The DshanPi-A1 AI Education is a new single-board computer from 100ASK built around the Rockchip RK3576 octa-core SoC, combining four Cortex-A72 cores at 2.2 GHz with four Cortex-A53 cores at 2.0 GHz. The chip also brings a 6 TOPS NPU for AI workloads, an Arm Mali-G52 MC3 GPU with Vulkan 1.2 support, and hardware video decode up to 8Kp30 for H.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2. The board was first spotted in the Linux 6.19 changelog, signaling early upstream kernel support.
The 97 x 77 mm (3.8 x 3.0 inch) board is particularly notable for its imaging capabilities. Two 4-lane MIPI CSI connectors support up to four cameras simultaneously, a configuration uncommon at this price point. It also includes a MIPI DSI display output alongside HDMI 2.1 (up to 4Kp120), and a micro HDMI input port powered by a Rockchip RK628D bridge chip. Networking is covered by dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, with optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth via an M.2 Key-E socket. The 40-pin GPIO header is largely compatible with Raspberry Pi HATs, and connectivity extends to two USB 3.0 Type-A ports and a USB-C OTG port with DisplayPort Alt Mode.
100ASK supports the board with Armbian, Buildroot, OpenWrt, ArchLinux ARM, OpenEuler, and Fedora images. Full driver coverage currently requires Buildroot, while Armbian and OpenWrt lack MIPI CSI support. The DshanPi-A1 wiki includes tutorials covering OpenCV, DeepSeek-R1, Qwen-VL, Qt5, and ROS2, reflecting its positioning as an AI and robotics education platform. The board is available starting at $83 (€77) for the 6GB RAM configuration without eMMC, rising to $131 (€121) for the 8GB RAM and 64GB eMMC variant.
