Reviews, Tutorials, Hardware hacks

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1. Tutorial Emby Server with hardware transcoding in XU4/HC1/HC2 Armbian Stretch

   By JMCC, October 12, 2018
   • 7 replies
   • 15.4k views
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   • JMCC
   • November 19, 2020

2. AdGuardHome DNS Sinkhole blocks malicious sites and ads, enhancing security and privacy with customizable DNS settings. Install AdGuardHome via armbian-config!

3. Review New Review video of the old OPi+ and OPi+2 / Allwinner H3

   By NicoD, November 13, 2020
   • 0 replies
   • 3k views
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   • NicoD
   • November 13, 2020

4. 32-core 3.3Ghz ARM Server Review

   By NicoD, November 9, 2020   

   • Review
   • 5 replies
   • 9.8k views
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   • TRS-80
   • November 12, 2020

5. Review Video : All my SBCs - Specs, why I got them, what the're good/bad for. What's the best for your goal. +30SBCs

   By NicoD, October 24, 2020
   • 14 replies
   • 5.6k views
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   • xwiggen
   • October 29, 2020

6. Tutorial Full root filesystem encryption on an Armbian/Orange Pi PC 2 system

   By MMGen, May 2, 2017
   • 14 replies
   • 21k views
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   • MMGen
   • October 18, 2020

7. Tutorial How to speedup your Orange Pi 4 / RK3399 with moving your root to USB3

   By haajee, October 11, 2020
   • 0 replies
   • 5.8k views
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   • haajee
   • October 11, 2020

8. Tutorial Orange PI PC - How to use GPIO for push buttons : Tutorial

   By Schmurtz, April 25, 2018
   • 6 replies
   • 84.4k views
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   • JRD McLAREN
   • October 1, 2020

9. Review Video : Tanix TX6 review + How to install Armbian

   By NicoD, September 30, 2020
   • 0 replies
   • 5.3k views
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   • NicoD
   • September 30, 2020

10. Tutorial User provided kernel config

    By dolphs, September 27, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 6.6k views
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    • dolphs
    • September 27, 2020

11. hardware hack ILI9488 display patch for SKU: MSP3520, MSP3521, MSP4020, MSP4021

    By yam1, April 24, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 11.2k views
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    • Coby Levy
    • September 26, 2020

12. hardware hack Is GPIO on H3 SoC really this slow?

    By turtius, November 26, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • AnonymousPi
    • September 17, 2020

13. hardware hack 64x32 LED MATRIX with Allwinner H3 / Orange PI PC

    By AnonymousPi, September 17, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 5.9k views
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    • AnonymousPi
    • September 17, 2020

14. hardware hack Comedi driver/kernel module for Armbian

    By pi967, September 11, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 4.6k views
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    • pi967
    • September 12, 2020

15. Tutorial I2S on Orange Pi H3 1 2 3

    By Da Alchemist, February 29, 2016
    • 80 replies
    • 112.5k views
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    • gounthar
    • September 10, 2020

16. hardware hack Le Potato max power draw on GPIO pins?

    By V10lator, September 8, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 4.3k views
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    • martinayotte
    • September 8, 2020

17. hardware hack Using usb otg through gpio pins on Orange Pi

    By percu, July 16, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • percu
    • July 16, 2020

18. Tutorial Enable Lima on headless devices

    By gamelaster, July 8, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • gamelaster
    • July 10, 2020

19. hardware hack OrangePi Zero, mainline kernel, SPI LCD + touchscreen

    By adrb, July 5, 2017
    • 14 replies
    • 25.7k views
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    • jonokoi
    • June 24, 2020

20. Review NanoPi M4 performance and consumption review 1 2 3

    By hjc, September 2, 2018
    • 73 replies
    • 72.6k views
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    • TCB13
    • June 13, 2020

21. hardware hack Nanopi NEO Core + SLB9670's demo board

    By SMZ2014, May 26, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • SMZ2014
    • May 26, 2020

22. Tutorial Install OpenHab on Armbian

    By Igor, January 8, 2020
    • 10 replies
    • 10.2k views
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    • Igor
    • May 14, 2020

23. hardware hack Cubietruck Allwinner A20 SPIDEV - no such device

    By fri40, May 2, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 2.8k views
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    • fri40
    • May 7, 2020

24. hardware hack RAM Upgrade - Orange Pi PC

    By SBC-Fan, May 4, 2020
    • 16 replies
    • 12k views
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    • SBC-Fan
    • May 4, 2020

25. Tutorial Build and install filebeat on arm and arm64 devices using Armbian

    By _r9, April 23, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 8.4k views
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    • _r9
    • April 23, 2020

26. hardware hack SPI NOR chips, what to buy for a ZeroPi?

