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LONGGANG, Shenzhen, September 10, 2026 - A 24,720-unit WF-RK3568 order for Paris, France completed burn-in and documentation at the Wanlin Longgang plant this week, the 415th lot released on the Rockchip RK3568 line.
AndroidSBC production statement on Allwinner and Rockchip board output serving Paris, France. The WF-Series spans nine boards in one line: WF-A133 on the Allwinner A133 quad-core Cortex-A53 1.5GHz platform with the PowerVR GE8300 GPU, WF-H618 on the Allwinner H618 with 8K H.265 decode, WF-T527 on the Allwinner T527 octa-core Cortex-A55 with a 2 TOPS NPU, and the Rockchip side of the line covering WF-RK3588, WF-RK3568, WF-RK3566, WF-RK3288, WF-A133S, and WF-RK3588S. AndroidSBC, the export arm of Wanlin Manufacturing Group, ships the whole line from the Longgang source factory in Shenzhen to Paris and France importers running OTT TV box, Android TV, commercial display, industrial control, edge AI, POS terminal, kiosk, and IoT gateway programmes.

About AndroidSBC and the Rockchip RK3568 Board Family
The group behind the WF-Series is Wanlin Manufacturing Group in Shenzhen, and AndroidSBC is how it reaches overseas buyers. The line covers seven silicon platforms across nine boards: Allwinner A133, H618, and T527, plus Rockchip RK3588, RK3568, RK3566, and RK3288, with WF-A133S and WF-RK3588S as module options. Longgang handles SMT, burn-in, and packing under one roof, and the certification desk produces the CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, and REACH file per lot. A Paris buyer assembling a catalogue for France can cover the OTT, display, industrial, vision, and POS tiers without adding a second supplier.
WF-RK3568 Technical Specifications
| Parameter | AndroidSBC WF-RK3568 (Industrial Edge Computing Board) | Industry Average |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Rockchip RK3568 quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 2.0GHz + 1 TOPS NPU | Quad-core Cortex-A53 1.5GHz without NPU |
| Process node | 22nm | 28nm-40nm |
| GPU / AI | Arm Mali-G52 2EE (OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1) + 1 TOPS NPU | Mali-450 with no NPU |
| Video decode | H.265 / H.264 4K@60fps hardware decode | 1080p@60fps hard limit |
| Display output | HDMI 2.0 + LVDS + eDP + MIPI-DSI dual independent display | HDMI 1.4 single output |
| Memory | 2GB / 4GB / 8GB LPDDR4 | DDR3 2GB |
| Storage | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB eMMC 5.1 | 8GB NAND |
| Expansion | Mini PCIe 4G / 5G module + M.2 Key-E WiFi | No PCIe expansion |
| Industrial bus | CAN bus + RS485 interface, hardware watchdog and RTC | RS232 only |
| Wired network | Dual 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet | 100M single port |
| Thermal range | Industrial grade wide temperature, fanless design | 0C to 60C commercial |
| OS support | Android 11 + Linux (Debian / Ubuntu / Yocto) | Android 7 or vendor BSP only |
All parameters in the table above are measured at 25C ambient. The AndroidSBC WF-RK3568 (Industrial Edge Computing 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 France importers sourcing the WF-Series, the 4GB + 32GB (WF-RK3568-A) variant is the typical configuration for the industrial edge computing use case, with a sustained weekly capacity of 5,000 pcs/wk on the Longgang line.
Challenges in Sourcing Industrial Edge Computing Board for France Buyers
The recurring problem for Paris and France buyers sourcing a industrial edge computing board is not the headline unit price, it is whether the allocation actually holds. The Rockchip RK3568 needs its own wafer slot, and brokers who quote from stock frequently cannot honour that slot once a 24,720-unit push lands mid-quarter. The software question follows immediately. The hardware spec sheet is easy to verify; the difference between a board that runs a launcher and a board that holds a certified, credential-locked stack only becomes visible after the first field update.
Documentation closes the list. Buyers in Paris have learned to ask for the test reports before the deposit, because a CE mark printed on a carton is worth nothing at the port without the Declaration of Conformity behind it. AndroidSBC handles it by doing the software burn and the documentation at the factory: every lot leaves Longgang with the certified image loaded, a unit-level burn-in barcode, and a Technical File that carries the test reports. The nine WF-Series boards cover industrial edge computing, commercial display controller, industrial HMI, IoT gateway, smart display terminal, machine monitoring, access control, and building automation with three memory configurations each, which means a Paris integrator can usually match a customer requirement without a custom run.
