The SK-AM69 Starter Kit/Evaluation Module (EVM) is based on the AM69x AI vision processor which includes an image signal processor (ISP) supporting up to 1440MP/s, 32 tera-operations-per-second (TOPS) AI accelerator, eight 64-bit Arm®-Cortex® A72 microprocessor, and H.264/H.265 video encode/decode. The SK-AM69x is an ideal choice for machine vision, traffic monitoring, retail automation, and factory automation.
The starter kit also includes two RPI 22-Pin CSI connector and two MIPI CSI-2 40-Pin expansion connectors for up to 12 cameras, making it suitable for a variety of embedded vision and AI applications on the edge. Our ISP can handle different lighting conditions in video streams by using HDR encoding for camera support. The TI deep-learning accelerator enables classification and object detection at low latency and high frame rate.
Features
- Performance: AM69 processor enables 32 TOPS deep-learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI at low power
- Camera interfaces: three CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi or a high-speed 40-pin Samtec camera connector allowing up to twelve cameras (requires multi camera hub)
- Connectivity: three SuperSpeed USB Type A ports, one SuperSpeed USB Type C port, one ethernet port, one M.2 key E connector and one M.2 key M connector, four CAN-FD interfaces, four UART terminals over one USB bridge
- Memoy: four DRAM, LPDDR4‐4266, 32 gigabytes total memory, support for inline ECC
- Display: DisplayPort with up to 4K resolution with MST support and 1080 HDMI
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Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.12
Build Date: Jun 24, 2026
| Distro | Variant | Extensions | Torrent | Integrity | Size | |||||
 Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) |
Gnome |  |
SHA | ASC | 1.5 GB | |||||
| Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) |
XFCE | |
SHA | ASC | 1.4 GB | |||||
| * Desktops are very simple and minimal but containing standard features such as Chromium, Firefox browser, Office tools etc. | ||||||||||
Minimal/IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.12
Build Date: Jun 24, 2026
| Distro | Variant | Extensions | Torrent | Integrity | Size | |||||
| Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) |
Minimal / IOT | |
SHA | ASC | 277.8 MB | |||||
| Resolute | Minimal / IOT | |
SHA | ASC | 318.8 MB | |||||
| * Minimal images have very small footprint. They come only with essential packages and build-in systemd-networkd. They are optimised for automation and production deployments. | ||||||||||
Dedicated applications images with Armbian Linux v6.12
Build Date: Jun 24, 2026
| Distro | Application | Torrent | Integrity | Size | ||||||
 Debian Testing (Sid) |
Kali Linux | |
SHA | ASC | 514.5 MB | |||||
| Debian 13 (Trixie) |
Home Assistant | |
SHA | ASC | 521 MB | |||||
| Debian 13 (Trixie) |
OpenMediaVault | |
SHA | ASC | 433.1 MB | |||||
| Debian 13 (Trixie) |
OpenHab | |
SHA | ASC | 1.2 GB | |||||
| * 3rd party unofficial applications deployment made with official Armbian build framework. Application support is not provided by Armbian team, but you are welcome to use our community forums for support. | ||||||||||
Specifications
* Specifications differ from hardware revision, model and software support level
FAQs
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Simple
BASH or ZSH shell, standard Debian/Ubuntu utilities. Features can be adjusted with menu-driven utility. Login is possible via serial, HDMI or SSH.
Universal
Minimal, server or Desktop. We work with XFCE, Gnome and Cinnamon but more is possible to build: Mate, KDE, Budgie, Deepin, i3, …
Light
No bloatware or spyware. Special utilities are completely optional. Suitable for newcomers and professionals.
Optimized
Distributed images are optimized for flash media (SD/eMMC/SSD) and compacted to real data size.
Fast
Armbian is optimized on kernel and userspace level. ZRAM & ZSWAP support, browser profile memory caching, garbage commit delay.
Secure
Security level can be adjusted with the armbian-config. OS is reviewed by professionals within the community.
Supported
Maintainers and community have deep understanding how HW work. We are seniors with 30+ years of experience in Linux + embedded Linux.
Open
Armbian provides open source build framework to build a distribution of optimised Linux hardware interface for armhf, aarch64 and x86.
We provide a selection of images that fits hardware best. If you need different image – use build framework and make whatever you need. Build framework relies on Debian and Ubuntu packages – you can build any combination – stable, old stable or rolling release.
Minimal images have very small footprint. They come only with essential packages and build-in systemd-networkd while CLI server images have Network Manager based networking, armbian-config utilities, option to select ZSH as default shell.
Make sure you have a good & reliable boot media (SD card / USB key) and a proper power supply. Archives can be flashed with Etcher (all OS) directly.
Insert the SD card into the slot, connect a cable to your network if possible or a display and power your board. (First) boot (with DHCP) takes a bit longer.
Support is provided in one of two ways:
- Free support is provided via general project search engine, documentation, community forums or IRC/Discord. Keep in mind this is mostly provided by our awesome community members in a best effort manner and therefore there are no guaranteed solutions.
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