$35 - Le Potato - Raspberry Pi Alternative - Chris's Basement - 2023
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- We have a Raspberry Pi Alternative, it's called Le Potato and it comes from Libre Computer. Hang out with us while we install Linux, OctoPrint and Klipper.
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Overview
02:42 Le Potato
06:09 Linux Install
15:25 First Boot
18:47 OctoPrint Install
24:26 Time-Lapse
26:26 Klipper
27:40 Conclusion
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Huge thanks Chris! Very helpful 👌
Happy to help! Thanks for watching
Chris, thanks for the tutorial. Your tutorial is only one that seemed to work with my Le potato. Some things were a little different and a few tweaks done but yours was pretty spot on!
Glad it helped! Thank you!
I just started using one of these. I like Armbian just to keep my systems consistent. I use Orange Pi devices as well. Plenty of good walkthroughs online for Armbian installations of Klipper and Octoprint. I have no complaints about the Potato. It has been working great!
Awesome to hear it's working for you.
Great video , thanks
Thanks for watching!
I've been running Klipper+Moonraker+Fluidd with OpenSUSE on this board's little brother (la frite) since January of this year. While in operation, it sits at about 25% utilization.
Very nice! Thanks for reporting in.
Really great video
Thanks!
I just searched amazon france and ended up with mister potato head.
Lol! I don't think that's going to work on your printer. ;)
This is a great board. I have a couple running Octoprint.
It's a great alternative. Thanks for watching
thanks for the tutorial. Just a reminder that everyon starting out with octoprint won't know about writing an image to a SD card. I had to look elsewhere to explain that
Thanks!
Nice one Chris !
Thank you!
I use “angry ip scanner” on my iPhone for years. For those that are turned off my doing something like this… it is easy peasy lemon squeezey. ❤
I use it all the time, I usually have 20 devices running, and if I can't get a system running Klipper, check to make sure it is active.
Thanks guys!
Your the man Chris.....🤘
Ha! Thanks!
I bought one of these, like my cb1 better and it only cost about $2.50 extra plus it has wifi. The only downside with the cb1 is you have to pay $5 shipping or order two of them to get free shipping from the Biqu store.
Still a good board, I ended up installing mine in a van with Kodi running on it.
As always a super video, thank you!
Good to know. Thanks!
Hi Thank you for the videos, it gave me the idea of putting Pi OS on Window Surface RT tablet I had collecting dust. Then I put OctoPrint and OctoDash on it. Now I can use the RT tablet for controling my 3d printer. The touch screen works great and it has a big screen.
That's awesome!
@@ChrisRiley Hi Chris everything workds great with my Rostock Max v2 3d Printing. I am having trouble getting my Elegoo Neptune 3 Plus to connect. I have Pi Os running on a Window Surface RT with OctoPrint and OctoDash. I think it is the drivers, the device is listed in lbusb. Any help would be great. thank you
Have you seen the Big Tree Tech pi v1.1. It seems to be the CB1 and the CM4 module combined. But with a better processor.
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Great video, manage to get up and running klipper on a vocelab aquila, even after some struggling run input shaper with adlx345. Now I am triying to use a webcam and crownest but get no signal on mainsail, not sure what i am doing wrong. The webcam is an LG AN-VC500. I would appreciate any comment to get it working.
Thanks! Glad you got it working. I have noticed Mainsail is picky with what cameras it likes. I had to reboot multiple times to get it to work with some cameras. If you have another option, give that a try and see if you can isolate the issue.
Thanks for showing the install and this board running. I was really interested in its 4k video. If you don't need that, can't you just use a esp32 to control your printer?
You can, but the setup is a little tricky. Check out this project. github.com/luc-github/ESP3D
Somehow the music fit the Timelapse almost perfectly.
Thanks, that was Jackie's pick!
Been running several of these exact boards with Octoprint for almost a year - took me a while to figure out how to get it all setup properly (including webcam) but I have the process down now. Best part is, they fit in a standard RPi 3b+ case.
They're very handy!
How did you get your webcam setup? I cant seem to get mine streaming properly.
