Orange Pi 3B: Low-cost M.2 ARM SBC

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  • @bsmorgan2
    @bsmorgan2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    With regards to your sysbench results on Debian and Ubuntu I think you will find that the file /etc/default/cpufrequtils is limiting the max frequency to 1296000 when the board is capable of 1800000. With that one change my sysbench result was 6.7982s. The OPi OS image appears use the 1.8GHz frequency without any changes.

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Thanks for this, which makes total sense. I'm pinning your comment for others, as it is very helpful.
      I should have thought of something like this going on. I guess I assumed that all of the supplied OS took full advantage of the SoC. :)

    • @BerkayOzdenoglu
      @BerkayOzdenoglu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      It possibly can handle 2GHz with a heatsink.

    • @davocc2405
      @davocc2405 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      With that higher clock did you still notice the sluggishness in menu responsiveness? That seemed quite at odds with the video decompression in the browser.

    • @v8racerman
      @v8racerman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is a CPU setting option with the OrangePi. orangepi-config. With this you can set the max/min cpu frequency as well as the governor algorithm (i.e. power, performance etc). I suspect the cpu will need a heatsink if you do this, though.

    • @upsangelhk
      @upsangelhk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@v8racerman❤

  • @WalterW
    @WalterW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    “I disconnected it just so I can have the pleasure of reconnecting it later.” A classic Chris maneuver!

    • @kwacker45
      @kwacker45 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      And he used Mr Scissors..we are blessed

    • @WalterW
      @WalterW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kwacker45 TWICE!

    • @TAP7a
      @TAP7a 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have only had the privilege of connecting one WiFi card’s antennae in my time.
      If I ever do it again, it’ll be too soon.

  • @RoboNuggie
    @RoboNuggie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    That's a pretty crowded board... plenty of features and at a very reasonable price. Thank you Chris, your videos are always appreciated!

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thanks for your support -- here we are again! :)

  •  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    10 years of alternate ARM SBC development and we still haven't reached software parity with the Raspberry ecosystem. I wonder if RISC-V can finally bridge the gap in this regard.

    • @tonysheerness2427
      @tonysheerness2427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Risc V will be worse as extensions will not be standardised.

    • @richardahlquist5839
      @richardahlquist5839 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Honestly, I think one of the biggest issues there, is we have a diversity problem with too many SBC designs, which are diverse enough that you cant successfully just build one fork of any major distro with minimal work and have compatibility. Sure the cores are ARM 5x in most cases, but the remaining differences cause issues that the Raspberry Pi foundation has minimized with very few diverse cpu/gpu/peripheral combinations.

    • @Oktokolo
      @Oktokolo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      That custom distribution got snappy GUI interaction by _disabling_ hardware accelleration. That's insane. It basically means that the Mali GPU driver ist just a steaming pile of crap.
      It also means that SBC CPUs are fine for light desktop use with browsing now.
      We need a free and open GPU so drivers can be part of the Kernel and get good maintenance.

    • @Psychx_
      @Psychx_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      And yet the RPI still hasn't got VDPAU or VAAPI and relies on external patches to provide hw accelerated video decoding i.e. in Chrome. IMO the Rockchip SOCs that are on the market long enough to have received mainline kernel support are a much better choice. You get all the same interfaces as on a desktop platform and don't rely on applications needing out-of-tree customization.

    • @rolyantrauts2304
      @rolyantrauts2304 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I don't think we are that far off with the new Rockchip rk35xx series as they have had a huge effort to get mainline support and then Arm has announced it will work with Collabora to create opensource GPU drivers.
      We need to get away from direct plug hats and get used to jumpers so that any pin mux can be wired to any board.
      Raspberry had a lead but with what they have done with stock and how they turned thier backs on makers that isn't true anymore.
      We need mainline support and jumper based boards and we have parity.

