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
   • 15.1k views
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   • JMCC
   • November 19, 2020

2. Immich is an open-source photo and video management tool that helps you organize, share, and access your media easily. Enjoy seamless syncing, quick search, and secure storage for all your memories.

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

   By NicoD, November 13, 2020
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   • 2.9k 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
   • 9.5k 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
   • 5.3k 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
   • 20.2k 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
   • 5.7k 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
   • 82.2k 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
   • 5.2k views
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   • NicoD
   • September 30, 2020

10. Tutorial User provided kernel config

    By dolphs, September 27, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 6.3k 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
    • 10.8k 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
    • 5.7k 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
    • 5.7k 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
    • 4.4k 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
    • 110.1k 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
    • 4.2k 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
    • 2.9k views
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    • percu
    • July 16, 2020

18. Tutorial Enable Lima on headless devices

    By gamelaster, July 8, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 4k 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
    • 25.2k 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
    • 70.3k 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
    • 2.5k views
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    • SMZ2014
    • May 26, 2020

22. Tutorial Install OpenHab on Armbian

    By Igor, January 8, 2020
    • 10 replies
    • 9.9k 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
    • 2.7k 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
    • 11.3k 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
    • 8.1k 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
    • 3.4k 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
    • 64.3k 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
    • 3.1k views
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    • mill1000
    • March 27, 2020

29. hardware hack 5.5inch HDMI AMOLED, 1080x1920

    By Charly, September 8, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • luntik2012
    • March 19, 2020

30. Review Orange Pi One Plus 1 2

    By Igor, December 26, 2017
    • 38 replies
    • 36.1k views
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    • Werner
    • February 16, 2020

31. hardware hack Adafruit CircuitPython

    By TonyMac32, December 5, 2018
    • 23 replies
    • 16.8k views
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    • chwe
    • January 20, 2020

32. Research Video : NanoPi M4 storage speed tests

    By NicoD, September 30, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 5.7k 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
    • 3.9k views
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    • martinayotte
    • January 17, 2020

34. Tutorial Motioneye (OPI)

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

35. Tutorial Terminal recording on the OrangePi Zero

    By gounthar, January 8, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k 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
    • 31.7k views
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    • gleam
    • December 25, 2019

37. hardware hack mpcie 4g with sim

    By Technicavolous, August 16, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • Technicavolous
    • December 8, 2019

38. Tutorial Make your own Nanopi M4V2 image

    By NicoD, November 16, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 4k views
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    • TCB13
    • December 3, 2019

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

    By gurabli, November 8, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 5.3k views
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    • DIYprojectz
    • November 22, 2019

40. Review Review video : NanoPi M4V2

    By NicoD, November 15, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 3.4k 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
    • 8k 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
    • 5.8k 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
    • 4.9k 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
    • 3.1k 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
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    • 7.5k views
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    • schwar3kat
    • September 20, 2019

46. Review Review : Khadas VIM3

    By NicoD, July 11, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 11.7k views
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    • Richard.Kang
    • September 12, 2019

47. Tutorial Tinker board - DS1621 temperature sensor

    By zeekoe, September 7, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • zeekoe
    • September 7, 2019

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

    By NicoD, August 23, 2019
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    • 2.8k 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
    • 3.4k 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
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    • 2.9k views
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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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    • 5.2k 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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    • 2.4k 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
    • 6.9k views
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    • Alexey Woronov
    • August 5, 2019

54. hardware hack DHT22 using python and OrangePi.GPIO

    By lanefu, July 19, 2019
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    • 2.6k 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
    • 5.8k 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
    • 7k views
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    • lanefu
    • July 15, 2019

57. hardware hack Mobile data - update

    By zlobni, June 26, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • Igor
    • June 27, 2019

58. Tutorial Remote Desktop with X11VNC

    By NicoD, May 8, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 20.2k views
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    • shaddow501
    • June 24, 2019

59. Review Quick Review of NanoPi K1 Plus

    By tkaiser, September 5, 2018
    • 19 replies
    • 8.2k 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
    • 3.8k views
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    • shaddow501
    • June 11, 2019

61. hardware hack Overlays

    By TonyMac32, June 9, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 3.2k 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
    • 2.4k views
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    • Igor
    • June 4, 2019

63. Tutorial Samba shares

    By clarkss12, May 24, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • clarkss12
    • June 1, 2019

64. hardware hack Thermostat with orange Pi zero .