@@zabuza_zen7217 I used mjpg-streamer service, there's a few videos on here on how to set it up but I used v412-ctl --list-devices to get the correct device. Make sure your webcam is showing up in the list first.
Been using the pine64 and orange pi single board computers with octoprint, they work well.
They're good boards. Thanks!
I got one several weeks ago. It's a nice little board. Getting kipper screen running was a bit of a pain though.
A little different for sure. Thanks!
Why Raspbian? Raspbian is Debian with a Raspberry Pi kernel and some custom scripts. The RPi kernel will not work so it has been exchanged with another kernel. The custom scripts don't work with the potato. So there is only Debian left. Ubuntu Server would have a running SSH server on the first boot without any user interaction.
I went that way, because I thought more users would be more familiar with that flavor. You are right though, Ubuntu would probably be almost exactly the same and less stuff to configure.
Great to see alternatives to the Pi. I wonder why they the Pis have not been more available?
I agree, I'm glad there's a suitable and affordable alternative out there! Thanks Dave
I've read that companies are snatching up all the Pis.
It wouldn't surprise me.
Ayyyyyyyy! I commented recommending this :). Just a heads up for anyone looking, I tried the slightly more expensive renegade as well and saw no real performance difference with octoprint. So no need to spend more, if your we're curious.
Awesome, thanks!
Amazon is selling this board with WiFi and heatsink for $45 with a $5 coupon for prime users! Thanks for the video, worth a shot.
Sweet! Thanks man!
Do you have a video to run a Raspberry Pi4 GPIO PWM servo motors example for things like a robot arm on the Le Potato? Thanks.
I don't, but that sounds like a really cool project.
The BTT Pi has been great on my Voron
Cool, I'll check it out!
The first thing I got from this video is the scrips you can use for octoprint install. It is infinitely simpler than doing the manual install that I did the last time I did an octoprint install.
The Le Potato looks pretty good, though I don't need one (at the moment). That being said, i may find an excuse to get one.
I can always find a excuse if I look hard enough. ;) Also yes, the install is much easier.
as always, nice content Chris. Tried the GPIO on the board? For Klipper and ADXL it would be nice to know it works :)
Well it is a bit finicky to get working, with raspbian at least the build I have you cannot use the normal setup util. You are going to haveto mash keys in config files to get it working. The downside to this is the docs are not really helpful.
Thanks Stig! Yeah, I heard so folks say it wasn't one for one with a RPI, I will do some tests and see what I can find out.
Great Video! Everything seemed to work perfect for me until trying to make a timelapse with octolapse. The camera test seems to fail and im unsure why. Maybe because im using ustreamer and not mjpg_streamer? Any help? Thx!
Thanks! It could be the encoder option depending on the model of camera you are using. You might give the other option a try just to rule it out.
@@ChrisRiley Thank you for your reply! I only seem to have the one option. Although I have got my camera working just by starting over. My only issues now is that "Custom Image Preferences" in OctoLapse doesn't work. The error message says "Currently only MJPEGStreamer is supported". Maybe you can do a video on how to install MJPEGStreamer in the future? Thanks for your help!
Great video Chris. Have you ever seen the Inovato Quadra? I just bought one. The specs aren't bad. It has a 1.7 ghz processor, built in wifi, 2 gb of ram, a plastic case. It also comes with an HDMI cable and a 2 amp power supply, all for $35.00. I'm wondering if you can put other images on it..?? It has a terminal, so I'm presuming that you can use Linux with it. My I idea is to try to make it a pihole. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks
Thanks! I have, it runs Armbian, but it's a specific version that runs on the H616 processor. Yes, since you can login SSH, you should be able to use it for pretty much anything.
I did a review on the Quadra. Good unit.
Someone should buy a container load of these and Pre Image them for various set ups for resale. Us oldies getting into 3D printing struggle with all this modern stuff, We'd snap them up.
Good idea, Thanks!
Very nice video. The procedure is a little tedious compared to a modern R.P. set up these days, but not too much different from what we used to do to get a Raspberry Pi up and running Octoprint a few years back.