  • @SchoolforHackers
    @SchoolforHackers 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    My wife, listening to Chris every Sunday: “He explains everything in the same pleasant voice, like ‘Now remove the screws and apply the anti-gravity beam...’”

  • @erikl5340
    @erikl5340 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Mr. Scissor has been busy today! Armbian seems the logical choice for this board at this point. Thank you for the video.

  • @ypat90
    @ypat90 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    There is a place price-wise for the RK3566. However, I have grown to love the extra performance of a RK3588S SBC. I still use Raspberrry PIs but as a near-desktop replacement, the RK5388 makes for a leap ahead in UI pleasurability.
    I hope designers and manufacturers focus on the RK3588 or better SOC for power, while keeping costs competitive of course.
    As usual, thank you for the presentation of this product.

    • @impuls60
      @impuls60 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One can get a complete retro handheld with RK3566 with 3.5 Ips screen, battery and microsd card for 50usd. These cards are redicoulously expensive for what they are.

    • @JazzTechie
      @JazzTechie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think there’s some degree of “everything is a nail” when looked at from the perspective of personal desktop as a benchmark. A more fitting perspective is “what kind of things can I invent with the resources available”.
      Example: With a pico W, I can build a robot with motor control, several sensors, and network connectivity. With a pi 3b, same thing, but with a full blown OS to run services on. Orange 3b, same thing - but without a sketchy slow sd card storage, flexible antenna placement, and can even run AI models.
      Pico: I can build a sign with a flashing marquis; raspberry I can build a sign that has video; orange I can build a sign that shows video based on what ballcap you’re wearing when you look at it lol.
      That sort of thing.

  • @Wythaneye
    @Wythaneye 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It just wouldn't be a Sunday without a cameo from Mr. Scissors.

  • @kevinshumaker3753
    @kevinshumaker3753 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Got confused in the title, with the Apple Arm M2 vs the M.2 SSD connection. Had my hopes up there and then to dash them to the ground... Good video as always, Chris, thanks.

  • @tupmankolanks2638
    @tupmankolanks2638 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    There is a CONFIG file associated with the Android Installer RKDEV tool.
    You can edit that CONFIG file with a text editor.
    There's a place where you can change the language - I believe it is default 1 for Chinese and you can change it to 2 for English. There might be a list of other languages.
    But even if you don't change the language, the manual for the Orange Pi 5 Plus (if the 3B manual doesn't show the same thing) shows how to use the tool. The text in the manual is English, even if the pics they show of the software show the Chinese language. And it's only like 3 buttons to press in the software needed to complete the whole process.

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Useful, I will try this. Thanks.

    • @MarcusPHagen
      @MarcusPHagen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@ruirosado6289that's correct! I found the same fix while working on my Orange Pi 5 Plus. Had to check the messages before posting, to find that two others had already provided the answer for Chris. Well done!

    • @ruirosado6289
      @ruirosado6289 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@MarcusPHagen And i did the exact same thing you did. :)

  • @ultrafax
    @ultrafax 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Great video as always. I bought a OrangePi 3b few months ago to build a home print server. I found the use of armbian more and more performative than the suggested os.

  • @CCoburn3
    @CCoburn3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is just the thing for the Christmas presents I’m building this year. Thanks for the video.

  • @danielrichardson5160
    @danielrichardson5160 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Thanks Chris. Enjoyed the video. Wanted to mention Armbian released a version for the 3B. Love Armbian. Also with, my monitor and my eyes, 720P looks as good as 1080P. I'm not picky. On that setting, the Radxa 3A, 3C and OPI 3B are much better at playing video. Even with OPIos not having hardware accelerated playback, it was quite good. Have a great day.
    Dan

  • @DocuFlow
    @DocuFlow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Confession: came to watch the SBC content, stayed for Mr. Scissors. Great review as always, thank you!

    • @KameraShy
      @KameraShy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And were duly rewarded with an encore from Mr. Scissors.

  • @abagatelle
    @abagatelle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Aside from anything else Chris, the audio quality of your videos is excellent.

