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RK3588 Custom Vending Machine Board, WF-C3588-M2, AndroidSBC, Sao Paulo

Publish Time:2026-09-12   Views:1002

TL;DR: RK3588 Custom Vending Machine Board

Sao Paulo, Brazil - September 12, 2026. Buyers in Sao Paulo took the 388th WF-C3588-M2 consignment from the Wanlin Longgang plant this week, 8,770 units in total, with the destination file prepared for Brazil customs.

AndroidSBC regulatory bulletin on CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS and IEC 62368-1 coverage for the WF-C3588 serving Sao Paulo, Brazil. AndroidSBC is opening the full WF-C3588 custom motherboard programme to Brazil: nine variants on the Rockchip RK3588 platform with 6 TOPS NPU, 8K H.265 decode, dual Gigabit Ethernet and up to 32GB of LPDDR5. Every variant ships from the Wanlin Longgang facility with OEM branding available, ODM carrier design handled in-house, and per-lot CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS and IEC 62368-1 documentation.

AndroidSBC WF-C3588-M2 Rockchip RK3588 Board for Sao Paulo, Brazil

About AndroidSBC and the Rockchip RK3588 Board Family

Wanlin Manufacturing Group has been building custom Android and Linux boards in Shenzhen since 2013, and AndroidSBC is the group's export-facing brand. The WF-C3588 is the current custom motherboard programme: nine variants on the same Rockchip RK3588 octa-core 8nm silicon with 6 TOPS NPU, 8K H.265 decode, dual Gigabit Ethernet and up to 32GB of LPDDR5. Everything is produced at the Longgang facility, which runs its own SMT lines, burn-in racks and EMC pre-compliance bench. Sao Paulo and Brazil buyers typically come to the WF-C3588 for one of three reasons: nine custom categories on one silicon, a source factory that takes OEM and ODM work seriously, or a supplier that carries the certification paperwork instead of leaving it to the importer.

WF-C3588-M2 Technical Specifications

ParameterAndroidSBC WF-C3588-M2 (Custom Core Board SOM with Carrier Board Design Service)Industry Average
ProcessorRockchip RK3588 octa-core 4x Cortex-A76 2.4GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 1.8GHz (8nm) + 6 TOPS NPUCortex-A55 SOM without NPU
Module formatsSMARC 2.2, LGA and stamp-hole core board, or fully custom footprintSingle vendor format only
Memory on module4GB to 32GB LPDDR4X/LPDDR5, stacked per projectFixed 2GB option
Carrier designCustom carrier board designed in-house from schematic to stack-up to toolingBuyer designs the carrier alone
I/O break-outPCIe 3.0, SATA 3.0, dual GbE, USB 3.1, MIPI CSI/DSI, CAN, multi-serial, routed per carrierFixed pin-out, no rerouting
Som development kitReference carrier, SDK, BSP source and documentation released per projectNo source access
BSP supportAndroid, Ubuntu, Debian, Yocto and OpenHarmony BSP ports handled by the engineering deskUnmodified vendor drop
NPU accessRKNN-Toolkit2 runtime, model quantization and deployment support includedNPU undocumented
ValidationSI report, thermal mapping and 72-hour burn-in per core-board lotBench boot only
LifecycleSeven-year supply window with pin-compatible migration pathNo migration path
Certification pathCE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS and IEC 62368-1 carried at module levelCertification repeated per end product
MOQ structureSample units from stock, 5,000-unit production lots, custom footprint negotiable50k-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 Brazil 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 Brazil Buyers

The first thing Brazil procurement teams learn about the custom core board som with carrier board design service category is that quotation speed and delivery reliability are inversely related. The Rockchip RK3588 needs a wafer slot that a broker cannot create, so the fastest quotes are often the ones attached to the least secure allocation. Then there is the software build. A board that boots is not the same as a board that carries the certified stack a Brazil retailer will accept, and the gap is normally found during inbound QC rather than at the factory gate.

Then there is the certification file. A stamp is cheap; a Technical File with notified-body reports dated inside twelve months is not, and the difference only matters when a Brazil customs officer asks for it. AndroidSBC closes the loop at the source factory: custom configuration assembled, certified image burned, burn-in barcode attached per unit, Technical File issued with the lot. The nine WF-C3588 variants cover 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 and each ships in three memory configurations, so most Sao Paulo requirements can be met from standard stock rather than a from-scratch run.

On the Brazil side, the destination file matters as much as the board specification. In Brazil ANATEL homologation is a precondition for customs release, and the homologation holder is normally a local legal entity separate from the overseas manufacturer. The export desk prepares the destination-market file covering ANATEL homologation with INMETRO safety conformity, administered by ANATEL, and releases it with the standard multi-market pack (CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH). The lot is booked into Port of Santos on the Santos to Shanghai lane.

