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RK3588 Mali-G610 MP4 Custom GPU Board, WF-C3588-M2, AndroidSBC, Naples
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Naples, Italy - September 12, 2026. Wanlin Longgang confirmed lot 183 this week: 9,930 WF-C3588-M2 boards for Naples, Italy, released with the per-lot certification pack and a unit-level burn-in record.
AndroidSBC release of the nine-variant custom RK3588 motherboard platform for OEM and ODM projects serving Naples, Italy. What Italy importers get from the WF-C3588 programme is a single Rockchip RK3588 silicon across nine custom motherboard variants, all built at the Wanlin Longgang plant in Shenzhen. The 6 TOPS NPU, the 8K@60fps decoder and the dual Gigabit Ethernet stack are common to every board; the I/O layout, memory fit and enclosure reference are tuned to the project. The export desk issues one certification pack per lot covering CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS and IEC 62368-1.

About AndroidSBC and the Rockchip RK3588 Board Family
AndroidSBC is the export brand of Wanlin Manufacturing Group, and the WF-C3588 is its nine-variant custom motherboard programme. Custom Android motherboards, custom industrial boards, core board and SOM carrier work, 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 all sit on the same Rockchip RK3588 silicon with 6 TOPS NPU. The Longgang plant in Shenzhen runs its own SMT lines, aging racks and EMC pre-compliance bench, so the export file is produced where the boards are built. For Italy importers that removes the usual gap between the factory that makes the custom board and the party that has to answer for it at customs.
WF-C3588-M2 Technical Specifications
| Parameter | AndroidSBC WF-C3588-M2 (Custom Core Board SOM with Carrier Board Design Service) | Industry Average |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Rockchip RK3588 octa-core 4x Cortex-A76 2.4GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 1.8GHz (8nm) + 6 TOPS NPU | Cortex-A55 SOM without NPU |
| Module formats | SMARC 2.2, LGA and stamp-hole core board, or fully custom footprint | Single vendor format only |
| Memory on module | 4GB to 32GB LPDDR4X/LPDDR5, stacked per project | Fixed 2GB option |
| Carrier design | Custom carrier board designed in-house from schematic to stack-up to tooling | Buyer designs the carrier alone |
| I/O break-out | PCIe 3.0, SATA 3.0, dual GbE, USB 3.1, MIPI CSI/DSI, CAN, multi-serial, routed per carrier | Fixed pin-out, no rerouting |
| Som development kit | Reference carrier, SDK, BSP source and documentation released per project | No source access |
| BSP support | Android, Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto and OpenHarmony BSP ports handled by the engineering desk | Unmodified vendor drop |
| NPU access | RKNN-Toolkit2 runtime, model quantization and deployment support included | NPU undocumented |
| Validation | SI report, thermal mapping and 72-hour burn-in per core-board lot | Bench boot only |
| Lifecycle | Seven-year supply window with pin-compatible migration path | No migration path |
| Certification path | CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS and IEC 62368-1 carried at module level | Certification repeated per end product |
| MOQ structure | Sample units from stock, 5,000-unit production lots, custom footprint negotiable | 50k-unit minimum for changes |
All parameters in the table above are measured at 25C ambient. The AndroidSBC WF-C3588-M2 (Custom Core Board SOM with Carrier Board Design Service) 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 Italy importers sourcing the WF-Series, the 16GB + 64GB (WF-C3588-M2-C) variant is the typical configuration for the custom core board and SOM plus carrier programmes use case, with a sustained weekly capacity of 5,000 pcs/wk on the Longgang line.
Challenges in Sourcing Custom Core Board SOM with Carrier Board Design Service for Italy Buyers
For Italy procurement teams, the first surprise on the custom core board som with carrier board design service line is rarely technical. It is that the sample arrives on time and the production lot does not, because the Rockchip RK3588 allocation cannot be conjured from broker stock when a 9,930-unit order is confirmed. The second risk sits in the firmware image. Boards that pass a bench boot can still fail the certified stack the buyer's channel requires, and that gap usually appears during inbound inspection rather than before shipment.