    By FRANK333, May 12, 2019
    • 18 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • martinayotte
    • May 20, 2019

65. Review Review Video : Odroid N2

    By NicoD, May 2, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • NicoD
    • May 2, 2019

66. Review Review Video : Pine H64 model B

    By NicoD, April 12, 2019
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    • 2.9k views
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    • NicoD
    • April 12, 2019

67. Review Review Video : Orange Pi 3

    By NicoD, April 2, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 4.2k 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
    • 3.6k views
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    • purple_fish
    • March 23, 2019

69. Review Official Asus Tinker Board Case

    By TonyMac32, January 16, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 6.9k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • March 21, 2019

70. hardware hack SD communication electrical considerations

    By TonyMac32, September 8, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • PDP11
    • March 21, 2019

71. Tutorial Pine64 Clusterboard

    By AZClusterboard, March 20, 2019
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    • AZClusterboard
    • March 20, 2019

72. Tutorial CircuitPython On OrangePi

    By lanefu, March 14, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • adafruit
    • March 14, 2019

73. Tutorial Django CMS on Armbian

    By chwe, September 7, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 4.5k views
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    • chwe
    • March 9, 2019

74. hardware hack KiCad templates

    By TonyMac32, February 28, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 28, 2019

75. Tutorial 4G USB modem with Armbian

    By TonyMac32, February 22, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 8.3k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 22, 2019

76. Review H3 devices as NAS 1 2

    By tkaiser, June 18, 2016
    • 57 replies
    • 58.2k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 20, 2019

77. hardware hack Small monochrome displays

    By TonyMac32, December 12, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • Tido
    • February 18, 2019

78. hardware hack RPi DAQ boards

    By TonyMac32, January 30, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 2k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • February 6, 2019

79. Review [Mini review] ROCK64 SATA cable

    By tkaiser, September 6, 2017
    • 23 replies
    • 37.7k 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
    • 77.7k views
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    • Igor
    • January 29, 2019

81. hardware hack Home assistant

    By TonyMac32, January 8, 2019
    • 12 replies
    • 11.5k 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
    • 2.1k 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
    • 3.8k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • December 24, 2018

84. hardware hack GPIO documentation for SBC's

    By TonyMac32, December 5, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k 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
    • 3.1k views
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    • TonyMac32
    • December 20, 2018

86. hardware hack Legacy kernel 2k HDMI LCD

    By prenex, December 13, 2018
    • 1 reply
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    • prenex
    • December 13, 2018

87. Research SD card performance 1 2 3 4

    By tkaiser, April 5, 2016
    • 95 replies
    • 146.4k views
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    • Magnets
    • November 10, 2018

88. Tutorial matrix multiplication benchmark

    By ag123, September 25, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 3.1k 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
    • 10.6k 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
    • 3k 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
    • 11.7k 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
    • 23.6k views
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    • sfx2000
    • September 23, 2018

93. Research Swap on SBC

    By tkaiser, September 9, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 15.9k 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
    • 100.9k 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
    • 40.9k 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
    • 6.4k 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
    • 17.1k 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
    • 13.1k views
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    • WarHawk_AVG
    • June 30, 2018

99. Review Banana Pi M2 Berry

    By tkaiser, August 5, 2017
    • 16 replies
    • 22.8k 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
     • 27.8k views
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     • tkaiser
     • June 25, 2018

101. Review ASUS Tinker Board

     By TonyMac32, June 30, 2017
     • 19 replies
     • 22.8k views
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     • JMCC
     • May 15, 2018