NanoPi R5S-LTS
RK3568B2 router board with quad-core Cortex-A55 at 2.0GHz, up to 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, native GbE + dual 2.5GbE, M.2 PCIe, 2x USB 3.0, HDMI 4K, and USB-C PD — the mid-range OpenWrt router with long-term support.
$87.00
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Specifications
Components
Rockchip RK3568B2 quad-core Cortex-A55 at 2.0GHz with Mali-G52 GPU, 0.8 TOPS NPU, and PCIe 3.0.
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Overview
The NanoPi R5S-LTS is FriendlyElec's long-term support router board built on the Rockchip RK3568B2 with four Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz. It provides three Ethernet ports — one native Gigabit and two PCIe 2.5 Gigabit via RTL8125BG — offering significant throughput improvement over the R4S generation.
With up to 4GB LPDDR4X RAM, 32GB eMMC, an M.2 PCIe 2.0 slot for NVMe or WiFi, two USB 3.0 ports, and HDMI 4K output, the R5S-LTS serves as both a high-performance router and a capable home server. The 0.8 TOPS NPU enables lightweight AI inference tasks.
The LTS designation ensures long-term kernel and firmware support from FriendlyElec. Running FriendlyWrt (OpenWrt), Ubuntu, Debian, or Alpine Linux, it's ideal as a VPN gateway, firewall, NAS controller, or home automation hub.
Use Cases
3IoT Gateway
Acting as a local IoT gateway that aggregates data from sensors, runs MQTT broker, Node-RED, or Home Assistant, and bridges to the cloud.
Wired Networking
Build reliable wired Ethernet-connected IoT nodes or edge computing devices.
IoT
Internet of Things applications including connected sensors, actuators, and smart devices that communicate over WiFi, BLE, LoRa, or other wireless protocols.
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