    By stut, March 16, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • martinayotte
    • April 7, 2020

27. Research Some storage benchmarks on SBCs 1 2

    By tkaiser, August 30, 2016
    • 30 replies
    • 66.5k views
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    • williamv
    • March 29, 2020

28. Tutorial Enable PPS-GPIO on Rock64 with legacy kernel

    By mill1000, March 27, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • mill1000
    • March 27, 2020

29. hardware hack 5.5inch HDMI AMOLED, 1080x1920

    By Charly, September 8, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 4k views
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    • luntik2012
    • March 19, 2020

30. Review Orange Pi One Plus 1 2

    By Igor, December 26, 2017
    • 38 replies
    • 37k views
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    • Werner
    • February 16, 2020

31. hardware hack Adafruit CircuitPython

    By TonyMac32, December 5, 2018
    • 23 replies
    • 17.4k views
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    • chwe
    • January 20, 2020

32. Research Video : NanoPi M4 storage speed tests

    By NicoD, September 30, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 5.9k views
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    • mar0ni
    • January 20, 2020

33. hardware hack Need help in using 4x4 matrix Keypad on Orangepi Zero GPIO

    By blprasad, May 1, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • martinayotte
    • January 17, 2020

34. Tutorial Motioneye (OPI)

    By Keno, September 27, 2016
    • 28 replies
    • 29k views
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    • malaga
    • January 11, 2020

35. Tutorial Terminal recording on the OrangePi Zero

    By gounthar, January 8, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • gounthar
    • January 8, 2020

36. Tutorial My most useful Linux terminal commands for Ubuntu/Debian

    By NicoD, September 21, 2019
    • 16 replies
    • 33.4k views
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    • gleam
    • December 25, 2019

37. hardware hack mpcie 4g with sim

    By Technicavolous, August 16, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • Technicavolous
    • December 8, 2019

38. Tutorial Make your own Nanopi M4V2 image

    By NicoD, November 16, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 4.2k views
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    • TCB13
    • December 3, 2019

39. hardware hack Orange Pi Zero (512MB) heatsink

    By gurabli, November 8, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 5.5k views
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    • DIYprojectz
    • November 22, 2019

40. Review Review video : NanoPi M4V2

    By NicoD, November 15, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.5k views
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    • Stuart
    • November 19, 2019

41. Review Comparison : NanoPi M4 - Rock Pi 4B - Odroid N2 - Khadas VIM3

    By NicoD, October 14, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 8.2k views
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    • NicoD
    • November 15, 2019

42. Tutorial Le Potato - LibreElec & Netflix s905x, Kernel 5.1

    By Tido, June 16, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 5.9k views
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    • Tido
    • October 27, 2019

43. Research Question: ssh/vnc from rockpi 4b to iPad over usbc

    By MEMEs, October 6, 2019
    • 18 replies
    • 5.2k views
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    • Igor
    • October 10, 2019

44. Tutorial How to share your mouse and keyboard between multiple SBC's with Barrier

    By NicoD, October 1, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • NicoD
    • October 1, 2019

45. Tutorial How to use a console SIP client on your Armbian device to send text messages to a SIP client on your phone or PC.