Exactly, thanks for watching!
Right now i am using a dell 3040 thin client. I would rather have something that i can plug into the ports on my mk3s+ or i want to replace the mk3 board with a BTT 32 bit board. I wouldn't know how to replace the prusa board with a BTT 32 Bit board. Any tips?
It's tricky because you lose all the Prusa goodness that they have baked in. If you want to swap, you have to go with strait Marlin. Check out this github for pointer from others that have done it. github.com/codiac2600/SKR-Bear-Marlin/blob/prusa-skr-aio-2.0.x/README.md
I'm purchasing a voron 2.4 ldo kit and it wont come with a pi my question is can i use this as a direct replacement ill also be using a ERCF filament changer. or should i just bite the bullet and get a raspberry pi
I think you could make this work. If might take a few extra steps, but it should work the same. I would love to see someone be successful with this config.
HI, I just installed the image with teh RaspberryPi imager and I do not see the first run file anymore. What would be the process to setup a default user if I dont create one?
If you can't get the files working like I show in the video, the easiest way is to create a new image then plugin a keyboard and monitor and create the user via the on screen wizard.
I went with Orange Pi 3 LTS instead, it's better in every way - better community support, faster processor, DDR4 memory, built-in wifi+BT, Type-C power plug, USB3.0 port, onboard 8GB EMMC, Gb LAN port and more. Even though it costs slightly more but the upgrade is well worth it. I am using one running Klipper for my 3D printer now, and it can also be easily re-purposed later if needed.
Cool! Thanks for sharing
Can the potato be used for print timelapse with klipper and a c920 web cam?
I should be able to, no problem.
@ChrisRiley awesome, I have a pi zero 2w but due to the ram capacity it will not be possible so have been looking for a cheap alternative that let me do it, thank you so much for the confirmation
Just to mention a few others Orange Pi, RADXA Rock 5B, Banana Pi, - some have wifi support some have to use a dongle and some can take an M2 network card and some even have a M2 NVME slot as well as up to 16G ram.
Thanks!
having a hard time finding the list of files in the boot partition to add the txt doc not sure what im doing wrong everytime i open the boot partition it only shows one file
That's really strange, maybe something is corrupted with the image. Have you tried a different version from their site?
@ChrisRiley yes ive tried the non lite as well its really weird 😕 haha 😄 it could be simple but I don't know honestly 😅 I need a wiz kid to make this part even simpler 😅 I'm good w normal klipper and everything else I'm just hitting a bump in the road as I've stated
@@zexaltor2135 Hey, I tried this today and I do see a few files when I build the image. I used the lite version from 5/3/23. photos.app.goo.gl/uHxYUsvnQNVDiMEAA
After writing the image, I'm getting a bootfs folder instead. It only has the EFI folder, cmdline.txt, config.txt, network-.con, and user-data. That EFI folder only has grub and a boot folder with BOOTAA64.EFI inside. I used 2023-05-03-raspbian-bullseye-arm64-lite+aml-s905x-cc.img.xz for the image
So I tried these as well and you're right, that image doesn't look right. I tried version 10 distro.libre.computer/ci/raspbian/10/ the files look the same, but it appears to be working as I expected. Not sure what the issue is.
I probably need to play around with mine a bit more, but for the life of me I can not get klipper screen to work with my potato.
Huh, that's really strange, if should work the same as far as klipper screen goes. Did you use kiahu to install it?
@@ChrisRiley I did, I think it is a framebuffer issue. There are somethings in linux that are just above my understanding. I swapped out the potato with a btt pi and klipperscreen fired right up.
@@downsyndromebear Interesting, now I need to go test it.
I followed your video instructions but can't get Octoprint to connect to the printer. The device cannot recognize the serial when I plug in the us cable connecter to the printer.
What printer are you using? It could be a firmware issue. If you plug it in to your PC does it see it?
@@ChrisRiley I have a Ender 3 Pro so that's why it doesn't have a serial but I follow the directions but I keep getting the error mcu 'mcu': Unable to connect
@@joelstitch Only thing I can think of if it doesn't connect to octoprint or PC it could be a bad USB port.
