StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite is a low-cost, credit card-sized RISC-V SBC powered by a 1.25 GHz JH7110S quad-core 64-bit processor and equipped with 2GB to 8GB RAM, and a microSD card slot for storage.
It’s the little brother of the VisionFive 2 Pico-ITX SBC introduced in 2022, but in a more compact Raspberry Pi-like form factor with an M.2 2242 socket for storage, Gigabit Ethernet, optional WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4, four USB ports, HDMI 2.0, MIPI DSI and CSI connector, and a 40-pin GPIO header.
VisionFive 2 Lite specifications:
- SoC – StarFive JH7110S (a low-cost version of the JH7110 clocked up to 1.25 GHz)
- CPU – Quad-core 64-bit RISC-V (SiFive U74 – RV64GC) processor @ up to 1.25 GHz
- GPU – Imagination BXE-4-32 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan 1.2
- VPU
- 4Kp60 H.265/H.264 video decoder
- 1080p30 H.265 video encoder
- JPEG encoder/decoder
- System Memory – 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB LPDDR4
- Storage
- MicroSD card slot
- SPI flash for bootloader
- eMMC flash (reserved) – Note: the eMMC flash version can be made available upon request, but is not offered here.
- NVMe SSD support via M.2 M-Key 2242 (PCIe Gen2 x1) socket
- Video Output
- HDMI 2.0 port
- 2-lane MIPI DSI connector
- Up to 2x independent displays
- Camera I/F – 2-lane MIPI CSI camera connector
- Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
- Optional WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4
- USB – 1x USB 3.0 port, 3x USB 2.0 ports
- Expansion
- 40-pin GPIO header with up to 28x GPIOs, 3.3V I/O voltage
- M.2 Key-M 2242 socket
- Misc – Recovery button, 2-pin 5V fan header
- Power Supply
- USB-C PD port
- 5V DC via GPIO header (3A+ required)
- Optional PoE via add-on module on 4-pin header
- Dimensions – 85 x 56 mm
The documentation, SDK, and accessory guides will become available later this month on the RVspace Community, and there’s also a documentation page that’s currently a placeholder as the design resources, hardware and software documentation, development and porting guide, and application notes are all marked as “coming soon”.
I’d expect Debian 12/13 and Ubuntu images for the board, as the VisionFive 2 ran Debian 12 beta when I first tested it in February 2023. There was still a lot of software work to do at the time, but since then, two years have passed, so I’m sure great progress has been made on the software front.
StarFive just launched the VisionFive 2 Lite SBC on Kickstarter with a $10,000 funding target. Four different rewards are available:
- 2GB RAM for $19.90 (MSRP: 27.99)
- 2GB RAM + WiFi for $23 (MSRP: 31.99)
- 4GB RAM + WiFi for $30 (MSRP: $42.99)
- 8GB RAM + WiFi for $37 (MSRP: $53.99)
That pricing competes against the Orange Pi RV SBC with the JH7110 SoC at a slightly lower price point, at least during the Kickstarter campaign. Shipping adds 39 HKD to Hong Kong, 55 HKD to China, and about $9 to the rest of the world. Deliveries are scheduled to start in October, shortly after the crowdfunding campaign is over, and it looks like the company has already manufactured a small batch.
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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