Radxa NIO 12L: New single-board computer released with long official Ubuntu support for $99

Radxa is on a roll at the moment, having released the Rock 5C, Rock 5C Lite, ZERO 2 Pro and ZERO 3E this month alone. Additionally, it is now selling the NIO 12L, another single-board computer, albeit one that measures 140 x 75 mm across. As such, the NIO 12L contains more I/O than other Radxa SBCs, which the company has modelled after either the Raspberry Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (curr. $21.29 on Amazon).

Specifically, the NIO 12L finds itself with four USB 3.0 Type-A ports, a 40-pin GPIO header, Gigabit Ethernet and a USB Type-C port that supports OTG and DisplayPort Alt Mode (4K/60 FPS) functionality. Moreover, Radxa has integrated a MediaTek Genio 1200 (MT8395) chipset with four ARM Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A78 CPU cores apiece. On top of that, the chipset features a Mali-G67 MC5 GPU and an AI accelerator (4 TOPS), among other components.

As CNX Software notes, the NIO 12L will receive Ubuntu software support until late 2028 at the earliest. Alternatively, the SBC can run Android and Yocto Linux, installation details for which you can find on Radxa's wiki page. The Radxa NIO 12L starts at $99 with 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage and Android or Yocto Linux pre-installed. Please note that Arace Tech will not begin shipping NIO 12L orders until May 10, 2024; having Ubuntu pre-installed carries a $25 surcharge, too. Full NIO 12L pricing is as follows:

• 4 GB RAM/64 GB storage - $99 (Android/Yocto Linux) / $124 (Ubuntu)
• 8 GB RAM/128 GB storage - $119 (Android/Yocto Linux) / $144 (Ubuntu)
• 16 GB RAM/256 GB storage - $159 (Android/Yocto Linux) / $184 (Ubuntu)
• 16 GB RAM/512 GB storage - $179 (Android/Yocto Linux) / $204 (Ubuntu)