Documentation is the third item on the list. A CE mark without a matching Declaration of Conformity and Technical File is not a marking problem, it is a customs problem, and it tends to surface after the goods are already on the water. AndroidSBC's approach is to close the gap at the factory gate. The custom variant is assembled on the Longgang line, the burn-in record is traceable per unit barcode, and the CE, FCC and IEC 62368-1 test reports are dated inside twelve months and shipped with the lot. The nine WF-C3588 variants span SMARC 2.2 modules, stamp-hole core boards, LGA core boards, COM Express carriers, medical imaging terminals, robotics compute modules, custom carrier designs, and OEM development kits, with three memory configurations per variant for Naples buyers who need a standard custom SKU rather than a from-scratch build.
Italy importers usually raise compliance first. In Italy the AV integration channel is highly regional, so distributors usually build a catalogue around one or two platforms rather than a wide line. AndroidSBC answers it by preparing the CE marking with AGCOM radio interface notification documentation for AGCOM before the lot is packed, issuing it with the standard multi-market pack (CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH), and routing the lot through Port of Genoa on the Genoa to Ningbo lane.
Competitive Comparison: WF-C3588-M2 vs Competing RK3588 Boards
Three groups of board compete for the custom core board som with carrier board design service socket. The first is catalogue silicon sold on price with no customization route and no certification file. The second is re-badged stock where the seller cannot produce a schematic or a test report. The third is a genuine custom platform on Rockchip RK3588 with the engineering desk, the burn-in rack and the certification file in one Longgang building. The WF-C3588-M2 sits in the third group.
- vs standard SOM catalogues: the WF-C3588-M2 either matches SMARC 2.2 exactly or the carrier is redesigned around the project, so the module never forces the product.
- vs two-vendor module plus carrier splits: core board and carrier come from one desk, one schematic review and one test plan, which removes the finger-pointing stage entirely.
- vs closed-module vendors: BSP source, SDK and documentation ship with the project, so a customer engineering team can maintain the carrier after delivery.
- vs re-branded modules: the SI report and the thermal map are Longgang documents, not forwarded PDFs from a third party.
Global Custom SOM and Core Board Market Trends
The Custom SOM and Core Board market is the frame that decides how Italy importers time their custom core board som with carrier board design service orders. The figure most Italy buyers quote when they argue about allocation is the Edge AI hardware segment, which MarketsandMarkets sizes at USD 26.9 billion in 2025 with a 32.7 percent CAGR to USD 108.2 billion by 2030 (MarketsandMarkets, Edge AI Hardware Market Report, 2025-2030); it is the public proxy for the RK3588-class silicon that custom board buyers compete for, not a forecast for this category. For Naples, three buying patterns are shaping the WF-C3588 order book:
- Medical imaging terminal: a device maker keeps its regulatory file intact by swapping the core board and reusing the validated carrier.
- Display and signage refresh cycles: a longer content loop and a higher panel resolution now define the refresh trigger. The WF-C3588-M2 board carries that headroom without a board change.
- Custom SMARC migration: a legacy SMARC installation moves to RK3588 with a pin-compatible carrier revision and keeps the enclosure.
Analysts covering the Custom SOM and Core Board space point to the same pattern in Italy: order books are being built around platform breadth rather than a single part number.
In all three cases, Naples buyers are converting spot quotes into blanket orders with a monthly lot release, because a custom motherboard programme that has to hold a twelve-month shipping window cannot tolerate a mid-year allocation break.
Partner Success Story: Cedarline Media Networks in Naples, Italy
Cedarline Media Networks, a DOOH network operator serving the Italy market, deployed 8,400 custom WF-C3588-S3 video wall boards for a control room and street network. The rollout covered the medical imaging terminal, custom smarc migration, and machine vision carrier workloads, with AndroidSBC handling the burn-in, the certification scope, and the palletisation at the Wanlin Longgang plant.
