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Hello, Is this can help you ? (replacing the dtb files) : http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=2931&pid=20371&fromuid=1273222

@Lion Wang In order to following this project (SDC open hardware for schools), it seems that I have enough information for the 1) and 3) part. Now I would like to have more information about the point 2) for the BPI-M2+ H3. This project make sens because it try to support constructor that support open hardware, so I need to check this points : 2.A) The license of the design files (ie : CC-BY-SA). 2.B) The link where we can find the design files 2.C) The sofware used to make the the design files I will send you my email by private message or you can tell me how I can ask this information. I will add the 2.A & 2.C answer to the benchmarking tool, for the 2.B if I can add it it's perfect, if you prefer giving this only to people that ask your company, I understand it entirely, and I can add in the benchmark tool how we can ask the design files to your company. Thanks a lot for your proposition of support, this is a very important point in order to make successful this project.

Great thanks a lot. I will try to benchmark with attention all the H3 supported with a stable version of armbian.

Thanks a lot for your reply. Perfect. for all mentioned boards, you are talking about BPI-M2+ and BPM1 no ? or in general all the boards that have a stable armbian with H2+, H3, and H5 (ie: that could means that the orange Pi PC+ that use H3 will also run with a cheap HDMI 2 VGA converter on these screens ?) Ok, I have recently bought the OPiPC+ and I will follow your advices. Ok, so if I understand well, actually, for making 3D things (OpenScad, Blender...) for kids in schools (with VGA screen) the best SoC is H3. It's the most powerful with the best support for sofwares. I can forget actually H5, A64 and other SOC that are more powerful but with worst software support. And this great topic will help me a lot : https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1351-h3-board-buyers-guide/ Ok thanks !

Thanks a lot for you replies @Lion Wang 1.A) Sorry I think I didn't understand your first answer (the difference between BPI-M2+ and BPI-M1 support of VGA) : If I use BPI-M2+ (with H2, H2+ or H5) and a HDMI to VGA converter cable (ie :this one for example https://fr.aliexpress.com/store/product/HDMI-to-VGA-CABLE-for-Orange-PI-Factory-Quality-in-Stock/1553371_32659253354.html?spm=a2g0w.12010612.0.0.3138f791HJUItg ) do you think I could run an armbian build on for example 1280x1024 60hz VGA screen or 1024 x 768 60 Hz ? (I have bought an orange pi win + (A64) and wasn't able to have a nice and out of the box display for these screens (http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2931&page=1#pid20282)) 1.B) And the same question for BPI-M1 that have A20 processor. WIth this I will not have problems on VGA 1280x1024 60hz VGA screen or 1024 x 768 60 Hz ? Thanks a lot

Hello, I'm following my investigation in order to have a SBC that can use armbian to deploy it in schools with the Primtux OS in order to make DIY activites ,more details here : A user tell me about a Banana Pi SBC, thanks a lot to him. I'm trying to add http://www.banana-pi.org/m2plus.html to the benchmark tool : https://mutualiser-les-comparatifs.les-cercles-vertueux.org/comparatif-des-nano-ordinateurs-monocarte Here is my first questions : Banana Pi M2+ could have H2+, H3, H5 processor. 1) What is the most adapted for my needs ? My needs are : The most usable on VGA old screen that have schools or that people can give to schools ; The most powerfull (to use openscad, blender, inkscape) ; If i have a look on https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort#Status_Matrix I didn't see H2+, is it well supported, especially for VGA compatibility using a HDMI to VGA cable (some one know where can I have more information about this) ? Reading the table It seems that H3 and H5 has approximatively the same support. It seems (but I'm not sure) that H5 is more powerful than H3, so, for using 3D softwares, H5 seems to be the best choice for the school project use case ? 2) In the benchmark tool, and for the project we have a special attention for the open hardware things. There is some items about it. I would like to add the following informations : 2.A) The license of the design files (ie : CC-BY-SA). 2.B) The link where we can find the design files 2.C) The sofware used to make the the design files I didn't found these information, some one have some information about this ? 3) The armbian build On https://www.armbian.com/banana-pi-m2-plus/ there is Legacy kernel images and Mainline kernel images : 3.A) Legacy kernel images are the xxxxx_xxxx_default.7z https://dl.armbian.com/bananapim2plus/ and Mainline kernel Images are the files in the nighlty folder ? (it seems that no, that's other thing. If it's other thing the file that we can download are the legacy ones ?) 3.B) If I use the Mainline kernel images there is a good support of HDMI resolution (on Legacy it's a know issue) ? 3.C) If I use the Legacy kernel images, there is Mali drivers and hardware accelerated video decoding ? Thanks a lot for your help and attention

