Orangepi, rockchip, Arduino.
There’s nothing novice about wanting to learn.
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DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I always open these threads to find out from the experts what they recommend to replace RPi as established, novice-level mini computers, but sadly I don’t see any here yet
MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 10 months ago
qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I’m really liking my orange pi 5 Plus. Wasn’t able to get the 32GB version, but 16GB is realistically more than I need anyway.
Main bonus for me over RPi is the RAM and storage — SD, eMMC, and NVME. The dual NICs and extra efficiency cores are a nice perk, too.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
My top recommendation is going to be an old desktop PC. Something with an Intel processor that ends with t.
X86 just opens up so many more options over ARM.
However if you want something new, the Zima Blade seems like a good alternative at a similar price point. And even includes 2x SATA ports and a PCIe slot.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If you want to learn embedded systems, the RPi is vastly superior to an old PC because of the variety of hats and the community support around it.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 10 months ago
It’s not a perfect replacement because of increased cost, but there are plenty of sub $200 mini pc options these days. It’s all included unlike the Pi which is still going to need a case, storage, and power supply. I bought one recently that blows away the Pi5 ,and it should because it cost more.
ikidd@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Raxma, Orange, Pine, take your pick.
lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
From what I’ve gathered from various sources:
Another thing to check would be Armbian’s site - if something is supported by that distro, it might be worth taking a closer look at
A lot of the companies producing these “Pi killers” made them to survive the shortage, because their Pi accessories weren’t selling. This means that generally they’ll work great with the accessory, but support may be hit or miss outside of that.
I would lean towards Orange Pi personally, mainly due to cost and how long they’ve been around. Avoid the very early models as there were some overheating issues on a minority of the Allwinner chips - iirc their recent boards are using Rockchip instead.