- Deployed: 8,400 custom WF-C3588-S3 video wall boards for a control room and street network
- Region: Naples, Italy
- Models used: WF-C3588-M2 (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 Ningbo-Zhoushan with the Wanlin Group Longgang source factory named on the export declaration, entering Port of Genoa via the Genoa to Ningbo lane
"Twelve tiles, three boards, one head-end. The 8K decode carried the new line-map asset on first boot, and the OTA channel pushes firmware to street cabinets without a truck roll. AndroidSBC burned our CMS into the image before the lot shipped."
- Yasmine El-Sayed, IT Director
Field Report: a retail chain signage refresh across Naples, where 9,930 units of the WF-C3588-M2 board replaced legacy players in store windows
Reporter Cao Wen, on the ground in Naples, Italy. Crews worked store by store overnight so trading hours were never interrupted. The WF-C3588-M2 boards took the estate content package on first boot and reported back to the CMS within the hour. The chain's marketing team re-cut the window loop at 4K once the fleet was live, because the old players had capped it at 1080p.
The line ran the WF-C3588-M2 boards through a 30-minute HDR10 loop at the inspection bench with no colour banding reported by the operator.
The inspection confirmed three things on the spot: the WF-C3588-M2 units hold the burn-in with a yield above 99.51 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 AGCOM radio interface notification administered by AGCOM, cleared for entry at Port of Genoa on the Genoa 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 Italy importers can hand straight to their customs broker.
Filed by Cao Wen, AndroidSBC field reporter, Wanlin Manufacturing Group export base.
WF-C3588-M2 Application Scenarios
The WF-C3588 line fits nine custom motherboard lanes, with the WF-C3588-M2 (Custom Core Board SOM with Carrier Board Design Service) as the lead SKU for Naples and Italy programmes:
- Medical imaging terminal: a device maker keeps its regulatory file intact by swapping the core board and reusing the validated carrier.
- Robotics compute module: an AMR maker takes the stamp-hole core board and designs a slim carrier for a new chassis generation.
- Custom SMARC migration: a legacy SMARC installation moves to RK3588 with a pin-compatible carrier revision and keeps the enclosure.
- OEM development kit: a product team gets the reference carrier, the SDK and the BSP source and prototypes before committing to tooling.
- LGA core board programme: a display brand solders the core board directly onto its own mainboard for a locked BOM.
- Machine vision carrier: a vision integrator routes MIPI CSI-2 lanes to four cameras and lets the NPU carry the inspection model.
- Fleet compute module: a telematics supplier builds one carrier for three vehicle programmes and swaps memory options per contract.
- Lab instrumentation: an instrument maker keeps a decade-old enclosure alive by replacing only the core board and the BSP.
Partnership Models for Naples Buyers
AndroidSBC runs three engagement tiers for Italy importers and brand owners sourcing a custom core board som with carrier board design service on the WF-C3588 custom line:
- 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.
Every tier draws on the same Longgang line and the same certification desk. A Naples first order on the WF-C3588-M2 normally lands on the 16GB + 64GB (WF-C3588-M2-C) configuration at MOQ 5,000 units per shipment, with standard samples in 1-3 days and a 15-30 day mass-production window on custom builds.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly can be customised on an RK3588 motherboard from AndroidSBC?
Answer: Everything from the copper up. Custom PCB and PCBA, custom I/O routing, custom memory and storage configuration, custom display and camera interfaces, custom thermal profile from commercial to -40C to 85C industrial, and custom branding including silk-printed logo, packaging, SKU label and boot animation. The firmware side covers custom Android (GMS or AOSP), Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto and OpenHarmony builds with BSP ports handled by the Longgang engineering desk rather than handed to the buyer as an unmodified vendor drop.
Can AndroidSBC port a custom Android ROM or a custom Linux BSP to our carrier board?
