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RK3588 Custom LGA Core Board, WF-C3588-R5, AndroidSBC, Warsaw
TL;DR: RK3588 Custom LGA Core Board
SHENZHEN, China, September 12, 2026 - Lot 146 of the WF-C3588-R5 board cleared final inspection at the Wanlin Longgang plant this week, with 20,805 units consigned to Warsaw, Poland.
AndroidSBC site report from running WF-C3588 custom motherboard installations serving Warsaw, Poland. The line spans custom Android motherboards at the entry variant through core-board-plus-carrier work at the SOM end, all on the same Rockchip RK3588 silicon with 6 TOPS NPU, 8K H.265 decode and up to 32GB of LPDDR5. AndroidSBC ships the full range from the Wanlin Longgang plant, and Warsaw buyers can mix custom variants inside a single framework agreement rather than opening a new supplier file for each product line.

About AndroidSBC and the Rockchip RK3588 Board Family
AndroidSBC is the export brand of Wanlin Manufacturing Group, a Shenzhen source-factory group that has spent more than a decade building custom OEM and ODM boards on Rockchip silicon. The line this release covers is the WF-C3588: nine custom motherboard variants built on the same Rockchip RK3588 octa-core 8nm platform with 6 TOPS NPU and 8K H.265 video, covering custom Android motherboards, custom industrial boards, core board and SOM carrier design, custom signage and video wall boards, custom kiosk and POS boards, custom robotics controllers, custom NVR boards, custom edge AI boards, and custom ARM PC and NAS boards. Wanlin's Longgang plant in Shenzhen builds the WF-C3588 for Poland OEM, integrator and distributor programmes. For a Warsaw buyer the practical value of the line is that one silicon and one supplier file cover nine custom categories.
WF-C3588-R5 Technical Specifications
| Parameter | AndroidSBC WF-C3588-R5 (Custom Robotics and AGV Control Board) | Industry Average |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Rockchip RK3588 octa-core 4x Cortex-A76 2.4GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 1.8GHz (8nm) + 6 TOPS NPU | Cortex-A55 controller without NPU |
| Vision path | MIPI CSI-2 camera lanes plus 8K decode for SLAM and obstacle detection | USB camera bottleneck |
| Sensor interfaces | Multi-serial for LiDAR and encoders, CAN bus for motor drives, I2C/SPI for IMU stacks | Limited or adapted I/O |
| Real-time support | Linux PREEMPT_RT option and isolated cores for motion loops | No real-time guarantee |
| NPU workloads | SLAM feature extraction, object detection, semantic segmentation at 6 TOPS | Cloud-dependent vision |
| Network | Dual Gigabit Ethernet with TSN support for fleet coordination, WiFi 6, optional 5G | Single WiFi link |
| Power | Wide DC input with power-path management for dock and battery transition | Fixed adapter |
| Robustness | -40C to 85C option, vibration-rated connectors, conformal coating option | Consumer connectors |
| OS support | Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto with ROS 2 pre-validated per project | Untested vendor image |
| Customization | Custom I/O routing, custom carrier, firmware and BSP porting in-house | No engineering changes |
| Validation | 72-hour burn-in, thermal mapping and SI report per lot | Bench boot check |
| Supply commitment | Seven-year supply window for long robot programmes | No lifecycle promise |
All parameters in the table above are measured at 25C ambient. The AndroidSBC WF-C3588-R5 (Custom Robotics and AGV Control Board) holds its display output and its decoder load at the same time through the burn-in loop, a combination that the legacy boards in the comparison column cannot sustain. For Poland importers sourcing the WF-Series, the 8GB + 32GB (WF-C3588-R5-B) variant is the typical configuration for the custom robotics controller programmes use case, with a sustained weekly capacity of 5,000 pcs/wk on the Longgang line.
Challenges in Sourcing Custom Robotics and AGV Control Board for Poland Buyers
The custom robotics and agv control board sourcing question that Warsaw distributors keep coming back to is continuity across quarters. The Rockchip RK3588 requires a dedicated wafer slot, and a 20,805-unit order placed against broker inventory often turns into a two-month slip with no warning. The second issue is firmware, not hardware. Vendors promise the full certified software stack and then ship a bare AOSP image, and the failure only surfaces at the warehouse when the unit is powered on against the customer's app.
