DFRobot DFR123x D-Robotics RDK X5 AI Developer Kits

DFRobot DFR1238 and DFR1239 D-Robotics RDK X5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developer Kits are high‑performance, all‑in‑one platforms designed to accelerate intelligent robotics and edge-AI development. Powered by the Sunrise 5 intelligent computing chip, the RDK X5 kits deliver up to 10 TOPS of AI performance with an octa‑core Arm® Cortex®‑A55 CPU, 32 Gflops GPU, and support for 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 RAM, making it ideal for running advanced models such as transformers, RWKV, occupancy mapping, and stereo‑perception algorithms.

The boards feature rich connectivity, including dual‑band Wi‑Fi® 6, BLUETOOTH® 5.4, Gigabit Ethernet with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), CAN FD, USB 3.0, and dual MIPI‑CSI inputs for stereo vision, enabling robust integration into ROS‑based and industrial robotic systems. Designed for streamlined development, the kits support the innovative Flash Connect paradigm, allowing system flashing, debugging, and data transfer through a single USB Type‑C® cable, while offering Ubuntu 22.04 and an extensive open‑source ecosystem for immediate deployment.

Features

  • Elite AI performance on the edge
  • Seamless integration and versatile connectivity
  • Empowers robotics with intelligent, precise, and efficient algorithms
  • Keypoint detection and matching based on deep learning - enhances motion estimation accuracy and robustness in challenging conditions like backlighting, low light, and weak textures
  • Stereo depth estimation algorithm - delivers high-precision distance measurements with under 1% error across a 10-meter range
  • Deep learning optical flow estimation - delivers precise pixel-level correspondences, outperforming traditional dense optical flow algorithms in performance, robustness, and efficiency
  • Occupancy - offers precise 3D geometry and semantic information for obstacle avoidance and local path planning, ensuring greater consistency
  • Streamlined and open development environment

Applications

  • ROS‑based robotics development
  • Edge AI computing for intelligent machines
  • Stereo vision and advanced machine perception
  • Autonomous navigation and SLAM
  • Robotic arm object picking
  • Line-following and mobile robotics
  • Human and skeleton keypoint detection
  • Educational and maker robotics projects

Specifications

  • 8x A55 cores at 1.5GHz
  • 4GB (DFR1238) or 8GB (DFR1239) LPDDR4 RAM
  • 10 TOPS BPU
  • 32Gflops GPU
  • Storage
    • DFR1238 supports an external Micro SD card peripheral
    • DFR1239 features Micro SD card support
  • Multimedia
    • DFR1238 - H.265 (HEVC) main profile at L5.1, H.264 (AVC) baseline/constrained baseline/main/high profiles at L5.2 with SVC-T encoding, H.265/H.264 encoding and decoding up to 3840x2160 at 60fps
    • DFR1239 - H.265/H.264 up to 3840x2160 at 60fps
  • 2x 4-lane MIPI CSI camera inputs
  • 4x USB 3.0 Type-A host interfaces
  • 1x USB 2.0 Type-C device interface
  • 1x Micro USB debug UART serial port (DFR1238)
  • 1x 3.5mm headphone jack
  • HDMI (1080p60) + MIPI DSI 4-lane display outputs
  • Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless networks
  • 1x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port with PoE
  • 1x CAN FD
  • 28x GPIOs (Reusable support 5x UART, 8x PWM, 3x I2C, 2x SPI, 1x I2S)
  • 5V/5A power input
  • Ubuntu 22.04 system support

Computing Boost

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Robotics Innovation

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Inilathala: 2026-01-22 | Na-update: 2026-01-30