Radxa E24C and E54C are mini routers and embedded boxes based on, respectively, Rockchip RK3528A and RK3582 SoCs, and equipped with four Gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI video output, three USB ports, and an M.2 PCIe socket for NVMe SSD storage.
The Radxa E24C builds upon the dual Gigabit Ethernet Raxda E20C mini network Titan, while the Radxa E54C is an “update” to the Radxa E52C mini router with four Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of two 2.5GbE ports.
Radxa E24C quad GbE mini router
Radxa E24C specifications:
- SoC – Rockchip RK3528A
- CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 2.0 GHz
- GPU – Arm Mali-G450 GPU with support for OpenGL ES1.1, ES2.0, and OpenVG 1.1 APIs
- VPU
- H.264, H.265, and AVS2 decoder up to 4Kp60
- H.264 and H.265 encoder up to 1080p60
- Memory – 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB LPDDR4
- Storage
- 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB eMMC 5.1 flash
- MicroSD card slot (UHS-I)
- M.2 2280 Key-M socket (PCIe Gen2 x1) for optional M.2 NVMe SSD
- Video Output – HDMI 2.1 up to 4Kp60
- Networking – 4x gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports via RealTek RTL8367RB switch
- USB – 3x USB 2.0 Type-A ports, 1x USB 2.0 Type-C for serial and data
- Expansion – 14-pin GPIO header with SPI, UART, I2C, 5V, 3.3V, and GND
- Debugging – USB-C port for serial console access
- Misc
- Power, Maskrom, and User buttons
- 5x Status LEDs
- RTC battery connector
- Fan header
- Power Supply – 12V/2A DC via power barrel jack
- Dimensions – 143 × 99 × 25.3 mm (Aluminum alloy enclosure)
- Temperature Range – 0°C ~ 70°C
Besides two extra Gigabit Ethernet ports, an M.2 socket, and HDMI output, the new Rockchip RK3528A device also gains extra USB ports, a GPIO header, an RTC battery connector, and a fan connector. Radxa provides the Debian-based Radxa OS and Flippy OpenWrt images for the device, all bootable from a microSD card, eMMC flash, or SSD. More technical details may be found on the documentation website.
Radxa E54C network computer
Radxa E54C specifications:
- SoC – Rockchip RK3582
- CPU
- Dual-core Cortex-A76 with up to 2.4 GHz
- Quad-core Cortex-A55 at up to 1.8GHz
- GPU
- No 3D GPU in most cases (Rockchip does not guarantee a GPU for this part)
- 2D graphics engine
- VPU – H.264, H.265 encoder up to 4K @ 60fps
- AI accelerator – 5 TOPS NPU
- CPU
- Memory – 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB LPDDR4
- Storage
- 16MB SPI flash for bootloader
- 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB eMMC 5.1 flash
- MicroSD card slot
- M.2 2280 Key-M socket (PCIe Gen2.1 x1) for optional M.2 NVMe SSD
- Video Output
- HDMI 2.1 up to 4Kp60
- DisplayPort via USB-C port
- Networking – 4x gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports via RealTek RTL8367RB switch
- USB
- 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- 1x USB 3.0 Type-A port
- 1x USB 3.0 Type-C for serial, data, and display
- Expansion – 14-pin GPIO header with SPI, UART, I2C, 5V, 3.3V, and GND
- Debugging – USB-C port for serial console access
- Misc
- Power, Maskrom, and User buttons
- 5x Status LEDs
- RTC battery connector
- Fan header
- Power Supply – 12V via power barrel jack
- Dimensions – 143 × 99 × 25.3 mm (Aluminum alloy enclosure)
- Temperature Range – 0°C ~ 70°C
The R54C has almost the same design as the R24C with four Gigabit Ethernet ports, but it benefits from a much more powerful Rockchip RK3582 SoC (several times faster), up to 32GB RAM, a 16MB SPI flash, and two USB 3.0 ports, including one with DisplayPort support. Radxa OS and Flippy OpenWrt are also mentioned in the list of supported operating systems, but the documentation website also adds iStoreOS, a fork of OpenWrt with a user interface aiming to simplify the configuration process, featuring the iStore app store for OpenWrt, and also acting as a lightweight NAS software. It is supported by the Radxa E20C, so I’d expect it to run on both the R24C and R54C as well.
The Raxda E24C mini router can be purchased on AliExpress for $36.31 to $51.73 depending on RAM capacity, and it’s also listed on Arace for $35 and up, but currently out of stock there. The E54C model is sold with 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB RAM on Arace for $55 to $85, and you’ll also find it on AliExpress with up to 16GB RAM, but only the 4GB and 8GB models are in stock right now…
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.
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