    By schwar3kat, September 20, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 7.8k views
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    • schwar3kat
    • September 20, 2019

46. Review Review : Khadas VIM3

    By NicoD, July 11, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 12.2k views
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    • Richard.Kang
    • September 12, 2019

47. Tutorial Tinker board - DS1621 temperature sensor

    By zeekoe, September 7, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • zeekoe
    • September 7, 2019

48. Tutorial Video : How to build your own Armbian image

    By NicoD, August 23, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • NicoD
    • August 23, 2019

49. Tutorial Video : How to install Armbian on a SBC + Set up of Destkop + install on external device

    By NicoD, August 13, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 3.5k views
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    • NicoD
    • August 20, 2019

50. hardware hack Rock64 Audio DAC add-on board ethernet port problem [SOLVED]

    By Dysmas, August 19, 2019
    • 0 replies
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    • Dysmas
    • August 19, 2019

51. Tutorial Use Puppeteer on node.js in Armbian (for web automation)

    By schwar3kat, August 11, 2019
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    • 5.4k views
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    • schwar3kat
    • August 11, 2019

52. hardware hack Armbian / Buster on C2 fully supports Mali GPU ?!

    By Alexey Woronov, August 8, 2019
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    • 2.5k views
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    • Alexey Woronov
    • August 8, 2019

53. hardware hack lirc on Armbian Buster

    By Alexey Woronov, August 4, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 7.2k views
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    • Alexey Woronov
    • August 5, 2019

54. hardware hack DHT22 using python and OrangePi.GPIO

    By lanefu, July 19, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • lanefu
    • July 19, 2019

55. hardware hack Adding enc28j60 ethernet on orange pi pc

    By Cache, July 9, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 6.1k views
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    • Cache
    • July 18, 2019

56. Tutorial [Info] check/start manually "apt update" because of buster-repository value changes

    By guidol, July 8, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 7.2k views
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    • lanefu
    • July 15, 2019

57. hardware hack Mobile data - update

    By zlobni, June 26, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 3k views
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    • Igor
    • June 27, 2019

58. Tutorial Remote Desktop with X11VNC

    By NicoD, May 8, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 21k views
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    • shaddow501
    • June 24, 2019

59. Review Quick Review of NanoPi K1 Plus

    By tkaiser, September 5, 2018
    • 19 replies
    • 8.7k views
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    • nradulovic
    • June 13, 2019

60. Tutorial BPI_M64 With 5" HDMI LCD & Touchscreen how to..

    By shaddow501, June 11, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 4k views
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    • shaddow501
    • June 11, 2019

61. hardware hack Overlays

    By TonyMac32, June 9, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • June 9, 2019

62. hardware hack Using the pins on pine a64

    By MikeAP23, June 3, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
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    • Igor
    • June 4, 2019

63. Tutorial Samba shares

    By clarkss12, May 24, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • clarkss12
    • June 1, 2019

64. hardware hack Thermostat with orange Pi zero .

    By FRANK333, May 12, 2019
    • 18 replies
    • 5.1k views
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    • martinayotte
    • May 20, 2019

65. Review Review Video : Odroid N2

    By NicoD, May 2, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • NicoD
    • May 2, 2019

66. Review Review Video : Pine H64 model B

    By NicoD, April 12, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3k views
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    • NicoD
    • April 12, 2019

67. Review Review Video : Orange Pi 3

    By NicoD, April 2, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 4.4k views
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    • NicoD
    • April 2, 2019

68. hardware hack So close (yet still far) from getting the OV5640 camera working on an Orange Pi PC

    By purple_fish, March 12, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 3.8k views
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    • purple_fish
    • March 23, 2019

69. Review Official Asus Tinker Board Case

    By TonyMac32, January 16, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 7.1k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • March 21, 2019

70. hardware hack SD communication electrical considerations

    By TonyMac32, September 8, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • PDP11
    • March 21, 2019

71. Tutorial Pine64 Clusterboard

    By AZClusterboard, March 20, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • AZClusterboard
    • March 20, 2019

72. Tutorial CircuitPython On OrangePi

    By lanefu, March 14, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • adafruit
    • March 14, 2019

73. Tutorial Django CMS on Armbian

    By chwe, September 7, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 4.6k views
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    • chwe
    • March 9, 2019

74. hardware hack KiCad templates

    By TonyMac32, February 28, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 28, 2019

75. Tutorial 4G USB modem with Armbian

    By TonyMac32, February 22, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 8.6k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 22, 2019

76. Review H3 devices as NAS 1 2

    By tkaiser, June 18, 2016
    • 57 replies
    • 59.6k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 20, 2019