The third exposure is paperwork. Factories that stamp marks without holding the underlying test reports leave the importer to produce a Technical File after the fact, which is exactly when the container is sitting in a bonded yard. AndroidSBC runs the custom board build, the certified image burn, the burn-in record and the certification file inside the Longgang plant, so the lot arrives complete rather than in pieces. The nine variants in the WF-C3588 cover AGV controllers, AMR mainboards, service robots, inspection robots, quadruped platforms, SLAM navigation, robot vision, fleet dispatch terminals, and charging stations and each one carries three memory configurations, which keeps Warsaw and Poland buyers on standard custom SKUs for most requirements.
The Poland paperwork question is settled before production. In Poland the market has become the main distribution hub for Central Europe, so a Gdansk or Warsaw listing often serves several neighbouring countries. The Longgang export desk prepares the destination-market file covering CE marking with UKE radio interface notification administered by UKE and releases it with the standard multi-market pack (CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH), booking the lot into Port of Gdansk on the Gdansk to Ningbo lane.
Competitive Comparison: WF-C3588-R5 vs Competing RK3588 Boards
The comparison set for the custom robotics and agv control board socket breaks three ways: catalogue boards with fixed I/O and no engineering support, re-badged imports with a sticker but no schematic, and source-factory custom boards that carry the BSP, the test bench and the certification desk in-house. The WF-C3588-R5 is in the last group, and the separation comes from Rockchip RK3588, from customization depth, and from the per-lot certified image burn.
- vs paired PC-plus-MCU controllers: the WF-C3588-R5 runs vision, navigation and fleet logic on one board and hands only the power stage to the drive electronics.
- vs generic SBC robot builds: the CAN, multi-serial and real-time options come validated on the reference carrier instead of being patched in by the integrator.
- vs cloud-vision robots: SLAM and obstacle detection stay on the 6 TOPS NPU, so the robot keeps navigating when the warehouse WiFi drops.
- vs module resellers: custom I/O changes are executed by the Longgang engineering desk with the test bench that will validate them.
Global Custom Robotics Control Board Market Trends
Order timing in Poland now follows the Custom Robotics Control Board curve rather than the old annual budget cycle. MarketsandMarkets sizes the Edge AI hardware segment at USD 26.9 billion for 2025 with a 32.7 percent CAGR to USD 108.2 billion by 2030 (MarketsandMarkets, 2025-2030), and that growth is the reference point Poland buyers use when they argue about RK3588 allocation. In Warsaw, it shows up as three distinct demand patterns across the WF-C3588:
- Warehouse AGV fleet: an automation vendor runs SLAM and fleet dispatch on the board with dual GbE back to the coordinator.
- Display and signage refresh cycles: a longer content loop and a higher panel resolution now define the refresh trigger. The WF-C3588-R5 board carries that headroom without a board change.
- Inspection quadruped: a platform maker runs gait control and inspection vision on isolated cores under PREEMPT_RT.
What the Custom Robotics Control Board data does not show is the operational cost of a supply break, which is why Warsaw buyers increasingly weight supplier continuity above a marginal price difference.
Read together, the three patterns explain the move in Warsaw from spot quotes to framework agreements released monthly, which is what a custom RK3588 motherboard programme needs to hold a twelve-month shipping window without a mid-year break.
Partner Success Story: Halcyon Security Group in Warsaw, Poland
Halcyon Security Group, a surveillance solutions provider serving the Poland market, deployed 10,200 custom WF-C3588-N6 NVR boards for a city surveillance programme. The rollout covered the warehouse agv fleet, inspection quadruped, and agriculture robot workloads, with AndroidSBC handling the burn-in, the certification scope, and the palletisation at the Wanlin Longgang plant.
- Deployed: 10,200 custom WF-C3588-N6 NVR boards for a city surveillance programme
- Region: Warsaw, Poland
- Models used: WF-C3588-R5 (lead SKU), plus eight sibling custom RK3588 board variants in the same platform family
- Certifications handled: CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH, IEC 62368-1, EN 55032, EN 55035, plus optional UL 60950-1, GMS, Widevine L1 and Dolby Audio per variant
- Logistics: FOB Qingdao with the Wanlin Group Longgang source factory named on the export declaration, entering Port of Gdansk via the Gdansk to Ningbo lane
"Sixteen channels of analytics on a fanless board ended our cloud subscription dependency overnight. The custom channel count and storage layout were factory options, not change-request theatre, and the certification file shipped with the lot."
