The official Wi-Fi router 'OpenWrt One' with pre-installed OS 'OpenWrt' for embedded devices is finally released



The development team of '

OpenWrt ', a Linux distribution for embedded devices, has released ' OpenWrt One ', a router designed specifically for OpenWrt. OpenWrt One comes pre-installed with the open source OpenWrt firmware, and its support will not be discontinued even after many years.

[OpenWrt Wiki] Welcome to the OpenWrt Project
https://openwrt.org/#openwrt_one_router_officially_launched



[OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt One

https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one

Banana Pi OpenWrt One Router | BananaPi Docs
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One

OpenWrt is a Linux distribution developed primarily for installation on network devices such as routers, and by installing OpenWrt on a device, users can freely control the device. In January 2024, the OpenWrt development team announced plans to develop OpenWrt One, a custom-designed router.

The development team of the embedded OS 'OpenWrt' announces plans to develop its own hardware 'OpenWrt One' for under $100 - GIGAZINE



On the front of the OpenWrt One there is one USB Type-A port and one USB Type-C port.



There is one LAN port and one WAN port on the back. The WAN supports 2.5Gbit and the LAN supports 1Gbit. The Wi-Fi standard is Wi-Fi 6.



The main specifications of OpenWrt One are as follows.

SoC MediaTek MT7981B
Wifi MediaTek MT7976C dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (2x2 2.4 GHz + 3x3 5 GHz)
DRAM 128MB SPI NAND + 16MB SPI NOR
Flash memory 256NAND
Storage‎ 1024MB DDR4
Ethernet 1x 2.5 Gbit WAN + 1x 1 Gbit LAN
USB connection 1 x USB Type-C PD 12V, 1 x USB Type-C
USB Host USB 2.0 Type-A
Storage 1x 2230/2242 NVMe PCIe 2.0
Mechanical Switches 1 boot selection switch
LED 2x (PWM driven), 2x ETH Led (GPIO driven)
External Hardware Monitoring EM Microelectronic EM6324 (GPIO driven)
RTC NXP PCF8563TS (I2C) with battery backup holder(CR1220)
power supply USB-PD 15V on USB-C port (optional 802.3at/af PoE via RT5040 module)
Expansion Slots mikroBUS
Antenna Connector 3x MMCX


About OpenWrt One OpenWrt claims to be 'the first router built with the right to repair and software freedom in mind' and 'a hacker-friendly router,' and in fact OpenWrt One comes pre-installed with the open source OpenWrt firmware. The source code for OpenWrt is available at the following link.

git.openwrt.org Git - openwrt/openwrt.git/summary
https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git



It also has a switch for flashing

the NOR and NAND flash memory separately, which OpenWrt says makes it 'very unlikely to become a brick .'

In addition, OpenWrt One can be ordered on Aliexpress, and the price is 13,651 yen excluding tax for a complete set with a case, and 10,494 yen excluding tax for just the logic board.

Gigabit ethernet smart router mt7981b,1gb ddr4,2.5gb,rj45,256mb,spi nand,open source - AliExpress
https://ja.aliexpress.com/item/1005007795779282.html



Banana Pi OpenWRT - Dual Band PCBA Router Board, WiFi 6, 1GB DDR4, 256 MB, SPI NAND, MediaTek MT7981B, Official Board - AliExpress

https://ja.aliexpress.com/item/1005008143000598.html

in Hardware, Posted by log1r_ut