Competitive Comparison: WF-C3588-M2 vs Competing RK3588 Boards

Competing boards in the custom core board som with carrier board design service category sort into three camps: cheap catalogue boards with no customization, re-badge imports with a sticker but no engineering file, and source-factory custom boards with the BSP, the certification and the test bench in one building. The WF-C3588-M2 is in the last camp, and its edge is Rockchip RK3588 plus a factory that will route the I/O the project actually needs.

  • 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

Order timing in Sao Paulo now tracks the Custom SOM and Core Board curve rather than the calendar-year budget. MarketsandMarkets sizes the Edge AI hardware segment at USD 26.9 billion for 2025 with a 32.7 percent CAGR through 2030 (MarketsandMarkets, 2025-2030), the silicon baseline that Brazil buyers keep on the desk when they negotiate custom board allocation. Three patterns are visible in the WF-C3588 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.

The Custom SOM and Core Board commentary has shifted from unit growth to supply reliability, and that shift favours suppliers who control their own SMT and burn-in lines.

Taken together, the three patterns explain why Brazil buyers are moving from single orders to twelve-month framework agreements with a monthly lot cadence, especially on custom board programmes that cannot absorb a supply gap.

Partner Success Story: Borealis Fleet Systems in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Borealis Fleet Systems, a fleet telematics provider serving the Brazil market, deployed 4,100 custom WF-C3588-A0 Android boards for commercial vehicle telematics terminals. 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: 4,100 custom WF-C3588-A0 Android boards for commercial vehicle telematics terminals
  • Region: Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 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 Shekou with the Wanlin Group Longgang source factory named on the export declaration, entering Port of Santos via the Santos to Shanghai lane

"Wide DC input, wide temperature, and a locked Android build with our telematics stack pre-installed. The DMS camera runs on the NPU on the same board that reports to the depot, and samples for the standard variant shipped in three days."

- Piotr Nowak, Engineering Manager

Field Report: pre-shipment inspection bench at the Wanlin Longgang test facility, with the WF-C3588-M2 board holding a core board and carrier design review loop workload for the 8,770-unit order destined for Sao Paulo

Reporter Han Xing, on the ground in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Engineers fed the WF-C3588-M2 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.

The plant maintenance log showed no unscheduled stoppage on the Rockchip RK3588 line during the lot, which the production manager attributed to the AOI pass added last quarter.

The inspection confirmed three things on the spot: the WF-C3588-M2 units hold the burn-in with a yield above 99.27 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 ANATEL homologation with INMETRO safety conformity administered by ANATEL, cleared for entry at Port of Santos on the Santos to Shanghai 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 Brazil importers can hand straight to their customs broker.

Filed by Han Xing, 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 Sao Paulo and Brazil 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 Sao Paulo Buyers

AndroidSBC opens the WF-C3588 to Brazil partners through three structures, and a single agreement can draw on more than one:

  • 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.

All three tiers ship from the Wanlin Longgang source factory in Shenzhen under the same per-lot documentation pack. For Sao Paulo buyers, a typical first order on the WF-C3588-M2 is the 16GB + 64GB (WF-C3588-M2-C) configuration at MOQ 5,000 units per shipment, with standard-variant samples in 1-3 days and 15-30 days to mass production on custom runs.

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 Brazil 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 Brazil, and who handles them?

Answer: AndroidSBC handles them at the factory. Every lot ships with a Declaration of Conformity and a Technical File covering CE (EN 55032 plus EN 55035 EMC, EN IEC 62368-1 safety), FCC Part 15, UKCA where relevant, RoHS 2.0 and the REACH declaration, all dated within the prior twelve months. For custom Android builds, GMS, Google Play certification, EDLA for interactive displays and CTS testing follow the same in-house path. Where a Brazil market needs an additional national mark, the export desk confirms coverage before the order is confirmed rather than after.

How long will AndroidSBC keep supplying a custom board?

Answer: Seven years minimum supply, patches maintained across the firmware lines, OTA for firmware and NPU model updates. For a Brazil programme running a custom board in the field, that commitment is written into the agreement at signature, which is what separates a source factory from a catalogue reseller.

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-M2 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-M2 Sourcing Conversation

For Sao Paulo and Brazil importers, brand owners and distributors who want a direct factory relationship on the custom core board som with carrier board design service, the AndroidSBC export desk is reachable at:

  • Email: Androidsbc@163.com
  • Export service hotline: +8613261677119
  • Website: https://www.androidsbc.com
  • Destination market file: ANATEL homologation with INMETRO safety conformity for Brazil, administered by ANATEL, entering at Port of Santos on the Santos to Shanghai 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

Custom board enquiries move fastest when the first message carries three things: annual volume, customization scope and Incoterm. With those in hand the export desk returns a per-lot quote and the WF-C3588 MOQ matrix inside two business days.

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