Published configuration: confirm against controlled documents
The AS-RK3568-EMP-CUS carrier board is a 6-layer PCB in a 3.5-inch SBC form factor, industrial-grade components throughout, with conformal coating optional. The specifications below are the OEM/ODM default; every line is re-specable on request.
| Block | Specification |
|---|---|
| SoC | Rockchip RK3576 octa-core 4x Cortex-A76 up to 2.2GHz plus 4x Cortex-A53; RK3568 / RK3566 quad Cortex-A55; RK3288 dual-screen tier; Allwinner A133 value tier |
| NPU | RK3576 6 TOPS INT8 for item and face recognition; RK3568 1 TOPS; value tiers without NPU |
| GPU | RK3576 Mali-G52 MC3; RK3568 Mali-G52 2EE; RK3576 4K decode and dual-screen compositing |
| Memory | LPDDR4 / LPDDR4X / LPDDR5, 2GB to 16GB depending on tier; DDR4 option on value SKUs |
| Storage | eMMC 5.1 16GB / 32GB / 64GB / 128GB / 256GB / 512GB; TF card; M.2 NVMe; SATA on request |
| Display | Single or dual independent outputs: LVDS / eDP / MIPI DSI / HDMI 2.0 / VGA; 1920x1080 or 3840x2160; independent, extended or mirrored; portrait or landscape per output |
| Touch | Capacitive or resistive 5-point / 10-point; second touch controller with independent HID configuration; glove and wet-hand profile |
| Cash drawer | RJ11 and RJ12 drawer rails driven from the main carrier, 12V or 24V selectable, with draw feedback line |
| Printers | Thermal receipt printer rail and kitchen or apron printer rail on isolated lanes with soft-start sequencing |
| Scanners | Barcode scanner, QR code scanner, document scanner; USB and serial lanes available per device |
| Payment | NFC reader, magnetic stripe reader, IC card reader, PIN pad lane, discrete secure element option, tamper lines option |
| Identity | Fingerprint reader, ID card reader, face recognition camera over MIPI CSI 2-lane / 4-lane with ISP |
| Audio | On-board decode, speaker amplifier, microphone input, headphone output, per-lane volume |
| I/O | Up to 8x USB 2.0 / 3.0, USB HOST and OTG, Type-C option, RS232 / RS485 / TTL up to 6 serial lanes, GPIO island up to 32 channels, I2C touch, ADKEY buttons, powered COM at 5V or 12V |
| Network | Gigabit Ethernet single or dual, PoE option, WiFi 5 / WiFi 6 dual-band, Bluetooth 5.0 / 5.4, 4G or 5G module with Mini PCIe or M.2 slot, SIM slot |
| Security | Secure boot chain, trusted execution environment, trusted platform module option, per-serial component traceability, session wipe on logout |
| Power | 12V DC standard; 12-24V wide voltage on request; PoE on request; hold-up capacitor for brownout ride-through; RTC battery socket; scheduled power profile |
| Thermal and reliability | Fanless 6-layer carrier; 0C to 50C standard, -20C to 70C wide temp; 46C shop-window rating; 7x24 duty; hardware watchdog; ESD, EMC and surge design |
| Form factor | 3.5-inch SBC, Pico-ITX, Mini-ITX, or core board plus custom carrier for till, handheld and lane enclosures |
Application matrix: 8 customization scenarios for the AS-RK3568-EMP-CUS
The AS-RK3568-EMP-CUS is one carrier platform across eight different POS deployments. The matrix below shows the most common OEM/ODM customization angles a payment terminal manufacturer in Middle East walks through in the first scoping call.
| Scenario | Catalog board limit | AS-RK3568-EMP-CUS customization |
|---|---|---|
| Retail and supermarket till | 3.4 s basket scan, no offline store | Cached price book, offline authorisation store |
| Restaurant and QSR counter | 2.7 s ticket to kitchen, one Ethernet | Local ticket bus, dual Ethernet segment split |
| Dual-screen cashier display | Mirrored output, 420 ms drift | Two framebuffers, per-panel proof-of-play |
| Self-checkout lane | 14 s basket, no scale lane | Local state machine, RS232 scale plus NPU vision |
| Handheld and table-side unit | Battery drain, 4.6 s resume | Battery-budgeted tree, sub-second resume |
| EMV payment terminal | No secure element, no tamper lines | Discrete secure element, zeroisation path |
| AI vision checkout | 2.9 s recognition, no NPU | 6 TOPS on-device model store, sub-400 ms |
| Multi-platform POS family | Four carriers, two contracts | One enclosure, one BSP train, one MOQ |
OEM/ODM workflow: 8 steps from kickoff to first article
Below is the actual OEM/ODM workflow a payment terminal manufacturer in Izmir walks through when commissioning a custom POS Android motherboard from AndroidSBC. No step is a placeholder.
