MickMake Mail #47: Khadas VIM3, Leez P710, EraSynth.

After a bit of a break, the MickMake channel is back in action for 2020. Hindsight is great and clearly, I have a vision for 2020 that includes resolutions like 1080p Kicking off the year with a mailbag!

Raspberry Pi 4

Ya, old news, but I hadn’t yet opened this box that was ordered many months ago. Check out my Raspberry Pi 4 Review .

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Mini Desktop sander

A nice little belt sander for small jobs, but the belts are pretty hopeless.

Lenovo Leez P710

Yet another SBC to add to my ever growing collection.

• Rockchip RK3399
• 2 or 4G LPDDR4 RAM
• SD slot
• optional 16G eMMC
• M.2 b-key slot - used for 4G LTE
• USIM slot
• GbE
• WiFi/Bluetooth
• 2x 4-lane MIPI-CSI
• HDMI capable of 4k@60Hz
• 4-lane MIPI-DSI
• USB3.0 and 2.0
• 40 pin header that may or may not be Pi compatible.
  • But the RK3399 uses 1.8v logic levels, so unless they have logic level buffers most Pi hats won’t work.
• Soft power button.
• RTC.
• Runs off 5v / 3A USB Type-C.

Crowd Supply Teardown 2019

Since I didn’t manage to get to Crowd Supply Teardown 2019, Crowd Supply thought of me down-under by sending one of their RFID badges. Didn’t get a chance to check it out in this mailbag, but will do so in the next.

EraSynth Micro

The EraSynth Micro was up on Crowd Supply a while back. Nice to get a chance to play with it.

Khadas VIM3

And yes, yet another SBC to add to the pile.

• Amlogic A311D
• big.LITTLE architecture
  • 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 & 1.8GHz Cortex-A53
• Neural Network Accelerator
  • Supports Tensorflow and Caffe.
• STM8S003 for power control
  • 16MB SPI flash
• 2 or 4G LPDDR4 RAM
• 16 or 32G eMMC
• WiFi/Bluetooth based on the AP6398S
• GbE with WoL
• SD slot
• USB 2.0
• USB Type-C for power
• HDMI supporting 4K @ 60Hz
  • HDCP2.2
• MIPI-DSI
• MIPI-CSI
• M.2 key slot supporting NVME
• IR
• RTC
• Mostly compatible Pi header
• Buttons to mash and LEDs to blink.