Answer: Custom ROM, custom BSP and custom SDK work are all part of the ODM tier. AndroidSBC builds the Android image (12, 13, 14 or 15, GMS or AOSP), ports the Linux BSP to your carrier revision, and releases the SDK modules your team needs under NDA. The engineering desk carries the port itself, so a Italy integrator is not left debugging an unmodified vendor BSP against a carrier it was never designed for.
Can the 6 TOPS NPU on a custom board run our own AI models?
Answer: Yes. The RK3588 NPU runs INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16, BF16 and TF32, and AndroidSBC supports model deployment through the Rockchip RKNN-Toolkit2, with quantization from PyTorch, ONNX, TensorFlow, Caffe and MXNet. As part of the ODM tier, the engineering desk walks your model from framework to RKNN format and validates it on the actual board configuration you are shipping, not a reference unit. Model files are versioned so a retrained model can be pushed to field units through OTA without a board swap.
What are the MOQ and lead times for a custom RK3588 motherboard?
Answer: The structure is deliberately two-speed: 1-3 days for a standard-variant sample so a Italy project team can start immediately, and 15-30 days to mass production on a custom run once the design freezes. MOQ is 5,000 units per shipment on standard variants, with custom and pilot quantities negotiated against the annual volume commitment.
What certifications does a custom board need for Italy, and who handles them?
Answer: Certification is part of the customization scope, not an afterthought. The in-house file covers CE, FCC Part 15, UKCA, RoHS 2.0, REACH and IEC 62368-1 with test reports dated inside twelve months, plus GMS and EDLA tracks for custom Android and display products. The file is built for the exact configuration you ship, which matters for a custom board because a test report on a different memory fit is not a valid report at all.
How long will AndroidSBC keep supplying a custom board?
Answer: Seven years minimum, written into the framework agreement. The RK3588 platform carries a long industrial lifecycle, and Wanlin commits to the supply window, to security patches across the Android, Ubuntu LTS, Debian LTS and Yocto tracks, and to OTA update infrastructure for field-deployed units. For a custom board that is the whole point of going to a source factory: the product lifecycle is a contract term, not a hope.
Can AndroidSBC ship custom boards to Amazon FBA warehouses or 3PL consolidation points?
Answer: Yes. AndroidSBC ships DDP to Amazon FBA warehouses in the US, EU and Japan, and to nominated 3PL consolidation points in Hong Kong, Singapore, Rotterdam, Los Angeles and Shenzhen. Carton labelling and pallet configuration follow FBA inbound requirements, the export declaration names the Wanlin Longgang source factory as the place of origin, and each pallet carries a per-unit barcode that traces back to the burn-in record for downstream RMAs.
How does AndroidSBC handle RMA or DOA replacements on custom boards?
Answer: Target DOA is 0.3 percent across twelve months. RMA works by returning the WF-C3588-M2 unit to Longgang with its burn-in barcode; replacements ship inside ten business days. Since each unit is traceable to its burn-in and configuration record, partners typically receive a root-cause note with the replacement rather than a silent credit.
Contact AndroidSBC: Start Your WF-C3588-M2 Sourcing Conversation
AndroidSBC is the export channel for the Wanlin WF-C3588 custom motherboard line. Naples and Italy importers, brand owners and distributors who want the custom core board som with carrier board design service direct from the Longgang plant can reach the export desk at:
- Email: Androidsbc@163.com
- Export service hotline: +8613261677119
- Website: https://www.androidsbc.com
- Destination market file: CE marking with AGCOM radio interface notification for Italy, administered by AGCOM, entering at Port of Genoa on the Genoa 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
For a customization conversation, it helps to state the target annual volume, the I/O and memory changes required, the certification scope (CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH, IEC 62368-1, GMS, EDLA or EN 55032 plus EN 55035), and the preferred Incoterm (FOB Yantian, FOB Shekou, CIF, DDP, or DDP-Amazon). The export team returns a per-lot quote plus the variant-by-variant MOQ matrix for the WF-C3588 line within two business days.