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Orange Pi 4 Set 6 Kit
Xunlong unveils a new Orange Pi 4 Set 6 Kit with 4G LTE Connectivity support. The new kit is composed of the Orange Pi 4 SBC, powered by the snappy Hexa-core RK3399 processor with a total of 4GB DDR4 RAM which is very capable of running most Os smoothly. Orange Pi 4 can run Android 8.1, Ubuntu 16.04/18.04, and Debian 9.
What’s more attractive in this package is the additional expansion board that offers a PCIe socket as well as a SIM card socket so it also offers a new future possibility to use it for a wide selection of industrial applications in environments without a working wifi signal. For home consumer applications, this board can be also used as a network access point solution, as a type of secondary 4G network backup in case of infrastructure problems.
Xunlong confirmed the PCIe interface should work in both Android and Linux. It might be good if they made an M.2 expansion card for M.2 SSDs, but it’s not available yet. The PCIe expansion card is sold on AliExpress. You can find it along with a 24-pin flat cable at a price of $3.90 (Shipping excluded). If you are interested in buying the complete kit, you can find it Here for $58.70. As a final note, The expansion board is designed to work with both Orange PI 4 and 4B models.
PCIe expansion board specifications
- 24-pin FPC PCIe connector to Orange Pi 4/4B with PCIe, USB, power “key”, and GPIO1_A0 (See schematics below)
- PCIe card socket
- SIM card socket
- Misc – Reset key
- Dimensions – 58 x 32 mm
Orange Pi 4 specifications
- Processor — Rockchip RK3399 (2x Cortex-A72 at up to 2.0GHz, 4x Cortex-A53); Mali-T860 GPU; GTI Lightspeeur 2801S NPU (2.8 TOPS at 9.3 TOPS per Watt) on Orange Pi 4B only
- Memory:
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
- 16 GB EMMC flash (not available on $49.90 model)
- MicroSD slot
- Media I/O:
- HDMI 2.0a out port with audio for up to 4K@60fps
- DisplayPort 1.2 via USB Type-C for up to 4K@60fps
- 2x LCD connectors (MIPI-DSI)
- 2x MIPI-CSI
- 3.5mm audio output jack (Realtek ALC5651 codec)
- Mic
- Networking:
- Gigabit Ethernet port (Realtek RTL8211E)
- 802.11b/g/n/ac 2.4GHz/5GHz with Bluetooth 5.0 (Ampak AP6256)
- External antenna
- Other I/O:
- USB 3.0 Type-C port with DP 1.2, USB, and power support
- USB 3.0 host port (Orange Pi 4 only – not on 4B)
- 2x USB 2.0 host ports
- Serial debug header
- Expansion:
- 40-pin expansion header (I2s, 2x I2C, SPI/UART, 8x GPIO)
- 24-pin PCIe header
- Other features – Upgrade and reset keys; 2x LEDs
- Power — 5V/3A jack (or via USB Type-C); PMIC (Rockchip RK808)
- Weight — 48 gm
- Dimensions — 91 x 56mm (8-layer)
- Operating system – Android 8.1; Debian 9; Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04