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thanks. :) I spent many hours each week working on the audio.

    • @bobwong8268
      @bobwong8268 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ExplainingComputersThanks for your unweavering dedications! Looking forward to learning from You, as always😉

    • @SchoolforHackers
      @SchoolforHackers 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Add my appreciation, Chris. It’s great not to struggle to hear.

  • @ticler
    @ticler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Orange Pi has been a life saver. RPi supply was hard to get even before the coof in my third world country. But OPi was in stock with local suppliers.

  • @klaustrussel
    @klaustrussel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Some people are naturally born teachers. Chris is the best! Cheers from Italy

  • @jimlynch9390
    @jimlynch9390 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    As usual very good video. This promises to be a valuable card, if they can work out the bugs. I'm very surprised at the cpu performance. While the hardware acceleration issue is fixable since it's most likely a software mod, I don't think the cpu problem can be a software issue. It will be interesting to find out if and when they address it.

    • @Darkk6969
      @Darkk6969 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep. Probably needs further optimization in the Debian kernel to take full advantage of it.

    • @goku445
      @goku445 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's already "fixed". Look at the pinned comment. The CPU clock was set lower.

  • @andy.3407
    @andy.3407 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Another great video…. Looks like raspberry pi is still the king even though it costs a little more! Thank you so much for your wonderful videos

  • @montecorbit8280
    @montecorbit8280 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The orange pie is purdier....it's blue!! 💙

  • @mcgrath16511
    @mcgrath16511 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i ordered one of these a few days ago,, looing to control my ham radio with it.. since raspberry pi's have gotten out of control with pricing! another great video! what i like about your videos is no nonsense, cut to the chase!

  • @TingFeng77
    @TingFeng77 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    heads up! I noticed that the Orange Pi 3B received a major hardware revision
    If you visit their website, you will see the revision has changed from 1.1 to 2.1
    Notable changes include the M.2 port turning into a 2280 port and a different wifi chip, as well the board size changed resulting in old cases being incompatible

  • @dantevortex
    @dantevortex 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I'm glad to see that Raspberry Pi is getting some much needed capable competition.
    This board features more gadgets and functions than it should technically fit and at a much lower price.
    Surely the CPU performance is lacking, but that NVMe slot and eMMC slot make up for the Raspberry Pi's lacking storage capability.
    You have convinced me on this one. I'm going to get myself a few Orange Pi 3B boards to play around with.
    Exciting little devices for sure.

    • @kwacker45
      @kwacker45 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agree given the cost of pi now

    • @Drak976
      @Drak976 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Username-qx9gk Prices aren't going back down for a long time. $10 only ever got you a pi 0 w with 1 core that was barely functional. Mine used to make this annoying snapping sound through the audio it was always garbage. For a similar pi board right now you'd pay $100 instead of $55.

    • @impuls60
      @impuls60 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Drak976 Id rather buy an Intel N100 instead then.

    • @blender_wiki
      @blender_wiki 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂 CPU power ???
      You need to make a fluid simulation??😂😂😂🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Username-qx9gk You can get a zero 2, that has the power of a Pi 3 for $15.

  • @PS_Tube
    @PS_Tube 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Greetings Chris B. RPi competitive boards that boast significant features while still at neighbouring prices is a pleasant change.
    And thank you for including more and more such devices in review vids.
    Love to see what's in the kitty for next week.

  • @stephensu4371
    @stephensu4371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    hi Chris, i recently found the orange pi 5 and 5B not bad at software, but it still be very good for the rk3588s using on it, the major different between the normal RK3588 and the RK3588S is RK3588 is with pci-e 3.0, but the RK3588S doesn’t having one and rk3588s (17*17mm) is much more compact then rk3588 (34*34 i remember), so in my opinion is if you wish to having an arm board with powerful extension, go to rk3588, if you wish to have more portable go for the rk3588s, i will run my server and development tool on my orange pi 5B.
    and also the orange pi team pushing out the new board call Orange pi zero 2W with the allwinner h618 with up to 4GB ram, and it has wifi, i pre order one for myself

  • @avejst
    @avejst 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video as always
    Thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us 🙂

  • @BharatMohanty
    @BharatMohanty 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Greetings sir .....nice to see Mr scissors....orange pi is really doing some crazy stuff. I guess within 6 month they released 3 sbc... latest is orange pi zero w with pi zero form factor.

