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A community for the discussion of all single board computers. Raspberry Pi is ok, but there are so many other boards now that get looked over that deserve attention.

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Boardcon Compact3588S SBC - A Raspberry Pi 5 alternative based on Rockchip RK3588S AI SoC with M.2 socket for SSD or 4G LTE module - CNX Software (www.cnx-software.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd love a cheap like Raspberry 3B clone.

Not a wannabe full fledged PC.

I have already tried Orange PI and it works, but when you want to do something there is mo community in comparison and there were just lots of problems. I did simple python IO stuff and I had to fix a C library to make it work 😕

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

As strange as it sounds, network effects and popularity are massive factors in the SBC scene. If you have a semi-recent RaspberryPi, chances are any SBC-adjacent project will have 1st class support for your board.

This is what stops me from trying other SBCs. I did try the original ASUS Tinker Board, which seemed to be a nice upgrade relative to the then current RaspberryPi 3B which had awful Ethernet speeds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yes, I learned that the hard way 😁

A shame the raspberries are either super tiny (and thus lacking, mostly ports) or trying to be bigger faster moar-all style. I get there is a market for 8GB RAM PIs but I just miss the "lots of ports" & enough RAM to run a desktop ones I guess.