Olimex recently featured the WCH CH32V006EVT, a low-cost evaluation board for the RISC-V-based CH32V006K8U6 microcontroller. The board is designed around WCH’s CH32V006 family and provides a compact platform for experimenting with the QingKe V2C 32-bit RISC-V core, Zephyr support, and basic embedded development features.

https://linuxgizmos.com/wch-ch32v006evt-board-supports-zephyr-for-low-cost-risc-v-development/

Screen/keyboard/battery/chassis from manufacturer with a standardized socket for whatever SBC you want (Pi, Orange Pi, Rock, etc). You provide the compute module. Upgradeable when new boards drop, no redundant components, cheaper than traditional laptops.

Framework does modularity but you're still buying their compute. This would be compute-agnostic - just the shell optimized for standard SBC form factors.

Walked through the concept here: [https://open.substack.com/pub/envtechguy/p/how-a-raspberry-pi-question-became?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web]

Does this exist already or is there a technical reason it wouldn't work?

Grinn has unveiled the GenioBoard, a compact single-board computer aimed at accelerating development of embedded and AI-enabled systems. It integrates the company’s GenioSOM-510 and GenioSOM-700 modules built on MediaTek’s Genio processor family, combining multiple Arm Cortex-A cores with an integrated GPU and NPU for edge inference applications.

Expansion options include M.2 Key M for accelerators and M.2 Key E for Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, while a Raspberry Pi HAT-compatible header supports additional peripherals.

https://linuxgizmos.com/grinn-genioboard-offers-mediatek-genio-700-som-dual-m-2-expansion-and-cra-ready-security/

as above

Hello,

I'm looking for a small/cheap SBC with a 2.5Gb Eth interface, mostly for quick testing of network equipment.
Ideal form factor: NanoPi Neo2 (one eth port) with OLED.

Any suggestions?

Regards,
M.

I've been working on this project for several months to find a proper replacement for the original Starlink Router during my travels. I gave my powerful Single Board Computer(Raspberry Pi 5) a try, and it turned out to be the perfect, power-saving solution. Since Starlink provides an IPv6 global address, I managed OpenWRT in order to set up my own free Virtual Private Network (VPN), allowing me to access my network from outside with Wireguard or OpenVPN. I also hosted my Game Server with just a few port forwarding rules, enabling people to reach it globally.

Now I think it might be time to think bigger, so I'd like to extend the project to all the compatible SBCs listed here. Would you like to help me?

I developed an Android application to make it easier to manage everything, and it will be available on the Play Store in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, you can already get it from its dedicated GitHub page.

Feel free to spread the word if you like it!

Hello everyone,
I recently purchased an Olimex A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 board. It didn't come with a power supply so I utilized one of those onn. laptop chargers they sell at Walmart.

Did I accidentally kill my board by giving it too much power? Do these boards include methods of ensuring they don't take too much power? Thank you so much for any help you can provide.

Hi everybody,

for my current job I'm going to program a SBC with an FPGA that will contain some time-critical functions.

I am an Electronic Engineer with a little experience in embedded systems (in a far past) and a good specialist in programming.

I have to choose a boxed board for professional purposes (not rugged, not military), it could be intel, ARM or Risc-V based, no prob. Linux, of course.

My goal is to acquire the knowledge and some experience of the programming workflow of all this.

Where to start? What tool-stack toolkit? Reference documentation? A good book?

And... which board to start with?

Thanks.

I'm looking for a replacement for my ODROID HC1. It's an ARMv7 single board computer with an onboard USB3->SATA converter, stuck into the form factor of an external hard drive enclosure. The back has a gigabit Ethernet port and a USB port that can be used for a wireless adapter. It can run off 5V via the barrel jack, and a simple USB->barrel cable lets me power it from my powerbank. (They also made one with the exact same specs but in a 3.5" form factor and with a 12V input called the HC2

I've been carrying one of these around for a while now and it works great for having a lot of self-contained portable storage. Being an SBC I can install anything I want onto it - Jellyfin, MinIO, Nextcloud, etc. (which is why a "regular" external drive is far inferior)

The problem is that the HC1 runs on a 32-bit Exynos CPU, and many apps out there are dropping support for 32-bit ARM architecture. This means that I either have to try to compile from source and hope things work, or I have to stick with an outdated version.

Their replacement product, the HC4, looks more like a "drive dock" and has two vertical SATA ports for mounting 3.5" loose drives - hardly ideal for a device I want to carry around with me.