Buyers in France tend to ask about the local mark before they ask about price. In France ANFR radio registration is separate from the CE marking, and buyers normally ask for both before releasing a purchase order. AndroidSBC handles that by preparing the destination-market file covering CE marking with ANFR radio interface registration administered by ANFR alongside the standard multi-market pack (CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH), with the lot routed through Port of Le Havre on the Le Havre to Yantian lane.
Competitive Comparison: WF-RK3568 vs Competing RK3568 Boards
Competing boards in the industrial edge computing board category sort into three camps: cheap legacy SoC boards, mid-range Cortex-A55 boards with certification, and 64-bit boards with real expansion. The WF-RK3568 is in the last camp, and its edge is Rockchip RK3568 plus a display path that holds under a continuous loop rather than a bench test.
- vs RK3288 Cortex-A17 boards: the RK3568 Cortex-A55 2.0GHz lifts integer throughput by roughly 2x at lower idle power.
- vs RK3566 boards: the RK3568 adds dual Gigabit Ethernet plus CAN bus for gateway-class builds.
- vs RK3588 boards: the RK3568 keeps a materially lower BOM where 4K@60fps decode is sufficient.
- vs x86 fan-cooled IPC: the RK3568 fanless design removes the only moving part from the enclosure.
Global Industrial Edge Computing and Smart Display Market Trends
The Industrial Edge Computing and Smart Display curve is what France importers read before committing to a industrial edge computing board programme. The number they quote is the Android TV Box segment at USD 12.45 billion in 2025 with a 30.49 percent CAGR to USD 178.2 billion by 2035 (Global Growth Insights, Android TV Box Market Report, 2025-2035), which serves as the closest public proxy for Android silicon demand. For Paris that resolves into three demand patterns across the WF-Series order book:
- Industrial edge computing: WF-RK3568 runs the edge workload on the 1 TOPS NPU with dual Gigabit uplinks.
- Display and signage refresh cycles: a longer content loop and a higher panel resolution now define the refresh trigger. The WF-RK3568 board carries that headroom without a board change.
- Industrial HMI: WF-RK3568 holds the wide-temperature envelope with the fanless design.
Channel analysts tracking the Industrial Edge Computing and Smart Display category note that allocation discipline, not unit price, has become the deciding factor for buyers who need a twelve-month programme to hold.
Across those three segments, Paris procurement has been shifting from spot quotes to framework agreements with a one-lot-per-month cadence, particularly where a retail or hospitality programme needs a twelve-month shipping window.
Partner Success Story: NorthBridge Display Group in Paris, France
NorthBridge Display Group, a retail signage operator serving the France market, deployed 11,000 units of the WF-A133 commercial display board for a nationwide store signage network. The rollout covered the industrial edge computing, industrial hmi, and machine monitoring workloads, with AndroidSBC handling the burn-in, the certification scope, and the palletisation at the Wanlin Longgang plant.
- Deployed: 11,000 units of the WF-A133 commercial display board for a nationwide store signage network
- Region: Paris, France
- Models used: WF-A133, WF-H618, WF-T527, WF-RK3588, WF-RK3568, WF-RK3566, WF-RK3288, WF-A133S, WF-RK3588S
- Certifications handled: CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, REACH, GMS, Widevine L1, Dolby Audio
- Logistics: FOB Shekou with the Wanlin Group Longgang source factory named on the export declaration, entering Port of Le Havre via the Le Havre to Yantian lane
"We had been running three vendors across the estate. Moving to one WF-A133 line meant one firmware image, one spare-part SKU, and one certification file, which cut our field-service cost per screen by a quarter."
- Maarten de Vries, Director of Operations
Field Report: an engineering review at the Wanlin Longgang plant, where the Paris buyer team walked the WF-RK3568 carrier design through schematic and stack-up sign-off
Reporter Mao Yi, on the ground in Paris, France. The buyer's hardware lead spent three days at Longgang reviewing the schematic, the stack-up, and the signal integrity report with the Wanlin engineering desk. Two net-class changes came out of the review and were folded into the next carrier revision before the tooling release.
The engineering desk ran a firmware re-flash drill on three units to confirm the recovery path a field technician would use.
The inspection confirmed three things on the spot: the WF-RK3568 units hold the burn-in with a yield above 99.35 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 ANFR radio interface registration administered by ANFR, cleared for entry at Port of Le Havre on the Le Havre to Yantian lane. Wanlin remains one of the few source factories currently shipping a nine-board Allwinner and Rockchip custom line with a per-lot paper trail that France importers can hand straight to their customs broker.
Filed by Mao Yi, AndroidSBC field reporter, Wanlin Manufacturing Group export base.
WF-RK3568 Application Scenarios
The WF-Series fits nine application lanes, with the WF-RK3568 (Industrial Edge Computing Board) as the lead SKU for Paris and France programmes:
- Industrial edge computing: WF-RK3568 runs the edge workload on the 1 TOPS NPU with dual Gigabit uplinks.