77. hardware hack Small monochrome displays

    By TonyMac32, December 12, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Tido
    • February 18, 2019

78. hardware hack RPi DAQ boards

    By TonyMac32, January 30, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 6, 2019

79. Review [Mini review] ROCK64 SATA cable

    By tkaiser, September 6, 2017
    • 23 replies
    • 39k views
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    • S_R
    • February 5, 2019

80. Tutorial Running H3 boards with minimal consumption 1 2

    By tkaiser, July 12, 2016
    • 44 replies
    • 79k views
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    • Igor
    • January 29, 2019

81. hardware hack Home assistant

    By TonyMac32, January 8, 2019
    • 12 replies
    • 11.8k views
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    • rufik
    • January 17, 2019

82. hardware hack Need help on GPIO power button

    By znoxx, January 8, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • znoxx
    • January 8, 2019

83. hardware hack OPI Zero Plus H5 and GPIO library

    By JRD McLAREN, December 14, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 4k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • December 24, 2018

84. hardware hack GPIO documentation for SBC's

    By TonyMac32, December 5, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 2.3k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • December 21, 2018

85. hardware hack Better hacking shield for OPi Zero

    By apla, December 20, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 3.3k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • December 20, 2018

86. hardware hack Legacy kernel 2k HDMI LCD

    By prenex, December 13, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 2.1k views
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    • prenex
    • December 13, 2018

87. Research SD card performance 1 2 3 4

    By tkaiser, April 5, 2016
    • 95 replies
    • 151.2k views
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    • Magnets
    • November 10, 2018

88. Tutorial matrix multiplication benchmark

    By ag123, September 25, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 3.3k views
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    • Sergei Steshenko
    • October 26, 2018

89. Review Quick Review of Rock960 Enterprise Edition AKA Ficus

    By tkaiser, September 29, 2018
    • 15 replies
    • 11.1k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • October 8, 2018

90. Tutorial Debian-installer for OrangePi Zero/R1 Buster/Sid

    By lrrr, October 8, 2018
    • 0 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • lrrr
    • October 8, 2018

91. Tutorial [DEPRECATED] zRAM in Armbian Stretch (mainline 4.14.yy)

    By Moklev, June 5, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 12k views
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    • sfx2000
    • September 23, 2018

92. Research Wi-Fi performance and known issues on SBC 1 2

    By tkaiser, March 7, 2017
    • 35 replies
    • 25k views
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    • sfx2000
    • September 23, 2018

93. Research Swap on SBC

    By tkaiser, September 9, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 16.5k views
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    • botfap
    • September 11, 2018

94. Tutorial Orange Pi One - adding USB, analog audio out, TV out, mic and IR receiver 1 2

    By cbm801, February 28, 2016
    • 47 replies
    • 102.8k views
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    • ag123
    • September 5, 2018

95. Review Quick review of Banana Pi M2+ 1 2 3

    By tkaiser, April 8, 2016
    • 69 replies
    • 43k views
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    • Tido
    • August 30, 2018

96. Research Benchmarking CPUs (not yet a research article)

    By tkaiser, July 22, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 6.7k views
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    • chwe
    • July 23, 2018

97. Tutorial Kerberos.io video surveillance installation on Armbian

    By makama80, January 17, 2017
    • 24 replies
    • 17.7k views
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    • scaevola
    • July 23, 2018

98. Tutorial Clone/backup bootable microsd card - make as small as possible image

    By peter12, October 25, 2017
    • 8 replies
    • 13.6k views
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    • WarHawk_AVG
    • June 30, 2018

99. Review Banana Pi M2 Berry

    By tkaiser, August 5, 2017
    • 16 replies
    • 23.5k views
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    • tkaiser
    • June 26, 2018

100. Review ODROID N1 -- not a review (yet) 1 2

     By tkaiser, February 15, 2018
     • 34 replies
     • 29.2k views
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     • tkaiser
     • June 25, 2018

101. Review ASUS Tinker Board

     By TonyMac32, June 30, 2017
     • 19 replies
     • 23.7k views
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     • JMCC
     • May 15, 2018