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Need a teeny tiny computer that can run Android or Linux? Only have $20? Well you're in luck. When we first met the Orange Pi (get it?) the company was selling a nice Raspberry Pi clone for $15. Now they're selling a souped up version with all the trimmings.
The board includes an Ethernet port and three USB ports. It has 1GB of memory, H5 High Performance Quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A53, and a standalone graphics chip. It supports camera input as well as HDMI out and even has a physical power switch and IR blaster. In short it's a mini computer that can probably play some games, display some HD video, and generally be used in all sorts of home-brew projects.
You can check out the specs here and order online. If you only have $5 you can pick up an Orange Pi Zero with Wi-Fi and Ethernet built-in. It's no Raspberry but who doesn't love oranges?
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday November 09 2016, @12:00AM
Everyone will be comparing to the Pi 2 and 3. This one has real ethernet vs a USB to Ethernet adapter while the Pi has Wifi+BT. The video on this is busted though since no driver support while the Pi is just outdated and poorly supported and kinda busted. This one would probably make a better head headless machine. Both are kinda pointless in including a 64bit processor and only 1GB memory, best to run a 32bit OS since 64bit code tends to be larger, in fact there isn't yet a supported 64bit image. The Pi has a much larger ecosystem and more people to help you work around bugs.
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:23AM
I actually got lost on the OrangePi website because of so many models with similar names. The specs are also relatively vague (I cannot find processor speeds), so comparison is a little tricky.
However, I am intrigued by their "premium" model, the OrangePi Plus2, because it includes an SATA connector. I primarily use my Raspberry Pi as a home web server, and running off of a proper disk instead of an SD card would be a large benefit.
http://www.orangepi.org/orangepiplus2/ [orangepi.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:30AM
It is an actual native SATA port, or is it one of those USB to SATA port adapters?
If it is a real port, combined with gigabit ethernet, it is an awesome board. If it has native ethernet, but usb SATA it isn't really any better than the alternatives (especially if that gigabit ethernet port can't actually run at line speed, like so many of the arm socs with 'native' ethernet can't.)