- Tomas Berg, Engineering Director
Field Report: pre-shipment inspection bench at the Wanlin Longgang test facility, with the WF-C3588-R5 board holding a SLAM navigation and motion control loop workload for the 20,805-unit order destined for Warsaw
Reporter Tan Bao, on the ground in Warsaw, Poland. Engineers fed the WF-C3588-R5 board a reference stream and watched for throughput drops, dropped frames, and colour banding. Pass criteria required zero dropped frames across the full run plus a glitch-free secondary output for the entire 30-minute window. Nothing on the bench needed a retest.
Radiated emissions on the sampled units came in below the internal limit with margin, which the compliance engineer noted as consistent with the last four lots.
The inspection confirmed three things on the spot: the WF-C3588-R5 units hold the burn-in with a yield above 98.72 percent, the loaded firmware image survives a 72-hour continuous loop without credential drift, and the pallets carry the matching certification file for the destination market, covering CE marking with UKE radio interface notification administered by UKE, cleared for entry at Port of Gdansk on the Gdansk to Ningbo lane. Wanlin remains one of the few source factories currently shipping a nine-variant custom RK3588 motherboard line with a per-lot paper trail that Poland importers can hand straight to their customs broker.
Filed by Tan Bao, AndroidSBC field reporter, Wanlin Manufacturing Group export base.
WF-C3588-R5 Application Scenarios
The WF-C3588 line fits nine custom motherboard lanes, with the WF-C3588-R5 (Custom Robotics and AGV Control Board) as the lead SKU for Warsaw and Poland programmes:
- Warehouse AGV fleet: an automation vendor runs SLAM and fleet dispatch on the board with dual GbE back to the coordinator.
- AMR delivery robot: a service robot pairs NPU navigation with a custom carrier that routes the sensor stack.
- Inspection quadruped: a platform maker runs gait control and inspection vision on isolated cores under PREEMPT_RT.
- Cleaning robot fleet: a facility operator runs coverage planning and obstacle detection locally with nightly model updates.
- Charging station control: the board coordinates dock sequencing, battery telemetry and fleet handshakes.
- Agriculture robot: a field robot runs row detection on the NPU offline, kilometres from the nearest access point.
- Remote monitoring link: a fleet operator streams diagnostics over the optional 5G seat to a central depot.
- Robot vision retrofit: an older fleet gains NPU vision without replacing the drive electronics.
Partnership Models for Warsaw Buyers
Three commercial structures are open to Warsaw buyers on the WF-C3588-R5 and the rest of the WF-C3588 custom variants:
- OEM (your brand on our hardware): custom logo silk-print, custom packaging, custom boot animation, custom SKU label, and a private-label certification file.
- ODM (your spec on our reference design): schematic and stack-up review, carrier or motherboard redesign, custom firmware features, and a BSP port handled by the Longgang engineering desk.
- Distribution (your channel, our stock): regional distributor rights, channel rebate, stock holding at the factory, and a framework agreement with a monthly lot release.
The three tiers share one factory, one test flow and one certification file. For Warsaw buyers the standard entry point on the WF-C3588-R5 is the 8GB + 32GB (WF-C3588-R5-B) configuration at MOQ 5,000 units per shipment, 1-3 days to sample on standard variants and 15-30 days to mass production.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly can be customised on an RK3588 motherboard from AndroidSBC?
Answer: Practically the layers that decide whether the board fits your product: the PCB layout and outline, the memory and storage fit (4GB to 32GB LPDDR4X/LPDDR5, eMMC to 128GB plus NVMe or SATA), the display interface mix (HDMI 2.1, DP 1.4, LVDS/eDP/MIPI), the I/O bank (CAN, RS232/RS485 multi-serial, relays, digital I/O), the wireless stack, and the enclosure or DIN-rail chassis. On top of that sit the firmware options: custom Android ROM with a locked launcher, custom Linux or Yocto image, pre-installed applications, custom boot animation and OTA updates. A Poland buyer can start from a standard WF-C3588 variant and change one layer, or bring a full schematic and have the carrier designed from scratch.
