Following the mainline Linux kernel support for the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer from StarFive, Linux kernel patches are on the way for their new VisionFive 2 Lite low-cost offering. With the StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite this RISC-V board can be procured for as little as $19.9 USD as one of the cheapest yet fairly capable RISC-V SBCs.
The VisionFive 2 Lite is a recently crowd-funded effort from StarFive Tech with the cheapest 2GB version costing just $19.9+ USD while 4GB of RAM and WiFi will cost $30+ and 8GB with WiFi at $37+.
The VisionFive 2 Lite uses the JH7110S variant of the JH7110 RISC-V SoC. The JH7110S clocks up to 1.25GHz for its four 64-bit RISC-V cores. The memory is LPDDR4 and for storage there is onboard eMMC and microSD slots. There is an HDMI output, Gigabit Ethernet, and even an M.2 key for this low-cost RISC-V board. The VisionFive 2 performs quite slow compared to the ARM-based Raspberry Pi SBCs and others with the VF2 Lite performing even lower, but nevertheless an interesting affordable choice for those not too concerned about performance and just wanting to tinker with RISC-V.
For those interested this patch series from StarFive Tech has the latest Linux kernel patches for enabling the VisionFive 2 Lite as this low-cost RISC-V board works its way to the mainline Linux kernel.