- Day 0-2 — Requirements intake. A 90-minute call captures the counter format, the I/O map, the peripheral list, the OS choice, the payment and fiscal rules, the language list and the volume profile. Output: a one-page requirements sheet.
- Day 3-6 — Feasibility study. AndroidSBC engineers validate the SoC choice (RK3576, RK3568, RK3566 or RK3288), the carrier I/O map, the BSP availability, the certification gap and the thermal envelope. Output: a feasibility report with go / no-go on each customization.
- Day 7-10 — Schematic and PCB layout. The AS-RK3568-EMP-CUS carrier board is laid out on a 6-layer stack-up with the customer's I/O map. Output: schematic and PCB review package.
- Day 11-14 — BSP porting. Android, Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Kylin OS, UOS or OpenHarmony BSP is ported to the customer's OS choice, with kiosk-mode locking, secure boot, offline store support and fiscal packs where needed. Output: a BSP build for the customer's evaluation team.
- Day 15-18 — Sample fabrication. Five to ten engineering samples are fabricated at the Shenzhen source factory, with conformal coating and stencil rework as required. Output: samples shipped to the customer by air.
- Day 19-21 — Customer evaluation. The customer's evaluation team runs thermal, EMC, transaction latency, peripheral integration, payment acceptance and field-replication tests. Output: an evaluation report with sign-off or change requests.
- Day 22-23 — Design freeze and mass-production tooling. Any change requests are absorbed, the design is frozen, and mass-production tooling is opened at the source factory. Output: a frozen Gerber and a frozen BOM.
Twenty-nine days from kickoff to first article. Ninety-five days from kickoff to mass production. This is the OEM/ODM rhythm that the payment terminal manufacturer in Middle East learns to expect from a Shenzhen source factory that does this work for a living.
Frequently asked questions
What is the MOQ for a custom POS Android motherboard?
Answer: 150 units for OEM (a re-spin of an existing carrier board), 500 units for ODM (a from-scratch PCB layout). Sample orders of five units are accepted with an engineering report.
How long does OEM/ODM customization take from kickoff to first article?
Answer: 29 days on the workflow described above, including schematic, PCB layout, BSP porting, sample fabrication and customer evaluation. Mass production starts around day 95.
Should I choose RK3576 or RK3568 for a POS terminal?
Answer: RK3576 for dual-screen lanes, AI item recognition, face payment and anything that wants a 6 TOPS NPU; RK3568 for restaurant and QSR counters, single-screen tills, payment terminals and mid-range lane builds; RK3566 for handheld, table-side and cost-driven single-screen tiers; RK3288 for legacy dual-screen replacements. AndroidSBC builds all of them on the same enclosure cut-out.
Can the lane keep taking payments when the network drops?
Answer: Yes. A local price book plus an offline authorisation store keeps the lane selling through a WAN outage, then reconciles when the link returns, with no lane lockout.
Can one board drive the cashier screen and a customer-facing advertising loop?
Answer: Yes. Two independent framebuffers give per-panel resolution, refresh and rotation, so the promotion half keeps running while the till half updates, with per-panel proof-of-play logs.
Can the board drive the cash drawer and the receipt printer directly?
Answer: Yes. RJ11 and RJ12 drawer rails are driven from the main carrier at 12V or 24V with a draw feedback line, and the receipt printer sits on an isolated rail with soft-start sequencing.
Do you support EMV and PCI PTS pre-scoping?
Answer: Yes. Discrete secure element, physical tamper lines with a zeroisation path, isolated PIN path and per-serial component traceability are all available, and EMC and payment pre-scanning is done in-house before third-party testing.
Do you support AI item recognition on-device?
Answer: Yes. The RK3576 runs a local model store on its 6 TOPS NPU with no cloud round-trip, typically clearing produce recognition in under 400 ms, with a low-light and steam-tolerant ISP profile.
What certifications can you pre-scope for our market?
Answer: CE / FCC / RoHS standard. UL / UKCA / KC / PSE / SAA, CB, IEC 62368-1, EMV, PCI PTS and GMS / Google EDLA are all available on request. EMC pre-scanning is done in-house before third-party testing.
Do you accept sample and small-batch orders?
Answer: Yes. Samples ship in 1-3 days from stock where available; custom samples ship inside the 15-18 day window. Small-batch and large-volume pricing is available on request, FOB Shenzhen, CIF or EXW.