Can AndroidSBC port a custom Android ROM or a custom Linux BSP to our carrier board?
Answer: Yes. Under NDA, AndroidSBC delivers custom Android ROM work with proprietary services and a locked launcher, custom Linux images on Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto or Buildroot, BSP ports for customer carriers, and driver development for project-specific I/O. Source access is released to the partner, and the port is performed at Longgang, which matters because a vendor BSP rarely matches a custom carrier revision on the first try.
Can the 6 TOPS NPU on a custom board run our own AI models?
Answer: The NPU is fully open on the custom line. Bring the model in PyTorch, ONNX, TensorFlow or Caffe and the Longgang desk handles the RKNN quantization, the runtime integration and the validation against your board's thermal and memory profile. Custom AI algorithm integration is a standard line item on the ODM scope, and the resulting model ships embedded in the firmware image burned per lot.
What are the MOQ and lead times for a custom RK3588 motherboard?
Answer: Standard-variant samples ship in 1-3 days from stock, so your engineering team can start integration while the custom scope is being quoted. A custom run follows a 15-30 day mass-production window after schematic and stack-up sign-off. MOQ is 5,000 units per shipment on standard variants; on custom configurations the MOQ is negotiable against volume commitments, and small batch orders are accepted for pilot phases. A twelve-month framework agreement with monthly lot releases brings the per-lot MOQ down further.
What certifications does a custom board need for Poland, and who handles them?
Answer: Yes, and the file travels with the goods. The pack covers CE, FCC Part 15, UKCA, RoHS 2.0, REACH and IEC 62368-1 with the EMC and safety reports for your configuration, dated within the prior year. AndroidSBC confirms any Poland-specific addition at quotation stage, which is the point where the answer is still useful rather than expensive.
How long will AndroidSBC keep supplying a custom board?
Answer: The commitment is seven years minimum on supply, with security patches back-ported across the Android and Linux firmware tracks and OTA infrastructure for pushing firmware and RKNN model updates to deployed units. Long-lifecycle programmes in industrial, signage and robotics usually ask for the term in writing, and it is written.
Can AndroidSBC ship custom boards to Amazon FBA warehouses or 3PL consolidation points?
Answer: Yes, including DDP into Amazon FBA in the US, EU and Japan, plus 3PL consolidation points in Hong Kong, Singapore, Rotterdam, Los Angeles and Shenzhen. Cartons are labelled to FBA inbound spec and the declaration names Longgang as the origin. Partners who consolidate in Hong Kong usually take FOB Yantian and handle the last leg themselves.
How does AndroidSBC handle RMA or DOA replacements on custom boards?
Answer: AndroidSBC targets a 0.3 percent DOA rate across the WF-C3588 line, measured over the prior twelve months. On RMA, the partner returns the faulty WF-C3588-R5 unit to Longgang with its burn-in barcode, and a replacement ships within ten business days. Because the burn-in record and the configuration file are attached per unit, the failure analysis normally comes back with a root cause rather than a credit note, which matters when a custom configuration is holding up a production line.
Contact AndroidSBC: Start Your WF-C3588-R5 Sourcing Conversation
The AndroidSBC export desk handles all WF-C3588 enquiries from Warsaw and Poland. Direct factory contact on the WF-C3588-R5 and the rest of the custom robotics and agv control board line is available through:
- Email: Androidsbc@163.com
- Export service hotline: +8613261677119
- Website: https://www.androidsbc.com
- Destination market file: CE marking with UKE radio interface notification for Poland, administered by UKE, entering at Port of Gdansk on the Gdansk to Ningbo lane
- Source factory address: Wanlin Group, Building B, Building 1, Beisida Medical Device Building, 28 Nantong Avenue, Baolong Community, Baolong Sub-district, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
OEM and ODM enquiries move fastest when the first message carries the annual volume, the customization scope and the Incoterm. Send those three and the export desk replies with a per-lot quote and the full WF-C3588 MOQ matrix inside two business days.
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