Giveaway Week 2025 - Elecrow Pi Terminal Raspberry CM4 industrial HMI display

Sometimes we receive samples even though we did not ask for them, said we would have time to review them, or due to miscommunication. That’s exactly what has happened with the Elecrow Pi Terminal, a Raspberry Pi CM4-powered industrial HMI with a 7-inch touchscreen display.

So instead of letting it go to waste, I decided to offer it as the second prize of the CNX Software Giveaway Week 2025 contest.

Elecrow CrowPanel CM4 Pi Terminal Demo application — Demo application on the Pi Terminal – There’s an option to go to the Raspberry Pi OS desktop

Elecrow Pi Terminal specifications:

SoM – Raspberry Pi CM4 Lite
- SoC – Broadcom BCM2711
  - CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A72 SoC @ 1.5GHz
  - GPU – VideoCore VI with support for OpenGL ES 3.1 and Vulkan 1.0
  - VPU
    - Decode – H.265/HEVC up to 4Kp60, H.264 up to 1080p60
    - Encode – H.264 up to 1080p30
- Memory – 4GB LPDDR4-3200
- Storage – N/A
- Wireless – Dual-band WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0
Storage
- 64GB microSD card preloaded with the Raspberry Pi OS + Node-RED software
- M.2 NVMe SSD socket compatible with 2230/2242/2280 modules;
Display – 7-inch touchscreen IPS display with 1024×600 resolution, 400 cd/m² brightness, 5-point capacitive touch
Video Output – HDMI port
Camera – 2x camera FPC/FFC connectors (3.3V)
Audio
- 3.5mm audio jack
- 6-pin speaker Interface
- Built-in buzzer
Networking and wireless connectivity
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port with optional PoE via 4-pin internal header
- WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 on the CM4 Lite module
- LoRa
  - Via mini PCIE socket; supply voltage: 3.3V
  - Also support LR1302 LoRaWAN SPI/USB interface gateway module
- 4G LTE cellular
  - Via Mini PCIe socket (supply voltage: 3.8V) and Nano SIM card slot
  - Supports ELE7670 4G series modules
- 4x removable antenna holes reserved for external SMA antennas
USB – 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports, 2x 4-pin USB 2.0 headers
Serial – RS232 DB9 female connector
Expansion
- 12-pin terminal block with RS485/CAN/ADC
- 8-pin terminal block with 2x DI/DO
- 6-pin terminal block for relay
- 4-pin connector for programming button interface
- 40-pin GPIO header
Debugging – Serial console via USB Type-C port
Misc
- Power and Sleep/Wake buttons
- Power, User, and status LEDs
- RTC clock with CR1220 battery holder
- 4-pin fan connector
Power Supply – 12V to 36V DC (3A)
Power Consumption – About 9W under load
Dimensions
- With shell – 192 x 125 x 46mm
- Without acrylic shell – 182 x 115 x 29mm
Weight – 1 kg with shell
Temperature Range – Operating: -10 to +60°C; storage: -20 to 70°C
Relative humidity – 10% to 90%, at 40°C (non-condensing)
IP Rating – IP65 (front panel)

The giveaway includes the Pi Terminal with the Raspberry Pi CM4 Lite 4GB wireless, three Phoenix type Connectors, a Wi-Fi antenna, a 12V/2A power adapter, a user manual, and an LR1302 LoRaWAN gateway module (SPI US915). Everything is new, and I just opened the package to make sure the unit was working properly. The shipping fee is on the high side because the package is quite heavy at over 1.3kg.

To enter the draw, simply leave a comment with your country and whatever else you’d like to say (no links in the body of the comment). If the country is missing, I’ll consider the entry void. Other rules are as follows:

Only one entry per contest. I will filter out entries with the same IP and/or email address.
Contests are open for 48 hours starting at 10 am (Bangkok time) every day.
Comments will be closed after 48 hours. If comments are open, the contest is still going on.
Winners will be selected with random.org, and announced in the comments section of each giveaway.
I’ll contact the winner by email, and I’ll expect an answer within 24 hours, or I’ll pick another winner. Note that I may not be able to contact people who log in with Facebook, Twitter, or Google, so it’s better to use an email address to enter the draw.
Shipping
- $49 for registered airmail small packet or ePacket for overseas shipping, payable via PayPal within 48 hours once the contest (for a given product) is complete. If PayPal is not an option in your country, we can try to find another payment solution.
- All prizes will be shipped at the same time once we get all the winners, around November 12.
I’ll make sure we have 7 different winners, so if you have already won a device during this giveaway week, I’ll draw another person.

If you don’t end up winning, the Pi Terminal offered here sells for $152.92 on the Elecrow store, and the LoRaWAN gateway module adds $23.90.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

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.