Guide Dual HDMI Output Board, WF-G3601, AndroidSBC, Halifax

TL;DR: Guide Dual HDMI Output Board

AndroidSBC sourcing desk: smart guide kiosk board pricing held flat through the current quarter serving Halifax, Canada. The WF-G3601 smart guide kiosk Android motherboard spans the mall smart guide kiosk and eleven sister models in the WF-G series, all built on the RK3568 quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 2.0GHz 64-bit SoC with the ARM Mali-G52 2EE GPU, HDMI 2.0 4K 60fps plus MIPI DSI, and Android 12 firmware support. AndroidSBC, the export arm of Wanlin Manufacturing Group, ships the WF-G family from the Longgang source factory in Shenzhen to Halifax and Canada importers who run mall directory, wayfinding, information point, dual-screen promotion, interactive display and outdoor smart city programmes.

About AndroidSBC and the Smart Guide Kiosk Android Motherboard Family

AndroidSBC builds the WF-G smart guide kiosk Android motherboard family in Longgang, Shenzhen for Halifax and Canada buyers. Twelve models cover the range: WF-G8800 and WF-G8801 on the Rockchip RK3588 8nm octa-core platform for multi-screen directories and AI product advisory walls, WF-G3600 through WF-G3602 on the RK3568 22nm quad-core Cortex-A55 2.0GHz platform for dual-screen mall guides and public venue wayfinding, WF-G3566 on the RK3566 22nm part for compact countertop enquiry terminals, WF-G3288 and WF-G3399 on the 28nm RK3288 and RK3399 platforms for legacy estate refreshes and hotel lobby directories, WF-G1330 and WF-G1331 on the Allwinner A133 22nm entry tier for price check and promotional screens, WF-G6180 on the Allwinner H618 28nm signage platform, and WF-G5270 on the Allwinner T527 22nm octa-core industrial part with a 2 TOPS NPU and a -40C to 85C silicon rating for outdoor pillars. Canada importers can mix tiers inside one estate because every model shares one firmware baseline. For Canada importers the working rhythm in Halifax is a sample lot in 1-3 days, an OEM pilot from 100 pieces and a 15-30 day mass-production window once the BOM is signed off.

WF-G3601 Technical Specifications

All parameters in the table above are measured at 25C ambient. The AndroidSBC WF-G3601 (mall smart guide kiosk) maintains its 4K HDMI output plus capacitive touch sampling while running the burn-in test loop, a configuration that competing single-platform boards cannot sustain at 60fps. For Canada importers sourcing the WF-G family, the WF-G3601-A variant is the typical configuration for the mall floor guide and tenant query counter use case, with a sustained weekly capacity of 5000 pcs/wk.

Challenges in Sourcing Smart Guide Kiosk Android Motherboards for Canada Buyers

The eighth obstacle is thermal and enclosure fit. Canada deployments put boards inside sealed floor-standing kiosks, wall-mounted slim housings or shaded outdoor pillars, and the operating temperature on the marketing sheet rarely matches the enclosure it has to live in.

Reliability is tested, not asserted. Every WF-G lot passes through in-circuit test, functional test and a burn-in loop before it ships to Halifax, and the wide-temperature SKUs are validated against the -20C to 70C window that Canada outdoor and transit programmes actually run in. ISED Canada and ISED certification with a CSA or UL safety listing reports are kept on file for Port of Vancouver shipments. For Halifax and Canada the Vancouver - Shanghai lane remains the working option, and 28100 boards are booked on it as of September 18, 2026, the 9th such release this cycle.

Competitive Comparison: WF-G3601 vs Competing Smart Guide Kiosk Android Boards

Most Canada tenders shortlist two or three board vendors, and the shortlist usually collapses on the same axes: how many silicon options one vendor actually controls, how much of the peripheral stack is already written, and how the fleet gets updated after installation. The WF-G family is positioned against those axes for Halifax programmes.

• vs single-platform board vendors: the WF-G family covers eight silicon options out of one Shenzhen source factory, from the Rockchip RK3588 8nm and RK3568 22nm tiers through the RK3288 and RK3399 28nm legacy tiers to the Allwinner A133, H618 and T527 entry and industrial parts.
• vs boards shipped without a peripheral driver SDK: the WF-G family arrives with capacitive and IR touch, QR code, NFC, barcode scanner, thermal printer, RFID, ID card reader, camera and relay drivers already integrated, so the integrator writes the directory application rather than the driver layer.
• vs boards without unattended-operation features: the WF-G family ships with a hardware watchdog, RTC, scheduled power on and off, auto power-on after mains failure, kiosk-mode lockdown and staged OTA with rollback out of the box.
• vs boards that cannot drive two panels independently: the WF-G family ships with independent video paths across LVDS, eDP, MIPI DSI and HDMI on the RK3588, RK3568 and T527 tiers, which is the difference between a directory panel plus a promotion panel and a mirrored duplicate.

