Credit: Firefly On Station M2 we find the Rockchip RK3566 SoC, whose heart is a quad-core Cortex-A55 64-bit processor that runs up to 1.8GHz, which is the successor to the A53 chip used in the Raspberry Pi 3B +, Nintendo Switch and some Amazon Fire HD tablets. There can also be up to 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM memory and up to 128GB of eMMC storage space. As the name implies, we find an M.2 socket for NVMe SSDs, with read and write speeds of 400 MB / s and 392 MB / s respectively. In case you need more space to store your data, you can also take advantage of the micro SD slot.
There is an HDMI 2.0 port with support for 4k HDR resolution at 60 fps and various USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, including an OTG Type-C which is also used to power the unit and a Gigabit Ethernet port (but there is no lack of support for Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 networks). The aluminum alloy case, measuring 93.8x65x15.8mm, acts as a heat sink.
Credit: Firefly Station OS is the official operating system of the Station M2, just like its predecessors M1 and P1 . It is a media center OS used to create high definition home entertainment centers. However, other operating systems are also installable, such as Android 11 and Ubuntu 18.04.
The Station M2 is already available at a promotional price of $ 105 in its 4GB / 32GB configuration. The cost will increase to $ 129 in a few weeks, making it a little more expensive than a Raspberry Pi 4 starter kit, but the Station M2 has some hardware and software features that might make it more suitable for some homebrew media center projects. >
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