Vaaman is An High-Performance Edge Computing SBC Combines Rockchip RK3399 with Efinix FPGA for AI and Real-Time Applications

Vicharak has launched the Vaaman, a high-performance edge computing SBC designed for advanced computing tasks. It features a six-core ARM CPU and an Efinix Trion T120 FPGA with 112,128 logic elements. Optimized for hardware acceleration, it provides a 300-MBps link between the CPU and FPGA, excelling at parallel computing and enabling real-time applications.

The Vaaman board features a Rockchip RK3399 SoC with two Cortex-A72 cores (up to 2GHz), four Cortex-A53 cores (up to 1.5GHz), and a Mali-T864 GPU. It offers 2GB or 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 5,407kB of embedded memory, 320 multipliers, and up to 1GB of dedicated DDR3L memory.

This SBC includes gigabit Ethernet connectivity, dual USB 2.0, USB 3.0, micro-HDMI (4K at 60Hz), USB-C with DisplayPort (4K at 60Hz), MIPI DSI, BLE, and CSI, LVDS, and an audio jack with mic. It also has dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 with 64GB of eMMC storage, a microSD slot, and a PCIe Gen 2.1 port.

For electronics projects, it has two 40-pin GPIO headers with UART, SPI, I2C, I2S, S/PDIF, PWM, and ADC interfaces, offering flexibility for experimentation and prototyping. It is particularly suited for Edge AI, ML acceleration, cryptographic processing, real-time object classification, human presence detection, machine vision, and video/image processing.

Previously, we have covered some similar SBCs powered by a Rockchip RK3399 including the Asus Tinker Board 2, the FriendlyElec NanoPi R4SE, the ROCK 4 SE, and many more. Feel free to check those out, if you are interested in this topic.

In terms of software, the company states that the Vaaman SBC supports multiple operating systems with pre-built images available for Android 12.1, Debian Bullseye (11), and Ubuntu Focal (20.04), offering flexibility for various applications and development environments.

Vaaman Edge Computing SBC Specifications:

• SoC:
  • Rockchip RK3399
    • CPU: Dual-core Cortex-A72 (up to 2.0GHz) + Quad-core Cortex-A53 (up to 1.5GHz)
    • GPU: Arm Mali-T864
• Memory:
  • 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
  • 512MB or 1GB DDR3L RAM
• FPGA:
  • Efinix Trion T120
    • 112,128 logic elements
    • 5,407kB embedded memory (1,056 blocks)
    • 320 multipliers (18×18)
• Storage:
  • 64GB eMMC storage
  • MicroSD card slot
• Networking:
  • Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek RTL8211E)
  • Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz/5GHz via 6222B-SRC Wi-Fi Module)
  • Bluetooth 5.0
• Video Output:
  • Micro-HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
  • USB Type-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode (4K@60Hz)
  • MIPI DSI (2560×1600@60Hz)
• Camera Input:
  • MIPI CSI (2 lanes via FPC connector, 800MB/s bandwidth)
• Audio:
  • 3.5mm jack with microphone input
• USB Ports:
  • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
  • 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
• Expansion:
  • PCIe Gen 2.1 (4 full-duplex lanes, 20Gbps)
• I/O Interfaces:
  • 2x 40-pin GPIO headers (one for SoC, one for FPGA)
  • 6x GPIOs, 2x 5V 2x 3.3V
  • 1x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 1x PCM/I2S
  • 1x SPDIF, 1x PWM, 1x ADC
• Misc:
  • Direct CSI-2 connectors
  • RTC support
• Power:
  • 18W USB Type-C PD
• Dimensions:
  • 85mm x 85mm

The company also mentioned that they are working on a customized platform called Gati, designed to provide end-to-end solutions for convolutional neural networks (CNNs) that can run flawlessly on the Vaaman board. Additionally, the Vaaman SBC is an open-source hardware project, so the company will release the schematics after successful crowdfunding. Further technical details about U-Boot, the Linux kernel, and the SDK are available in the provided documentation repository.

At the time of writing, there is no pricing information available for the Vaaman, a high-performance edge computing SBC. However, interested people can sign up on Crowd Supply to receive updates when the campaign launches. For more information, you can visit the company’s official website.

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