not possible without circuit board that has “power and logic glue”.