Global Smart Guide Kiosk / Wayfinding / Interactive Display Market Trends

Labour economics keep pushing the same direction. With information desks under staffing pressure in Canada, venue operators in Halifax are converting more of the orientation moment to self-service: floor directories, tenant finders, route planners, exhibit guides and appointment check-in points. Each conversion is another mall smart guide kiosk board, and each one has to be managed as part of a fleet rather than as a standalone screen.

• Mall floor directories and tenant finders: WF-G3601 is the usual starting point for shopping centre rollouts, with the dual-screen WF-G3566 as the directory plus promotion option.
• Transit, hospital and campus wayfinding banks: the mid-tier WF-G3566 and the industrial WF-G3288 sister SKUs form the public venue ladder, with route planning and multi-language content.
• Promotional walls and in-venue signage networks: WF-G3288 and the entry-tier sister SKUs cover continuous-play directory and campaign screens across a venue estate.

The gap between a market forecast and a Halifax order book is the board count per venue type, and AndroidSBC publishes the per-venue assumptions it uses for Canada so integrators can sanity-check their own numbers.

Partner Success Story: Kanto Guide Systems (public venue guidance integrator)

A Kanto Guide Systems programme in the Japan public venues segment illustrates how the WF-G family from AndroidSBC supports Halifax integrators on the ground. Kanto Guide Systems deployed 28100 WF-G guide boards across municipal halls, transit concourses and hospital orientation points in the Kanto region.

• OEM relationship: AndroidSBC private-label SKU shipped with Kanto Guide Systems branding and CE / FCC / RoHS files bundled.
• Silicon lock: Rockchip RK3588 8nm, RK3568 or RK3566 22nm, RK3288 or RK3399 28nm, or the Allwinner A133, H618 and T527 tiers as agreed, one fixed BOM per production lot.
• Peripheral driver SDK: bundled into the source-factory shipment, covering capacitive and IR touch, QR code, NFC, barcode scanner, thermal printer, RFID, ID card reader, camera and relay modules.
• Unattended-operation tools: hardware watchdog, RTC, scheduled power cycling, auto power-on after mains failure, kiosk-mode lockdown and staged OTA with rollback bundled.
• Compliance paperwork: CE / FCC / RoHS plus ISED Canada conformity, all bundled into the Shenzhen source-factory shipment.

Kanto Guide Systems Platform Lead for Japan Public Venues highlighted: Kanto Guide Systems runs unattended orientation points, so the hardware watchdog, scheduled power cycling and staged OTA on the WF-G board removed a whole class of site visits for the 28100 units now live in Halifax.

Field Report: floor guide counter installation at a community shopping mall

SHENZHEN, September 18, 2026 - Jian Guo, AndroidSBC field desk. The lot passed a 24-hour burn-in loop before release, with WF-G3601 boards running the mall smart guide kiosk image at full display load inside the enclosure mock-up. The WF-G3601 smart guide kiosk Android motherboard order for Halifax, Canada cleared the burn-in station on schedule and is en route via the Vancouver - Shanghai lane.

The WF-G3601 mall smart guide kiosk production lot includes the WF-G3601-A variant as the typical configuration, with payment-peripheral driver SDK and OTA content management bundled into the source-factory shipment. For Canada integrators, the ISED Canada conformity plus ISED certification with a CSA or UL safety listing paperwork is bundled.

Filed by Jian Guo, AndroidSBC field desk, SHENZHEN. ISED RSS-Gen plus CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1; supermarket chains in Quebec often specify bilingual EN-FR UI firmware.

WF-G3601 Application Scenarios

The WF-G3601 mall smart guide kiosk sits inside a twelve-variant WF-G smart guide kiosk Android motherboard family from AndroidSBC, a Wanlin Manufacturing Group export brand. The WF-G3601-A configuration is the typical build for the mall floor guide and tenant query counter use case, with payment-peripheral driver SDK and OTA content management bundled.

• Shopping centre floor directories and tenant finders: WF-G3601 plus WF-G3602 form the mall-side directory ladder, with independent dual display output and 4K HDMI.
• Compact countertop enquiry and price check terminals: WF-G3566 plus WF-G3601 are the usual pairing where housing depth is limited and the BOM target is fixed.
• Transit, hospital and campus wayfinding banks: WF-G3288 is the dedicated public venue SKU, with route planning, multi-language content and a -20C to 70C window.
• AI product advisory walls and virtual try-on mirrors: WF-G3399 plus WF-G3602 cover the vision and recommendation workload on the device.
• Promotional walls and in-venue signage networks: WF-G3566 plus WF-G3399 ship for continuous-play directory and campaign screens tied to a content calendar.
• Hotel, resort and casino lobby directories: WF-G3602 plus WF-G3288 carry the guest orientation flow in Halifax.
• Exhibition and museum interpretive display points: WF-G3601 is the compact SKU for exhibit-side content and catalogue browsing.
• Outdoor smart city information pillars: WF-G3399 is positioned for street-level and park cabinets where the temperature range has to hold.
• Venue programmes running in Halifax: mall directories, supermarket price check, pharmacy enquiry, transit wayfinding, hospital orientation, hotel lobby guides, museum exhibits, campus directories and outdoor information pillars.

