MQ Pro RISC-V Single-Board Computer — and Router — Inspired by the Raspberry Pi Zero

 This low-cost board contains twin USB Type-C ports, HDMI, microSD, and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, mimicking the connectivity of a Raspberry Pi Zero.

MangoPi, a single-board computer company, has announced the MangoPi-MQ Pro, a new design inspired by the Raspberry Pi Zero line but with a RISC-V-based system-on-chip.

Late last year, MangoPi introduced the MangoPi-MQ1, a board meant to take the Allwinner F133-A — a RAM-on-board variation of the Allwinner D1 processor that drives the Nezha RISC-V experimental board — and turn it into a working Linux-capable single-board computer for around $10 in mass production. With the Nezha starting at $99 and now costing more, it's no wonder that the concept has piqued curiosity.

Now, the business has unveiled a new variation that foregoes the bare-bones approach in favour of a more feature-rich board based on the Raspberry Pi Zero series of single-board computers.

The MangoPi-MQ Pro replaces the Allwinner F133-A with the original D1, necessitating the use of a separate RAM module. The board has a microSD slot for storage, two USB Type-C ports for host and USB On-The-Go (OTG) connectivity, and an unnamed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radio module on the left side. There's also an HDMI video connector, as well as the inspiration's 40-pin general-purpose input/output (GPIO) header.

At the same time, the firm demonstrated a carrier board with two USB ports and two Ethernet ports, which may be used to transform the device into a RISC-V router or other network appliance. The company joked about their prototypes, saying, "I hope it doesn't explode when turned up."

I am about to own a #RISCV #router!
hahaha pic.twitter.com/J722YS14Kr

— MangoPi SBC🐧 (@mangopi_sbc) January 12, 2022

The board's specifications have yet to be confirmed, but the D1 chip features a single 1GHz 64-bit XuanTie C906 RISC-V core with no GPU, which is an implementation of the RISC-V free and open source instruction set architecture that includes a pre-ratification version of the performance-boosting vector extensions as well as some vendor-specific features.

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