- Commercial display controller: WF-RK3568 drives the 4K@60fps panel pair over HDMI 2.0 and eDP.
- Industrial HMI: WF-RK3568 holds the wide-temperature envelope with the fanless design.
- IoT gateway: WF-RK3568 bridges CAN bus and RS485 field devices onto Ethernet.
- Smart display terminal: WF-RK3568 renders the Android 11 UI on the dual display path.
- Machine monitoring: WF-RK3568 timestamps production data against the onboard RTC.
- Access control: WF-RK3568 runs face recognition on the NPU with the MIPI CSI feed.
- Building automation: WF-RK3568 runs 7x24 with hardware watchdog and scheduled restart.
Partnership Models for Paris Buyers
AndroidSBC opens the WF-Series to France 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 Paris buyers, a typical first order on the WF-RK3568 is the 4GB + 32GB (WF-RK3568-A) configuration at MOQ 5,000 units per shipment, with a four-week sample lead time and a six-week mass production lead time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the WF-Series support certified Android TV or Google Mobile Services?
Answer: On the WF-H618, yes: ATV 12 with GMS plus Widevine L1 and Dolby Audio, burned on the Longgang line for every lot. On the remaining eight boards the default image is AOSP or a Linux distribution, because those boards usually sit in commercial display, industrial, or POS deployments where Play Services is not a requirement. AndroidSBC will build a GMS image for ODM customers who ask for it and will state clearly which boards carry which certification.
What is the difference between the nine WF-Series models?
Answer: Nine boards, seven silicon platforms, two of them modules. WF-A133 and WF-H618 and WF-T527 are the Allwinner entries for commercial display, OTT TV, and industrial edge respectively. WF-RK3588, WF-RK3568, WF-RK3566, and WF-RK3288 are the Rockchip entries for 8K video wall, industrial edge, machine vision, and POS. WF-A133S and WF-RK3588S are board-to-board SOM modules sized for customers who want to design the carrier themselves. Each board carries three memory configurations.
Can AndroidSBC handle CE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS, and REACH paperwork for France?
Answer: That is handled in-house. Each lot leaves Longgang with a Declaration of Conformity and a Technical File holding the CE, FCC Part 15, UKCA, RoHS 2.0, and REACH documents, all dated inside twelve months. For France specifically, AndroidSBC will confirm at quotation stage which marks apply and whether a local variation is required, so the paperwork question is settled before production rather than at the port.
What are the MOQ and lead time for a first order?
Answer: MOQ is 5,000 units per shipment for the standard memory configuration of any WF-Series board. Sample lead time runs four weeks and mass production six weeks. Partners who prefer a twelve-month blanket order with a monthly lot release can negotiate the MOQ down, and mixed-platform orders on one purchase order are accepted.
Does AndroidSBC support custom Android ROM or custom Linux development?
Answer: Yes. Under NDA, AndroidSBC delivers custom Android ROM work with proprietary services, custom Linux images on Yocto or Debian or Buildroot, and BSP ports for customer carriers. The engineering desk at Longgang performs the port itself, which matters because an unmodified vendor BSP rarely matches a customer carrier revision.
What about software updates and long-term support?
Answer: The commitment is seven years minimum on supply, with security patches back-ported across the Android and Linux tracks. AndroidSBC also runs an OTA service that partners can use to push firmware to deployed units. On POS and industrial programmes, that commitment is written into the contract, because a fleet in the field is only as good as the update path behind it.
Can AndroidSBC ship 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, and Los Angeles. Carton labelling and pallet configuration are set up for FBA inbound requirements, and the export declaration names the Wanlin Longgang source factory as the place of origin.
How does AndroidSBC handle RMA or DOA replacements?
Answer: AndroidSBC targets a 0.3 percent DOA rate across the WF-Series, measured over the prior twelve months. On RMA, the partner returns the faulty WF-RK3568 unit to Longgang with its burn-in barcode, and a replacement ships within ten business days. Because the burn-in record is attached per unit, the failure analysis normally comes back with a root cause rather than a credit note.
Contact AndroidSBC: Start Your WF-RK3568 Sourcing Conversation
AndroidSBC is the export channel for the Wanlin WF-Series. Buyers in Paris and France looking to source the WF-RK3568 straight from the source factory can use any of the following:
- Email: Androidsbc@163.com
- Export service hotline: +8613261677119
- Website: https://www.androidsbc.com
- Destination market file: CE marking with ANFR radio interface registration for France, administered by ANFR, entering at Port of Le Havre on the Le Havre to Yantian 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 three things: annual volume, certification scope, and Incoterm. With those in hand the export desk returns a per-lot quote and the WF-Series MOQ matrix inside two business days.