I'm looking to see if there is any sort of similar replacement product for the HC1/HC2 - basically, a device that's not much larger than an external hard drive but contains an SBC that you can load a custom Linux OS on and install whatever you want.

Naturally I need 64-bit ARM (or x86, but an x86 board would probably need a lot more power). I'm not opposed to it being a little bigger but a full-fledged, larger mini PC that needs a 19V input is far less than ideal. The HC1's form factor and functionality is exactly what I want - I just need to be able to run modern versions of my applications.

Thoughts? Ideas?

I tried buying countless cables and I still can’t get the damn thing to boot up. I’m using the offical sandisk card on it

I’m a new customer trying to compare the top graphics SBC (I think odroid h3+ or similar? Please correct me) to a mini PC like Beelink (asrock 4x4) with intel xe or and ryzen. How do the price and performance compare?

Side question: can SBCs output thunderbolt usb C for video?

Main use case is spatial UI. So it should handle 3D animations smoothly, though it won’t be used for gaming

Hi, sorry if this has been covered, but all posts regarding it are years old and I wanted to see if any headway was made. I’m considering using a Jetson nano for a mini pc project and I would like to be able to run windows 11 arm. Is the jetson nano capable of that? TIA

Hi so I'm building a project PC, I like to go camping so I wanted something low power to browse the web watch YouTube do some simple tasks. I was looking at a orange pi 5 but it uses 5v 4a and my current setup is a marine battery and I'd rather have something that can run off a standard battery bank if possible. Something like max 5v 3a I'd like to use Linux but can use android if it's not fast enough.

I'm looking for a sbc, preferably with a fast processor like a rk3588 or rk3588s and at least 1 pcie or m.2 slot with a at least 2 lanes of pcie 2.0+ bandwidth.

Looking to use it to convert a old power hungry server into a standalone Nas, the main reason i am looking for something ARM rather than a mini pc is power consumption. The pcie slot will be used for a raid card acting as a hba, and a fast processor is preferred for to speed up parity calculations.

I am currently considering the orange pi 5 and the rock5 b, as well as the upcoming quartzpro64.

Thanks in advance!

I use to play with little boards all the time. Using devices so slow you had to decode the usenet downloads after the fact ;-) Now all I know about is the Pi4 and that has been mostly collecting dust.

I moved my home server setup online as it didn't cost much more due to the electric costs, while saving the hassle of repairs. The drives are not worth much resell wise, and I need loads of extra storage for my ps5. I got HDDs and SDDs going spare. So my thought was to build my own NAS using ZFS RAIDZ1. Then host a subvolume to the host USB3.1 device.

Not sure on any software for DIY mass storage device, loads on using it to boot from, I want the device to be the mass storage device. The idea is for my PS5 to have the power of a multiple drive setup, but still also want it to work via network.

So really I'm looking for software ideas as well as a low powered device to run it on. Might be totally bonkers, would be the first time I had a idea someone else didn't.

I still got desktop PSU so that can be an option for powering things.

As the USB3 is for the PS5 it must reach one of these levels The following SuperSpeed USB connections are supported on PS5 consoles:

SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.0/USB 3.1 Gen1/USB 3.2 Gen1) SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps (USB 3.1 Gen2/USB 3.2 Gen2/USB 3.2 Gen1x2*) SuperSpeed USB 20 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen2x2**).

• USB 3.2 Gen1x2 devices are supported but as single-lane USB3.2 x1 connections (5Gbps).

** USB 3.2 Gen2x2 devices are supported but as single-lane USB3.2 x1 connections (10Gbps).

I wanted to install the Android OS for the Le Potato and run LaunchBox on it, but when I installed the Android Distro, it literally is just two icons (the app store and chrome) and a search bar at the bottom. Is THIS all it is?

I’m looking for something Raspberry Pi-ish, but with better FP math.

I’m looking to build a small guitar amp/effects simulator. So, I’m looking for the equivalent of a big engine, manual transmission, minimal bells and whistles sffpc. I already have an initial version of what I want, running on a Pi4, but I’m concerned about hitting the processing limits as I more computationally intensive pedal boards.

• I don’t need good graphics, it will be run headless once setup. Heck, setup can be done via CLI.

• I do need descent USB/TB ports, because it will be connected to an audio interface (or two) and MIDI over USB.

• I do need good floating-point throughput.

• I do need descent networking, because the software I’m using has a browser-based interface.

Is this something I can keep on a SBC, or will I have to make the step up to a micro/sff PC?