    • @StepDub
      @StepDub 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Disappointed not to see Stanley the Knife making an appearance, but maybe next time.

  • @benlynch7249
    @benlynch7249 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'll bet Mr Scissors slept well that night!

  • @gavinskurrie
    @gavinskurrie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    YAAAAAAAAS! MR SCISSORS!

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Chris for this video, mine Orange Pi 3B is due on Monday,so Serendipity has happened again, :)
    Have a nice week.

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There seem to be so many people in these comments who have either just received an Orange Pi 3B, or are about to do so! :)

  • @chainreaction8977
    @chainreaction8977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Always bringing the cutting edge fire content. o7

  • @Antti_Nannimus
    @Antti_Nannimus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Explaining Computers, also known at my house as: SBC Central Station!
    Thank you once again, again.

  • @John.0z
    @John.0z 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That has a *lot* of very desirable features; strange that it's Debian performance is a bit low.
    I think they missed the opportunity to use an orange-coloured board. 🤔🤣
    It is good to see those larger RAM options. The better WiFi antenna would also help.

  • @joeg3950
    @joeg3950 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, this informs my decision of SBC development that may work for me in the future. Cheers!

  • @robrockman
    @robrockman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always watch this guys videos on 1.5x speed, just so he talks at a normal rate :) No seriously....thanks for your vids theyre very informative and great content. Just that small constructive criticism :)

  • @MultiGood2
    @MultiGood2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks video. Good to have more small computers these days.

  • @MicrobyteAlan
    @MicrobyteAlan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So many SBCs, so little time. Very informative and well presented, thanks.

  • @horusfalcon
    @horusfalcon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you again, sir, for an understandable and honest presentation of this boards strengths and weaknesses.

  • @petersmith5199
    @petersmith5199 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chris. 90% of your videos go over my head, maybe old age is against me! But I wanted to say how much I love your content in every way. Could it be I'm green with envy that you understand what I would love to understand! Please please keep up the good work, some of the content will sure to sink in eventually!

  • @mikefinn2101
    @mikefinn2101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video of the Orange Pi, glad to see your demonstration saved me some $ I was planning to purchase one, but I will still stay with Raspberry PI-400 I currently use.
    Love single board computers with Linux. Thanks for a great adventure watching your exciting channel. Always a great pleasure to watch Peter. Thanks Mike

  • @judsonleach5248
    @judsonleach5248 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “ mr. scissors is having a field day!” (Hahaha!)
    I’ll bet “Stanley the knife” is getting jealous, Sir! :-)

  • @SirTodd
    @SirTodd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That RK3566 chip is incredibly powerful. I love it

  • @lesliedeana5142
    @lesliedeana5142 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm here, Professor!

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Greetings Leslie! I'm glad you are in attendance. :)

  • @erlinglorentsen4262
    @erlinglorentsen4262 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Apart from "larger number - more power" ARM core notation totally eludes me.
    Perhaps an "Explaining ARM core notation" is too small a subject?

  • @sid_gm1949
    @sid_gm1949 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And here we meet again for some pi
    On another Sunday.
    Greetings !

  • @ianhollis51
    @ianhollis51 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Chris. I thought I’d let you know on this video that I splashed out on an Orange Pi 3B 8GB with 256 EMMC flash storage. If all goes well this will turn my Pi-Top [3] laptop into a very useful (perhaps fully functional) regular laptop with 13” screen and WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. This will save me many, many mor dollars by not having to buy a new laptop. And, I’ll get more familiar with Linux and open source software into the bargain. Just the ticket for a retired brain. 😁

  • @wktodd
    @wktodd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Any information on that interesting unpopulated ADC port ?

