Overview

The RPIplate is a Raspberry Pi 4 core built on our Pi-Plate form factor. It comes preloaded with the latest build of the 64 bit Raspberry Pi operating system along with LibreOffice and an up to date set of all the Pi-Plate modules

Features

  • Two full speed USB 2.0 ports
  • Four gigabytes of RAM
  • Sixteen gigabytes of eMMC flash memory for program storage
  • On board WiFi radio with PCB antenna
  • On board Bluetooth radio
  • Standard size HDMI connector
  • RJ45 connector for 1, 10, 1000 Mbit Ethernet
  • 15 pin FFC connector for compatible cameras
  • 15 pin FFC connector for compatible displays
  • Standard Raspberry Pi 2x20 header
  • Red LED for monitoring power
  • Green LED for monitoring program memory access
  • 5VDC power input via USB-C connector

General

  • 100% Preprogrammed and Tested
  • USB Vbus limit: 1 amp per port
  • ESD protection on USB ports
  • Preloaded with latest desktop version of the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS
  • Preloaded with Pi-Plate Python modules, LibreOffice, and Node-RED
  • SPI, I²C, VNC, and SSH interfaces enabled.
  • Alternate OS can be loaded via microUSB connector
  • 5V Power contention blocking
  • Compatible with all members of the Pi-Plates family
  • Detailed Online Users Guide with Examples
  • Heat sink kit and mounting hardware included
  • Dimensions: 100mm long x 85mm wide x 17mm high

RPIplate Specifications

Compute Module 4

  • Broadcom BCM2711, quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
  • H.265 (HEVC) (up to 4Kp60 decode), H.264 (up to 1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
  • OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics
  • 4GB LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM with ECC (subject to change)
  • 16GB eMMC flash memory (subject to change)
  • Peak eMMC bandwidth 100MBps
  • 2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac wireless
  • Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
  • On board electronic switch to select between PCB trace or external antenna
  • Gigabit Ethernet PHY supporting IEEE 1588
  • 1 × USB 2.0 port (high speed)
  • 28 × GPIO supporting either 1.8V or 3.3V signalling and peripheral options:
    • Up to 5 × UART
    • Up to 5 × I2C
    • Up to 5 × SPI
    • 1 × SDIO interface
    • 1 × DPI (parallel RGB display)
    • 1 × PCM
    • Up to 2× PWM channels
    • Up to 3× GPCLK outputs
    • HDMI 2.0 port (up to 4Kp60 supported)
    • 1 × 2-lane MIPI DSI display port
    • 1 × 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port

Pi-Plate Interface Signals

  • SPI signals
    • CE1: pin 26 / GPIO07
    • CLK: pin 23 / GPIO11
    • MOSI: pin 19 / GPIO10
    • MISO: pin 21 / GPIO09
  • Pi-Plate Handshake Signals
    • FRAME: pin 22 / GPIO25
    • ACK: pin 16 / GPIO23
    • SRQ: pin 15 / GPIO22
    • BUTTON: pin 18 / GPIO24

RPIplate

A Raspberry Pi 4 Controller with a Pi-Plate Form Factor.

$99.99Add to cart

Add a 5.1V 3Amp Power Supply

A high quality power supply for your RPIplate.

$9.99Add to cart

Add a POWERplate

A multipurpose board to power and cool your Raspberry Pi.

$39.99Add to cart

Add a POWERplate24

Same features as POWERplate but can operate with input voltages as high as 30VDC.

$69.99Add to cart

Add a DINplate

Our low cost scalable enclosure to mount your Pi-Plate stack to a DIN rail.

$29.99Add to cart

Add a CASEplate

A simple yet effective method of mounting your Pi-Plate stack.

$14.99Add to cart