Sep 21, 2026Tech Notes
New Tech Note: driving the RK1808 AI compute stick from a PC (TB-RK1808M0 host-side demo)
Our latest translated note brings up the TB-RK1808M0 AI compute card on an Ubuntu host — device recognition with lspci / lsusb, firmware update over USB-Ethernet, and a MobileNet_v1 inference demo through npu_transfer_proxy. Annotated from jax.fang's Rockchip/Toybrick community tutorial, with a clear bridge to the RK3588 / RK3576 on-chip NPU and the RKNN Toolkit2 flow.
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Sep 14, 2026Tech Notes
New Tech Note: adding a 5G module to a Rockchip board (Huawei MH5000 on RK3399ProD)
Our latest translated note brings up a 5G cellular modem using standard kernel drivers (USB serial, CDC ECM, CDC MBIM, PPP) plus AT-command dial-up — no out-of-tree code. Annotated from the Toybrick / Rockchip community tutorial and bridged to RK3588 / RK3576 edge gateways with turnkey 5G modem BSP.
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Sep 7, 2026Tech Notes
New Tech Note: RTSP streaming on Rockchip with live555 + MPP (H.264 from a USB camera)
Our latest translated note builds an RTSP server on RK3399Pro that captures a USB camera, hardware-encodes H.264 with Rockchip MPP, and serves it over the network — annotated from hisping's Rockchip/Toybrick community tutorial, with the common RGA/MPP version-mismatch pitfall and the fix. Original author credited with source link, and bridged to RK3588 / RK3576 camera pipelines.
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Aug 31, 2026Tech Notes
New Tech Note: quantizing a model for the Rockchip NPU (MNIST RKNN walkthrough)
Our latest translated note walks the full NPU pipeline — train, freeze to PB, convert PB to RKNN, quantize with INT8 calibration, and verify inference — annotated from peng's Rockchip/Toybrick community tutorial and bridged to RK3588 / RK3576. Original author credited with source link.
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Aug 25, 2026Tech Notes
Bestom launches the Tech Notes knowledge base — authorized Rockchip audio series
We opened a new Tech Notes section that curates and translates selected Rockchip community material for engineers. The inaugural series reproduces Luo Zong's (罗总, Rockchip) "How to Write Your Own CODEC Driver" walkthrough — with the original author credited and the source link preserved. Part 2 (DAC playback with a dummy-codec on PCM5102A) is live now; Part 3 is in preparation.
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Aug 25, 2026Website
Bestom English site is live on bestom.net
Our redesigned English site is now serving the US, Japan, and Korea markets from bestom.net. Every page is written in clean, professional English — no mixed-language clutter — covering platforms, scenario-ready solutions, client cases, and downloadable docs. Localized Japan / Korea / China entry points are staged for rollout.
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One new Tech Note every week
Each week we translate one authorized Rockchip community piece (audio / RKNN / BSP / board bring-up) and add it to the knowledge base, alongside a short market note. Check back every Monday, or follow the Tech Notes index to see what's new.
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