CanMV K230 Board
The CanMV K230 AI board claims a 13.7× performance leap and 6 TOPS on RISC‑V silicon — a compact edge board pushing more inference to the device. (hackster.io)
Canaan’s K230 SoC on the CanMV board integrates two RISC‑V C908 cores running at 1.6 GHz and 0.8 GHz, a next‑generation KPU, and 128‑bit RVV 1.0 vector support. (kendryte.com (kendryte.com)) Kendryte publishes benchmark figures for typical networks on the K230: ResNet‑50 at ≥85 fps (INT8), MobileNet_v2 at ≥670 fps (INT8), and YOLOv5s at ≥38 fps (INT8). (kendryte.com (kendryte.com)) The CanMV‑K230 board accepts multiple camera inputs—up to three MIPI CSI lanes (configurable as 1×4lane + 1×2lane or 3×2lane)—and includes a 3D structured‑light depth engine supporting up to 1920×1080; video codecs support up to 4096×4096 resolution with typical 4K encode/decode frame‑rate targets reported by third‑party coverage. (kendryte.com (kendryte.com) electronics‑lab.com (electronics-lab.com)) Hardware on the reference board includes 1GB or 2GB LPDDR4 options, microSD storage (documented support up to 512GB), a USB‑C IDE/debug port, a Raspberry‑Pi‑compatible 40‑pin GPIO header, and optional touch‑LCD and camera modules. (electronics‑lab.com (electronics-lab.com) hiwonder.com (hiwonder.com)) Software and ecosystem materials include MicroPython/OpenMV support via the CanMV project, an official Quick Start and SDK with Linux + RT‑Smart examples, and published engineering docs and datasheets on Kendryte’s site and GitHub. (kendryte.com (kendryte.com) github.com (github.com)) Retail listings show CanMV K230 kits offered in 1GB and 2GB RAM variants with optional 16GB/32GB TF card bundles and a storefront price starting at $79.99 on Hiwonder’s product page. (hiwonder.com (hiwonder.com))
