At the beginning of the month, we covered Mango-DVK development kit based on a Qualcomm IPQ6000/IP6010 powered system-on-module enabling 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 connectivity.
Wallys Communications contacted us earlier this week, about one of their new “802.11ax low-end product”, namely DR6000 SBC that happens to be based on Qualcomm IPQ6000 “CP03” reference design, and offers both WiFi 6 and dual Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in a round-shaped board.
DR6000 / CP03 specifications:
- SoC – Qualcomm Atheros IPQ6000 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.2GHz processor
- System Memory – 512MB DDR3L
- Storage – 128MB Nand Flash, 16MB NOR flash
- Networking
- Wired – 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports
- Wireless
- 2.4GHz 2×2 MU-MIMO OFDMA 802.11b/g/n/ax WiFi 6, up 573 Mbps, up to 20dBm per chain
- 5GHz 2×2 MU-MIMO OFDMA 802.11a/n/ac/ax WiFi 6, up to 1201 Mbps, up to 20dBm per chain
- 2x U.FL Connectors, diplexer allows dual band concurrent operation
- USB – 1x micro USB 2.0 port
- Serial – 12-pin header for serial interface
- Misc – 4x LED indicators, boot config switch
- Power Supply – 12V via DC jack
- Power Consumption – Up to 13W
- Dimensions – 100mm Ø x 23.5mm (without heatsink)
- Temperature Range – Operating: -20ºC to 60 or 70ºC (TBC); storage: -40ºC to 90ºC
- Humidity – Operating: 5% to 95% (non-condensing); storage: Max. 90% (non-condensing)
The IPQ6000 board runs OpenWrt “Barrier Breaker” with QCA binary drivers from the Qualcomm SDK, and targets the development of 802.11ax MU-MIMO access points, mesh routers supporting EasyMesh wireless applications, and IoT gateways with TWT (Target Wake Time) support for battery-powered IoT devices.
Qualcomm IPQ6000 is similar to IPQ6010 found in Wallys’ DR6018 V2 embedded Wi-Fi 6 router board, but is apparently clocked at a lower frequency of 1.2 GHz instead of 1.8 GHz.
DR6000 SBC samples are available now for $200, and more details can be found on the product page. It looks to be the same as Compex CP03 board whose product page includes a hardware manual with details about the I/O pins, and a link to buy samples for $410!
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
barrier breaker? what year is it?
That’s apparently standard for all those Qualcomm IPQ platforms.
There’s a leaked QSDK firmware binary for Xiaomi AX3600 router that’s based on Chaos Calmer.
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/xiaomi-ax3600-install-guide/68273