Hey all, I’m looking to build a couple dashboards out around my house. I’ve done this before with rokchip boards and they are… fine, but not great. Is rpi the best option right now? Are there alternatives you really like? I’d like to keep it a single board to easily mount behind things where it doesn’t take up a lot of space, and I won’t lie I like the DIY feeling of it over something like a thin client.
I prefer Orange Pi over Raspberry Pi
Slightly less good (software wise) but so much worth the money IMO. I’d avoid like the i96(IIRC. If no video output well I couldn’t setup ssh etc. That was some time ago so take the information with a grain of salt).
It’s a little more difficult space to navigate but worth it if you know why you want one for sure.
OPi definetly worth the money, and you can always use Armbian and software problem solved.
Do you know if it works well with GPIO from python? IIRC I had to use a OPi image and then fix and compile some low level lib.
I don’t mate, you will have to test it by yourself or maybe the “AI” knows…
I’ve never even heard of Orange Pi, thanks for the heads up to them!
If you’re looking for a quick way to see its potential try using one of these images.
https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip
I use this to run 4k video, you would be surprised with how many things just work on here.
Also I slapped a 1tb M.2 SSD on there and flashed the OS there so it is very fast and has the potential to be used as a full desktop
OPI is a great SBC! 👍
Yeah I’m using right now like 6 of these and they are working like a charm 👍👍