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Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by eric__cartman »

kjs3 wrote: post #36
eek2121 wrote: post #35

I 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.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step in recovery.

I don't know why, but throwing away computers has always felt wrong to me. I have this small device, built on countless years of research and development that would have been unthinkable not too long ago and it's going straight into a garbage bag. Goodbye to all those semiconductors built on extraordinarily precise manufacturing processes and full of rare earth metals I guess. Now I got a new device with more memory and computing power that'll perform just as bad in a few years for the same tasks because a lot of software sucks ass.

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by 1letterunixname »

Nice.

I have an OrangePi 5 (w/ SSD), a Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V (POE+modded case), and 6 RPi 4B (4 powered by POE+ booting from SSDs on powered USB hubs).

AmateurTip: Don't get a ROCKPro64 because they're paperweights due to a dead fork of Linux. ]:

And assorted non-Linux MCUs: ESP8266/32/32+LoRa, Arduino UNO/Mini/Nanos, MSP430, STM32, BASIC Stamp, and various PICs.

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by ThatPlayer »

greggsy wrote: post #10
saidinesh5 wrote: post #8

As 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...

Datasheet the for RK3588 used says H265 will do 8k@60fps. I assume lower than 8K resolution will be able to do 120fps, but don't know how that translates.

https://www.cnx-software.com/pdf/Rockchip%C2%A0RK3588%C2%A0D... Page 7

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by saidinesh5 »

greggsy wrote: post #10
saidinesh5 wrote: post #8

As 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...

Thank you for pointing me in this direction. the RK3588 seems to have what i need, now i just have to find it in a smaller form factor/just remove the ethernet port and other large connectors from it i guess.

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by kjs3 »

eric__cartman wrote: post #41
kjs3 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step in recovery.

I don't know why, but throwing away computers has always felt wrong to me. I have this small device, built on countless years of research and development that would have been unthinkable not too long ago and it's going straight into a garbage bag. Goodbye to all those semiconductors built on extraordinarily precise manufacturing processes and full of rare earth metals I guess. Now I got a new device with more memory…

I get that, but sitting in a drawer unused until you die is only a little different than land-filling it. Find a local makerspace, electronic enthusiast mailing list or other place interested people might hang out and offer it to someone who might be able to put it to work, esp someone who might not be able to afford the toy otherwise.

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by BizarroLand »

nurettin wrote: post #31

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.

Why did you have devices in 16 different homes scraping web data?

That reads creepy but I'm sure there must have been a good reason

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by BizarroLand »

someplaceguy wrote: post #19

Can anyone recommend an SBC with >=16 GB of RAM that has been confirmed to run stably with the mainline kernel? Edit: to be clear, I specifically need ARM CPUs. Headless is OK (although a basic console over HDMI would be nice). To answer myself, an Orange Pi 5 might fit the bill but I'm not sure how stable it runs at 100% continuous load (on a mainline kernel).

https://ameridroid.com/collections/single-board-computer/ram... is a start

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by greggsy »

Rediscover wrote: post #32
greggsy wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I mean 120fps on an SBC

Re: My SBC Collection

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Post by nurettin »

BizarroLand wrote: post #46
nurettin wrote: post #31

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.

Why did you have devices in 16 different homes scraping web data? That reads creepy but I'm sure there must have been a good reason

It evolved from using an expensive proxy to using genuine home ips (friends and family). Nowadays it is completely different.
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