  • @laskaofalaska
    @laskaofalaska 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Notification gang. Orange Pi is really tempting right now. Especially when Raspberry is heavily overpriced here

  • @PatrickConstant
    @PatrickConstant 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    regards to Mr. Scissors. he must be very tired, two interventions in the same video, it was exhausting 😅.

  • @perrymcclusky4695
    @perrymcclusky4695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely it is a well equipped board. Amazing one can get so much tech into an affordable SBC. Looking forward to your next video!

  • @leskaighin8903
    @leskaighin8903 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for another great review. Great connectivity, let down by software. Disappointing about the dropped frames.

  • @pinrod1
    @pinrod1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im so excited for Mr. Scissors ✂️ so many things to cut! 😂

  • @shivanSpS
    @shivanSpS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Chris, i just wanted to mention, i just got my Orange PI Zero 2W, Zero 3 and Orange PI 3B, and to enable the gpu on all of them it seems to be the same, on the official Debian image run "sudo orangepi-config", then on system->hardware enable the gpu item and reboot, after that the Mali shows up in glxinfo.

  • @Quemedices684
    @Quemedices684 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    M.2 it’s essential for any serious application, more than any cpu speed increase. But should be well built, remaining under the sbc

  • @bobwong8268
    @bobwong8268 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Raise the Sword of Honour in due respect to Chris
    👍👍👍👍👍Thanks for continously creating Great videos!
    Hmmm... performance of the orangePi is a little disapointing though, hopefully it's but a s/w issue that they can fix in an update.
    Cheers, for Good Health, Pal 🍷🍾🍷🍾🍷🍾

  • @srtcsb
    @srtcsb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really hoping the next new RPi board has some (or maybe even one?) of these extra storage options. Thanks for another great video. 👍

  • @declanmcardle
    @declanmcardle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think I see Stanley the Knife walking down to the Job Center...

  • @MohamedMostafa-yo6gz
    @MohamedMostafa-yo6gz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many many sbc witthout good software support

  • @tubegor
    @tubegor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hello Chris, again very nice Sunday with growing family of the ARM SBC. Hopefully software problems will be improved in the future. I am skeptical SoC without a metal cover will cause tremendous temperature problems. It is disappointing that M.2 module is only 30% faster than, RPI 4 with USB 3-SATA adapter. In addition, is the M.2 module bootable?🤔It is gratifying, the great performance of Mr. Scissors was recognized.

  • @drallersouldust3054
    @drallersouldust3054 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    it's already out but right now we don't have it in our own online market but I know it will sell pretty good like most of their device

  • @loginregional
    @loginregional 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm convinced. I'll be ordering my Raspberry Pi 400 tonight

  • @superangrybrit
    @superangrybrit 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am just glad they included 40 pins GPIO again. RPi HaT compatibility is important. 😉😉

  • @markusklingsiek2366
    @markusklingsiek2366 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just another excellent review (with quite the unsatisfying result though), and extra points for bringing Mr Scissors to the party. I certainly love your style which keeps me coming back for years now.
    May I ask, do you plan to review the Orange Pi Mini 3 as well? And probably, as we are on it, the Beagle Play?

  • @ShadowzGSD
    @ShadowzGSD 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    landed on this again, did not even realise what the time was.

  • @seguramlk
    @seguramlk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible SBC Connectivity wise. Go Linux Go Go 🐧

  • @AMDRADEONRUBY
    @AMDRADEONRUBY 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh nice a low cost orange pi theses machines wont stop to impress me crazy how much we can do in 2023

  • @umitkabuli7717
    @umitkabuli7717 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello from Turkey. I always watch your youtube channel

  • @Mohadi23
    @Mohadi23 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video, and for the android installer you just make " Selected=2 " in the language option in the config file so that the app language will be in English.