I will receive it, and will test it. To be continued...

Thanks a lot for your replies @chwe and @martinayoote ! I'm sorry to haven't replied before, i didn't configured well the emails notifcations. It seems that the OPiPC+ is effectively very interesting for the use case, the price, the USB ports, the included 8eMMc, IR and mic, the kid could have a lot of fun with this card Thanks a lot for the tip's of nand-sata-install , it's very useful Oh so MaliGPU is supported by legacy ? Legacy is the stable (default) version and mainline the nightly version that we can found here for OPiPC+ https://dl.armbian.com/orangepipcplus/ ? (i'm certainly wrong but didn't found information on the web) I'm however a little afraid by the known issues of legacy https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-pc-plus/ about the resolution support : (HDMI output (if exists) supports only limited number of predefined resolutions). As the goal is to deploy it in schools that could have a lot of different resolution screen, and as this was the reason why I can't go more away with the Orange Pi WIn+, I maybe will try to study other possibilities. If I understand i have to choose between the support of Mali and the support of the screens resolution... Buy or not buy this OpiPC+... hmmm I'm interested...

Hello, http://primtux.fr/ is a debian configuration for french schools. I'm trying to participate to make a dynamic in order to deploy PrimTux on open hardware nano computer in schools, to support makers activities for 6 years old to 10 years old (3D printing, Snap!, OpenScad, arduino IDE...). Choosing the right card is a big problem for a newbie as me. I have benchmarked some cards https://mutualiser-les-comparatifs.les-cercles-vertueux.org/comparatif-des-nano-ordinateurs-monocarte and choose the orange win pi + to try. However I had some problems to use it with old vga screen (and in schools, there is a lot of old vga screen) cf. https://github.com/avafinger/opi-win-a64-firmware/issues/1#issuecomment-321518096 . I would ask support to make possible to use this version https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-win/ but when you read... ....it seems that it's not a good choice for the moment, it seems that there is too much things that are not working nice now. So it seems better to choose an other card. Here are the needs : - "high degree" of open hardware (There is already a PrimTux Rasbian working very well on RPi, but the goal of the project is to make an open source & open hardware solution for schools) ; - working fine on a lot of old screen, with connectors if needed (ie :HDMI to VGA, to use for example on 1024x768 60Hz) ; - low cost ; - easy to use armbian or yoctoproject (or other open source solution) to make a custom version for PrimTux.fr ; - nice use of 3D application (OpenScad, blender, and Tuxkart if possible) so it seems that this card need a powerfull processor, a good GPU, 1 or 2Go of RAM, and that the GPU is well supported by open source OS ; - 3 or much better, 4 USB port (to use USB mouse, USB keyboard, USB sound and 1 USB to upload code on arduino and others cards) ; - all (or a lot of) device works fine (wifi, bluetooth, cameras...). Have you got some cards or tips to help to choose a card for this project ? I particularly appreciate Olimex because of their open source and open hardware strategy. However I have seen on the armbian stable download page that there isn't Mali drivers and no hardware accelerated video decoding, i think that could be a problem for children activities based on 3D - openscad or video (but I'm not sure, I'm newbie). Thanks for your help and attention, Regards