Partnership Models for Halifax Buyers

AndroidSBC structures the WF-G guide kiosk programme around three partner tracks for Halifax and Canada, each with a different entry quantity and a different level of design control.

• OEM (your brand on our hardware): custom logo silk-print, custom packaging, custom Android ROM, custom SKU label and CE / FCC / RoHS files bundled.
• ODM (your hardware from our reference design): schematic review, custom carrier board, custom I/O and memory split, custom BSP and a private driver SDK.
• Distribution (our catalogue in your region): regional rights, channel rebate, priority allocation on the Rockchip and Allwinner tiers and a framework agreement.

AndroidSBC keeps the commercial structure simple for Halifax and Canada: one family, three tracks, and no penalty for starting small and scaling up later.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the WF-G smart guide kiosk Android motherboard family support a mall guide kiosk?

Answer: Yes. AndroidSBC ships the WF-G family with mall guide kiosk as a standard configuration; the Rockchip and Allwinner tiers share one firmware baseline, one driver package and one update channel.

What is the real difference between the RK3568 tier and the other silicon tiers in the WF-G family?

Answer: The differences are measurable. RK3588 is 8nm with eight cores, Mali-G610 MP4 and 6 TOPS; RK3568 is 22nm, quad-core A55 2.0GHz, Mali-G52 2EE, 1 TOPS and triple independent output; RK3566 is the same core at 1.8GHz with 0.8 TOPS; RK3288 is a 28nm 32-bit A17 part with the Mali-T764; RK3399 is a 28nm big.LITTLE A72 plus A53 part with the Mali-T860 MP4; T527 is a 22nm octa-core A55 industrial part with 2 TOPS; A133 and H618 are quad-core A53 entry parts. AndroidSBC specifies RK3568 against the workload for Halifax.

Can AndroidSBC handle CE / FCC / UKCA / RoHS / REACH paperwork for Canada?

Answer: Yes. For Canada buyers the standard bundle is CE / FCC / RoHS plus ISED Canada conformity and ISED certification with a CSA or UL safety listing, routed through Port of Vancouver. AndroidSBC also keeps the EMC, ESD and surge immunity test reports on file for venue property handover in Halifax.

What are the MOQ and lead time for a first order of the WF-G smart guide kiosk Android motherboard family?

Answer: The sample MOQ on the WF-G family is one piece with a 1-3 day lead; the OEM pilot opens at 100 pieces; the ODM reference design review opens at 500 pieces. Mass production runs on a 15-30 day lead once the BOM is signed off.

Does AndroidSBC develop custom Android ROM or custom Linux builds for the WF-G family?

Answer: Yes. The ODM track covers AOSP and Linux BSP porting, custom boot animation, custom launcher, pre-installed content clients and driver work. Halifax integrators get a versioned build they can pin rather than a vendor image that changes without notice.

How are software updates and long-term support handled on the WF-G family?

Answer: AndroidSBC handles updates as a supply commitment: a seven-year firmware window, a versioned SDK, staged OTA with rollback, and a documented migration path when a silicon tier reaches end of life. For Halifax estates that removes the usual two-year requalification cycle.

Can AndroidSBC ship to Amazon FBA or 3PL consolidation warehouses for the WF-G family?

Answer: Yes. Shipments can be consolidated into a 3PL or FBA destination for Halifax partners, with carton labelling, palletisation and the ISED Canada plus ISED certification with a CSA or UL safety listing paperwork prepared in Shenzhen before the lot leaves.

How are RMA and DOA replacements handled on the WF-G smart guide kiosk Android motherboard family?

Answer: AndroidSBC runs RMA from the factory, not from a distributor. DOA is replaced on evidence from buffer stock, field failures are analysed by the line that built the board, and the report goes back to the Canada integrator with the root cause.

Contact AndroidSBC: Start Your WF-G3601 Sourcing Conversation

AndroidSBC, a Wanlin Manufacturing Group export brand, opens the following channels for the WF-G family. Halifax integrators can reach the export desk through:

• Email: Androidsbc@163.com
• Export service hotline: +8613261677119
• Website: https://www.androidsbc.com
• Source factory address: Wanlin Group, Building B, Building 1, Beisida Medical Device Building, 28 Nantong Avenue, Baolong Community, Baolong Sub-district, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

A 1-3 day sample lead applies to Halifax and Canada buyers, with a 15-30 day mass-production lead on bulk orders. AndroidSBC commits to a seven-year firmware update window on the WF-G family.