Orange Pi PC

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Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Fri May 20, 2016 12:23 pm

Got my Orange Pi PC (16.50$) today and it is pretty hot.

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I even got a RetroPie Image that works with it, which was released a few days ago.


Here are the specs:

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H3 Quad-core Cortex-A7 H.265/HEVC 4K 1,6 ghz
Mali400MP2 GPU @600MHz
1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
10/100M Ethernet RJ45
Micro SD Slot
CSI input connector
3,5mm Audio Jack
3x USB 2.0 HOST USB A, 1x USB 2.0 OTG USB Micro
External Power Button, IR input
40 Pins Header,compatible with Raspberry Pi B+
Power led & Status led
85 mm × 55mm, 38g
As soon as i got my hands on a HDMI Adapter (I only have Mini HDMI or DVI),
i will give it a try and tell you if the Orange Pi family finally became a viable alternative to the Raspberries.
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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by wermy » Fri May 20, 2016 12:43 pm

Nice! I've been curious about those. Specifically: how it runs emulators in comparison to, say, a Pi 2, and how power consumption compares.
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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Fri May 20, 2016 1:32 pm

wermy wrote:Nice! I've been curious about those. Specifically: how it runs emulators in comparison to, say, a Pi 2, and how power consumption compares.
I can't figure out the power consumption yet, as i have no way of measuring it, but I will cover everything I can.
This could be interesting since there are new smaller Orange Pis out there.
For instance, the Orange Pi Lite for 12$ with only 69mm × 48mm.

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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Fri May 20, 2016 3:23 pm

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It's definitely not plug in and go, but with some help from a facebook group, I was able to boot it up.
Update: Not anymore. For RetrOrangePi Versions 2.5.x and above, it is as simple as burning the image and turning the OPi on.

As it finally booted, it started into Emulation Station automatically, as we know it from the standard RetroPie Image.
Really nice! I have to test the emulators tomorrow and will get back to you all.
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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Sat May 21, 2016 5:26 am

Today I tested the Orange Pi PC with different Emulators and it worked without any problems.

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If there are any other functions you would like me to test, feel free to post.
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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Kilren » Sat May 21, 2016 5:43 am

How did it do running the psx?

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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Sat May 21, 2016 5:46 am

Kilren wrote:How did it do running the psx?
I only tried Die Hard a short time, but I could play it smoothly as if i had played it on my PSX here.

I would love to try more, but I can't seem to get my WIFI Stick to work with it and the USB Sticks I have are not working either,
so I have to mount the SD Card with Paragon ExtFS and copy them onto it on windows, which is kind of slow, as you can imagine.

I have to try more USB Sticks to see if they are defective or if it is the OPi PC Image that has problems with USB Hardware.
But the Keyboard worked without any hassle, so far.

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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Robvp » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:03 am

Fleder wrote:
Kilren wrote:How did it do running the psx?
I only tried Die Hard a short time, but I could play it smoothly as if i had played it on my PSX here.

I would love to try more, but I can't seem to get my WIFI Stick to work with it and the USB Sticks I have are not working either,
so I have to mount the SD Card with Paragon ExtFS and copy them onto it on windows, which is kind of slow, as you can imagine.

I have to try more USB Sticks to see if they are defective or if it is the OPi PC Image that has problems with USB Hardware.
But the Keyboard worked without any hassle, so far.
Have you tried installing Linux on a spare pc? I dusted off an old laptop I had in storage and put Ubuntu on it so I could read and write files onto my raspberry pi SD cards, it saves a lot of time

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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by Fleder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:15 am

Robvp wrote:
Fleder wrote:Have you tried installing Linux on a spare pc? I dusted off an old laptop I had in storage and put Ubuntu on it so I could read and write files onto my raspberry pi SD cards, it saves a lot of time
Thanks, but i do not have a spare one around and i won't change the sd card that often once i set up everything, so it is not that bad, i guess.

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Re: Orange Pi PC

Post by MauroS » Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:59 pm

Why not try to create a Gameboy with this board as alternative for the raspberry? :roll:

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