Edge AI boards are evolving fast, and Grinn’s new Genioboard is a strong example of where things are headed. It’s a credit-card sized SBC built around MediaTek’s Genio 510 or Genio 700 processors, wrapped with hardware-level security that ticks the boxes for the EU’s Cybersecurity Resilience Act (CRA).
If you’re building computer vision, industrial automation, smart home appliances, or multimedia-heavy embedded systems, this little board is clearly aimed at you.
Let’s walk through what makes it interesting.
Designed Like a Raspberry Pi, Powered for Edge AI
The layout looks familiar. The Genioboard follows the general footprint of a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, but under the hood, it’s operating in a different league entirely.
It ships with a Genio 510 or Genio 700 SoM, both based on Arm Cortex-A78/A55 clusters, paired with a GPU, DSP, and a dedicated neural processing engine.
Two SoM Options: Genio 510 or Genio 700
You pick your performance level:
MediaTek Genio 510 (MT8370)
- Hexa-core Cortex-A78/A55 up to 2.2GHz
- Mali-G57 MC2 GPU
- 4Kp60 decode / 4Kp30 encode
- Up to 3.2 TOPS NPU
- HiFi5 DSP
MediaTek Genio 700 (MT8390)
- Octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 up to 2.2GHz
- Mali-G57 MC3 GPU
- 4Kp75 decode / 4Kp30 encode
- Up to 4.0 TOPS AI acceleration
- HiFi5 DSP
Whether you're running object detection at the edge, handling multiple camera streams, or doing on-device analytics, both SoMs offer modern Arm performance and a solid NPU.
Complete Hardware Overview
Here’s what Grinn has put on the table:
Core Specs
- 4GB RAM
- 16GB eMMC storage
Connectivity + Expansion
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 2× USB 3.0 Type-A
- 2× USB 2.0 Type-A
- USB-C debug port (built-in UART)
- USB-C PD for power
Display & Camera
- HDMI
- DisplayPort
- 2× 4-lane MIPI CSI camera interfaces
Expansion Options
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi–compatible header
- M.2 Key-M (PCIe 2.0 x1) for AI accelerators
- M.2 Key-E for WiFi/BT modules
Those dual M.2 sockets on the bottom make this board far more expandable than most Pi-sized SBCs.
Security
This is one of the standout features:
- Infineon OPTIGA Trust M (SLS32AIA010M)
- Hardware key storage
- Secure cryptographic operations
- Designed for CRA compliance
Most maker boards leave security as an afterthought. This one is built around it.
Other Features
- Reset + download buttons
- 4-pin fan header
- Dimensions: 87 × 56 mm
It’s compact, but not cramped.
OS Support: Yocto First, Debian Second
The Genioboard doesn’t ship with an OS preinstalled, which makes sense since it targets OEMs and embedded developers, not beginners.
Supported platforms include:
- Yocto Linux (recommended) with a lightweight desktop
- Debian
- Android (in development)
Grinn provides documentation, a wiki, and an active Yocto layer on GitHub. If you’ve worked with other Genio platforms or embedded Linux stacks, you’ll feel right at home.
Grinn clearly built the Genioboard for serious embedded work rather than hobbyist tinkering.
Where it fits:
- Edge AI vision
- Smart home devices
- Industrial automation
- Advanced IoT gateways
- Audio/video processing
- Multimedia embedded systems
With two camera interfaces, multiple display outputs, and optional AI accelerators via M.2, there’s room to scale from simple prototypes to production devices.
The MediaTek Genio line is gaining traction, but boards using the 510/700 SoCs are surprisingly rare in this compact size.
The closest alternative is the upcoming Radxa NIO 5A, powered by the newer MediaTek Genio 520, capable of up to 10 TOPS. That board may eventually deliver more raw AI performance, but it's not widely available yet.
Most other Genio boards are either:
- larger 3.5-inch designs,
- Pico-ITX formats, or
- system-on-modules without a full SBC carrier.
So for now, the Genioboard stands out as one of the few compact, fully featured solutions in this class.
Here’s where things get a bit unclear.
The press release says the board is available for order directly from Grinn or through distributors. But at the moment, the official site simply says “Available Soon Through Major Distributors.”
No pricing information is listed either.
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