  • @rigorobles3991
    @rigorobles3991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video Chris, as always

  • @yagoa
    @yagoa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video !
    Imo the most important spec is OOE and the number and size of buffers, hence apple silicon sweeping the floor with everything else

  • @boboften9952
    @boboften9952 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Chris
    Excellent information

  • @Psychx_
    @Psychx_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These in-order A53 and A55 cores are great for hosting a NAS, print server, homecloud, small website, for home automation and gathering surveillance camera data. For interactive tasks, as in having a display and HID connected to the SBC, I wouldn't recommend them though. They're very slow.

  • @essetee
    @essetee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    On Aliexpress I bought a motherboard with xeon 2667-v4 cpu + 32 GB ddr4 ram @ 32000 for 110 euro. With proxmox on it I don't need any sbc anymore. I just use my pi-zero2-W to run pi-hole.

  • @kwacker45
    @kwacker45 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyable and informative definitely one sbc I will consider

  • @fallingwater
    @fallingwater 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    11:32 that lag is hurting my soul. I think I'll wait for the new RK3588 devices to hit sub-100 prices...

  • @Drak976
    @Drak976 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for showing all of these. I originally used to get so excited at the idea of SBC before I ended up thinking they were just scam vaporware. It's nice to see some companies step up and make actual boards instead of just selling coffee cups and pretty chargers and other extraneous crapola.

    • @treelineresearch3387
      @treelineresearch3387 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've been buying ARM SBCs for 10+ years and the ONLY one I've ever had a problem getting is the Raspberry Pi. Everything else you just order one when you want one.

  • @trevorford8332
    @trevorford8332 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was just thinking with all the SBC you got, you could create a cluster with them, would great as a small project. Or have you resold them. 😊

  • @johncundiff7075
    @johncundiff7075 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing this with the world! Nice job!

  • @TheZimberto
    @TheZimberto 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Mr Scissors

  • @rs.matr1x
    @rs.matr1x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The built in EDP is intriguing. I can also imagine building a FPGA hat with something like a tang NANO 20K, using the orange pi as the host and passing through controller data and configuration data or flashing the ROM core, using the IO pins, and then displaying the FPGA framebuffer through the EDP and HDMI ports. plugging in an EDP screen directly would make for some interesting options, assuming theres enough IO to handle it all. Could build a tabletop arcade machine with a small LCD screen, or throw a retina screen into an old macintosh classic case and just emulate the mac on the OrangePi..

  • @richsadowsky8580
    @richsadowsky8580 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought one with 8GB and 3A power supply from Amazon here in the US for about $55. I have not had a chance to play with it or order any additional storage options. For my intended (test) use case I am less concerned about video playback as I intend to use it as an edge node. It's my first Orange Pi product.

  • @bullygram
    @bullygram 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Orange pi is a cost effective but the down side is it requires a bit of heavy lifting. And raspberry pi is much more user friendly and a strong community support!

  • @estusflask982
    @estusflask982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Orange Pi 5 Plus has dual 2.5Gb ethernet, and PCI-E 3.0 x4 NVME for 2,000MB/s storage. Makes for a great little NAS.

  • @JazzTechie
    @JazzTechie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I told myself I wouldn’t buy one, but I did anyways, and It arrived a couple of weeks ago. I need to order more M2 standoffs and nuts for these SBCs where orange forgets to include nvme spacers. I actually have some wurth SMT spacers that can go there, but haven’t gotten around to purchasing hot air/flux/paste.

  • @judsonleach5248
    @judsonleach5248 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey Buddy! - It's Sunday Morning! - Let's go learn something from "The Smartest Man In England?!! 🙂 (You make Sundays ROCK, Sir!) - Cheers! - Judson & Buddy !!!

  • @briianhebert
    @briianhebert 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for the video! It seems to me that the Raspberry Pi alternatives are getting better and better.

