Urve Board Pi – Alternative solution for Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+
The most popular single-chip computing board, the Raspberry Pi, has been around in recent years, although late last year they said that supply will start to improve this year, there is no obvious improvement for the time being, so creators who are eager to use Raspberry Pi for projects should look for other SBCs. Fortunately, there are many alternatives for Raspberry Pi on the market, and now some players can use a Urve Board Pi.
First of all, the PCB layout of Urve Board Pi is based on Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+. Not only the size is the same 85*56mm, but also the position of the USB interface, LAN port, and 40-pin GPIO are the same, so it can be fully compatible with some accessories of Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+. Of course, as a latecomer, Urve Board Pi still has something to do better. It is equipped with a Rockchip RK3566 SoC. The CPU is a quad-core Cortex-A55 with a main frequency of 1.8GHz. In theory, it is faster and more power-efficient than the original Qualcomm chip.
Urve Board Pi provides an M.2 SATA interface, supports 2230 specifications, and an onboard RTC real-time clock, which is powered by CR2032 electronics. The LAN port supports PoE power supply, onboard wireless Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and uses a USB-C power supply port, etc. These are more in line with the mainstream use needs of today’s makers than Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+.
In terms of system support, Urve Board Pi can install Debian 11, but it does not support Raspberry Pi OS. In terms of price, Urve Board Pi costs $90. Although it looks more expensive than the same 2GB Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+, considering it has better hardware and 8GB eMMC storage onboard, the price is reasonable.
