Over the past decade there have been many Raspberry Pi clones. The latest clones the Raspberry Pi Zero form factor but introduces a RISC-V processor in place of the usual Arm powered SoC. MangoPi has appeared in a series of Twitter posts (as reported by Liliputing ), and looks like a good choice for those needing more fruit in their diet.

The Mango Pi MQ Pro, in fact. The little Allwinner D1 processor we’ve covered before beats at its heart, a 1 GHz single-core, 64 bit chip built on the open-source RISC-V architecture. RAM can range from 512MB to 2GB, and while the MQ Pro carries enough ports (2x USB Type-C, HDMI, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), along with its 40-pin GPIO (Pi compatibility to be confirmed), to function solo, there's also a carrier board in testing to add Ethernet and USB Type-A.

The MQ Pro isn’t the first Mango Pi board. The company, whose Twitter account gives its location as Beijing and New York, previously created the postage-stamp sized Mango Pi MQ around an Allwinner D1s processor. This tiny SBC sports a pair of USB Type-C ports, but no video output beyond a 15-pin DSI FPC connector.

There's scant additional information about the MQ Pro. The official web page is mostly blank, the GitHub repository is empty. The MQ board runs Tina Linux , Xboot, and RTT-smart, so we should expect to see those on the new board, and the recent appearance of RISC-V in the mainline Linux kernel could see more familiar distributions make their way to the boards. The Twitter account claimed last month to be porting Debian .

The board isn't available for purchase yet, and the company is sharing few details. We were also unable to find the MQ board for sale anywhere.