  • @donaldduck5731
    @donaldduck5731 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm saving all my money for the PI-5 now.

  • @HenryCavillage
    @HenryCavillage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good Morning my friend....

  • @francis400
    @francis400 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can't you organize a round of applause for Mr. Scissors? One of technologies unsung heroes

  • @crom29a
    @crom29a 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really enjoyed the video. Thank You.

  • @rorytruman
    @rorytruman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Chris, have a look at the config file of the android flash tool. You should be able to change language to english. I did this with the opi5b and it worked fine

    • @rorytruman
      @rorytruman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Config.ini, change the selected language option

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the info

  • @dang48
    @dang48 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always, great video. Very informative. Thank you.

  • @peejae082004
    @peejae082004 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish Orange Pi releases a low cost RK3588 notebook.

  • @sbc_tinkerer
    @sbc_tinkerer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Blessed Sunday greetings all!
    Looking forward to your take, Chris, on the Orange Pi 3B. I have had mine for a few days and was curious to see how you have made out and what you did to get it going.
    I have so far tried Debian Bookworm with XFCE and Ubunutu Jammy with XFCE, both on SanDisk Extreme micro sd cards, and they are usable if a tiny bit sluggish on a 1080P monitor. They are both quite unusable on 4K displays though. Extremely sluggish with screen tearing. Not a great experience.
    I did give a cursory look at OrangePi OS and found it to be considerably superior to both Debian and Ubuntu especially on 4K displays. TH-cam playback via a browser was still iffy but I did not get a chance to try a 1080P monitor for OrangePi OS just yet.
    I also would like to see if you fitted an M.2 drive and how that worked out for you.
    Now to watch the video!

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Greetings! As you will see, I did get an M.2 drive working.

    • @sbc_tinkerer
      @sbc_tinkerer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ExplainingComputers Now having watched the video I see that your experience was pretty nuch exactly the same as mine. I did really like the Orange Pi OS with its snappy responsiveness. I never judge SBCs by YT video playback as that was never the purpose of these lower cost devices and I will stand by that statement for all eternity. Still, this board provides good bang for the buck and can be recommended.

    • @ExplainingComputers
      @ExplainingComputers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I still run the TH-cam test because many manufacturers -- including Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi -- do market their boards as potential low cost desktop PCs. And today it is reasonable to expect a desktop PC to be able to stream video -- both to watch online video, and for video conferencing. So given that other basic desktop PC stuff (e-mail, browsing, word processing and local media playback) always work, I like to do the streaming media test. :)

    • @sbc_tinkerer
      @sbc_tinkerer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ExplainingComputers Yeah, most reviewers do. I feel the manufacturers are all pushing their luck with video streaming. I would rather keep using equipment that can truly handle it. Less frustrating that way. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks as the saying goes. :p

  • @prozacgodretro
    @prozacgodretro 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The EDP port is kinda exciting, I have some old laptops that won't boot for various reasons - I think a couple may use EDP displays ... I smell a cool project in my future!

  • @ffieditor
    @ffieditor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    what a bummer. they need to get the act together. other wise is a nice board!

  • @Colin_Ames
    @Colin_Ames 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, as always.

  • @maketheup7659
    @maketheup7659 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yep, I also tried to use Chromium on Orange Pi 3, and on Orange Pi Zero, and on Orange Pi One. Looks like it is a problem with drivers. I hope they will fix it soon, the HW acceleration is disabled.
    However, it works well as a server, I like this platform.
    It is strange that you got 10 seconds in your tests, I guess it is throttling. All my Oranges 3 are pretty hot.

  • @r0galik
    @r0galik 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It might be worth retesting the Opi3b as a desktop now because Joshua Riek's Ubuntu 24.04 was released for it (with hardware video acceleration).

  • @francis400
    @francis400 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm don't hear very much about SBC's out here may be we are a bit behind in Australia.