Odroids were amazing. At some point I had 16 of them spread out in various homes plugged behind routers scraping Amazon. They all reverse tunnelled their ssh ports to a public beacon for access. This went on for years until I didn't need them anymore. I still remember zeroing the sd card of odroid14 remotely because the owner had to move out and forgot about it. Sad times.
My SBC Collection
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#32As a slight tangent, does anyone know any tiny soc modules with USB C display out, and can decode h264/h265 video at 120fps?
Orang Pi Plus supports DP Alt Mode [1]. You’d have to read through the spec sheet to confirm fps performance. Seems like a niche feature tbh. [1] https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/10/orange-pi-5-plus-sbc...
That seems not a niche feature from my view...
Maybe it's a feature that isn't often advertised (amd64 machines excepted). I find it frequently in the datasheets (and then verifying with schematics and testing).
Another non-advertised thing is "real" LVDS on the same physical pins as MIPI-DSI. Again, datasheets+schematics.
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#33No nvidia jetson (nano Xavier etc.)! Add it to your bucket list.
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#34My favourite will always be the C.H.I.P. by Next Thing Co[1]. I still have one. They were priced towards 9 dollars, had on-board bluetooth and wifi when the Pi didn't and was significantly smaller. Sadly the company couldn't make it work. They also had a "Pocket C.H.I.P." which was a small display and keyboard you could plug your C.H.I.P. in. Some company did buy their work and is planning to sell the boards and some…
Those were great. I turned one of mine into a 4G enabled garage opener some years ago, battery backup and everything. Was a real pain to find an archive of the flashing utility and images.
There's a discord[1] where people can point you to the old flashing utilities and images. Some of the old members of NTC are around as well.
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#35I too am an SBC hoarder. It has gotten bad. :D
I bought the original Raspberry Pi 2b as part of a homebrew NAS. Later I bought the Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi Compute 4 + board, Pi 5, 2 RISC-V boards, and a bunch of other boards. I don't have a need for them, I just enjoy collecting them.
Currently the only one I'm using is a Pi 5.
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#36I too am an SBC hoarder. It has gotten bad. :D I bought the original Raspberry Pi 2b as part of a homebrew NAS. Later I bought the Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi Compute 4 + board, Pi 5, 2 RISC-V boards, and a bunch of other boards. I don't have a need for them, I just enjoy collecting them. Currently the only one I'm using is a Pi 5.
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#37I too am an SBC hoarder. It has gotten bad. :D I bought the original Raspberry Pi 2b as part of a homebrew NAS. Later I bought the Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi Compute 4 + board, Pi 5, 2 RISC-V boards, and a bunch of other boards. I don't have a need for them, I just enjoy collecting them. Currently the only one I'm using is a Pi 5.
Where did you find the Pi5 for purchase? I can't find one of these in the USA for purchase anywhere.
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#38A bit off topic, but I have recently acquired a PCB which uses a Conexant CX92755. It is kind of supported by the Linux kernel, but I am completely unable to find a user manual / proper datasheet for this chip. If someone happens to have it stashed somewhere, I'd be super grateful as it would give me a few week ends of hacking with the board.
its a big fat arm cortex a8, i would say good luck on an english one if you hadnt looked already. at least are devicetree overlays and patches out there :/
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#39Wow, almost all of my SBCs are 8-bitters. uKenbak, Digirule 2U, PAL-1, 6502 Membership Card, dozens of ATMega boards. Plus the VIP2K, Altaid 8800, and 1802 Membership Card are all technically 2-board computers, but that’s only so they can fit in an Altoids tin.
EDIT: Timex-Sinclair TS1000, Commodore 64, VIC 20, Apple IIc, Apple IIgs, Macintosh SE, Macintosh LC II… do these count?
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#40I too am an SBC hoarder. It has gotten bad. :D I bought the original Raspberry Pi 2b as part of a homebrew NAS. Later I bought the Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi Compute 4 + board, Pi 5, 2 RISC-V boards, and a bunch of other boards. I don't have a need for them, I just enjoy collecting them. Currently the only one I'm using is a Pi 5.
Where did you find the Pi5 for purchase? I can't find one of these in the USA for purchase anywhere.