It ended up being a issue with Klipper. After a few flashes it finally started working.
wait what boxes have bad things for your network?
A lot of the Android TV boxes have some fishy software. www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/101k0eg/t95_android_tv_allwinner_h616_includes_malware/
This is kind of an old board (2016) but if it is cheap and does the job, why not. Support should be really good.
There you go!
How about showing it running a 3D printer? Guides are scant for configuring klipper for any non-raspberrypi, and it would be nice to know that it actually works (and doesn't have connection/performance issues). Many videos like yours end at this step...😢
I do a time-lapse and a short overview of the print in almost all of my board videos. Here's a link for this video.
th-cam.com/video/1gWkOil-MtY/w-d-xo.html
@@ChrisRiley Sorry, I was scrubbing videos by several people on my phone and saw the ending similar to others but missed 24:26
Hello kind sir. I had setup this board just a couple days after this video. I was happy with the end result BUT i cant SSH into it and the region is wrong. I carefully followed these instructions but i need to change the region/ timezone for productions purposes. I have backed up Octoprint and wondering if starting over would be the safest rout? Can i pull the SD card and just change settings or just start all over? Thank you and i bid you a good day!
I don't think this guide works anymore, the raspbian image has changed a lot in a couple months and the steps he takes are no longer possible without an older image file
@howtoguy17 I'm guessing they made it a little easier? Less steps? My next door neighbor has been printing since 2008 and I had no clue. But he's very knowledgeable in all aspects of 3d printing and had me going in just a few mins. Thanks for the response I appreciate it!
You can start over or you can pull the SD card and update the supplicant file to update the region.
@howtoguy17 I agree there I don't see the list of files to add in the ssh and everything as stated by Chris and the website itself
Have you tried the Zima Board?
Coming soon!
@@ChrisRiley Cool. :)
I've got one... Priced out of the market of Le potato, cb1, etc to run klipper and can't run real time Linux well enough for LinuxCNC, so it's in my drawer of "things to do" 😞
Its a nice board but I prefer the Orange Pi Zero 2 which is 2/3 the price of this board and comes with WiFi as standard.
It defiantly has it's advantages. Thanks for you input!
How is EU availability?
Not sure, it's actually kind of hard to tell from my default Amazon site here in the US.
I've been working with Bigtreetech on a lot of their products. Really good stuff 👌. Avoid the Renegade, the rk3328 is the same as the mks pi and it's not great for klipper (chronic mcu shutdowns and they run super hot)
Good to know! Thanks!
armbian is better as OS you know you geting clean OS and is geting update and support by community
Thanks!
Orange PI PC would be cheaper
Thanks!
Hardly worth trying to replace the pi given that the stock is getting better now and they are rapidly producing more boards for the consumer.
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Too bad Raspberry Foundation are still treating end customers as subhumans and unworthy of having access to a raspberry pi. The "China" Pis has great availability and good price, in some places in the world, a Raspberry Pi can cost up to 8x more, but they lack in software support. They are always using an old 5.16.y EOL kernel stripped of its headers, and SoC manufacturers seems to not care about updating their device trees to more updated kernel versions, they are usually originally at 4.14 or 4.19, hacked to 5.16.y. Why this matter? Because of security, third party software compatibility, drivers, and performance.
Thanks for your insight!
Umm you got that wrong. You just called the potato a female, when it is clear a male. Hopefully it is not sensitive about its gender.
Languages are difficult. ;)
Hey man👍👍good video toturials bro have learned a lot from you. I even jumped in to 3d printing and designing am a beginner though. Like am not promoting but I appreciate your efforts becouse am growing I built a 2 in one 3d printer, am using skr_1.4_turbo_board I also watched a video from you it helped understand becouse they are long and full of knowledge but am lucking one thing only a filament and always have a lot bro could you giving me one😘😜 am from KENYA I'LL KEEP LEARNING FROM YOU.
Thank you! Very awesome! Thank you for the support, if I could send you some to Kenya, I would. 😀
@@ChrisRiley love your work brother
Le Potato lol
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