TonyMac32 Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 Le Potato is the first board from Libre.computer: https://libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc/ Basic information is on the link above, here's the TL;DR: Raspberry Pi 2 form factor clone, with 64-bit quad-core Amlogic S905X 1 or 2 GB RAM eMMC and SD support HDMI 2.0 for 4k support 100 Mb Fast Ethernet Extra headers for I2S, UART, etc (nice feature I think) IR receiver Advertised to have low power consumption Powered via micro-USB based on: Amlogic P212 reference board Use Case: Media Player (retro gaming?) I've been using a board now for a few weeks, I have kernels 4.13 and 3.14 running, however 3.14 does not yet have a proper device tree so it's a bit rough around the edges (display support is not really there) http://sprunge.us/GUgX - eMMC was not installed for this, it has boot preference over the SD. Pros: Familiar form factor for a lot of people The board isn't doing anything "fancy", no real "gimmicks" eMMC should be a boost to performance. (Untested so far on my part) S905X, 4K and built-in IR should make for a good multimedia machine Dedicated fast ethernet, not sharing USB bandwidth like the Pi. Cons: micro-USB powered, although so far the board seems to live up to its low consumption promise. Still has the potential issue if the 4x USB's are loaded. Fast Ethernet, this board will not be a server. Mali 450 (only really a con if gaming is on your To-Do list) No wifi/BT (that's a con for some people, for others it's a pro) USB Hub. My understanding is not all 4 ports come from 1 hub, but there is no indication of which ports are which IR sensor position makes using Pi cases a bit more problematic (my favorites are the solid aluminum ones) U-boot blob (U-boot source available, but compilation in-script is problematic (2015.01 U-Boot) ) Yes, Fast ethernet is a pro and a con. It isn't on the USB like the pi, pro. It's only Fast ethernet, con. Using the built-in phy keeps the component count down. Power Consumption: Using 5.25 Volts 2000 mA supply. (Reading at GPIO header, wireless mouse, keyboard.) 5.28 V Idle 5.22 V Youtube video with no acceleration (minerd won't compile, I haven't debugged) 5.11 V Youtbe video + spinning disk 2.5" HDD on USB (it did not initially want to spin up, even hooked to 2 ports) Not bad, must be an above-average micro-USB socket.
TonyMac32 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 Kernel 4.13 iperf3: Connecting to host, port 5201 [ 4] local port 48346 connected to port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.7 MBytes 98.4 Mbits/sec 0 129 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.4 MBytes 95.9 Mbits/sec 0 143 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.5 MBytes 96.4 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 150 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 113 MBytes 94.8 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec receiver Connecting to host, port 5201 Reverse mode, remote host is sending [ 4] local port 48350 connected to port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.3 MBytes 95.1 Mbits/sec [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 94.2 Mbits/sec - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 113 MBytes 94.9 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.4 Mbits/sec receiver Fast ethernet is indeed fast ethernet
Tido Posted September 21, 2017 Posted September 21, 2017 On 16.8.2017 at 5:42 AM, TonyMac32 said: My understanding is not all 4 ports come from 1 hub, but there is no indication of which ports are which the USB port at the bottom closest to the ethernet port has dedicated bandwidth. "I found this here" sounds interesting, dual boot: We ran into an issue with dual boot Android and Linux due to the way Amlogic packages the Android. We are continuing to work on this.
TonyMac32 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Posted October 13, 2017 https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10002065/ Mainline U-boot may be a thing soon, the Le Potato board is a p212 variant.
richard1937 Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Help, I RPi, TinkerPi, OrangePi and now Le Potato. ( So far, Tinker is best, RPi next and OrangePi flakey!) I have installed Armbian Ubuntu - Works so far but have several issues: 1. WiFi, Panda not working but Netgear works great. Just plug it in and select SSID. 2. HDMI Screen: Using 1280x720. On 3 different types/mfg Monitor board menus are off the screen. I have tried xrandr, and the Armbian-Configurator etc. etc. NOTHING changes. The Armbian-C accepts the change, and you can save it:? so it seems but NO actual change even with a reboot. This, Overscan issue is easily fixed if some TV is used. Or when running RPi etc. etc. ie, the other boards work with these monitors. HELP, any ideas? 3. I prefer a larger mouse, easily fixed on RPi and TinkerPi but NOT on Le Potato/Armbian. Also, on Laptop it is easy to change the board, for example around the Terminal, or other window, so scaling is easy. BUT not on Armbian Ubuntu on LePotato! Any ideas appreciated.
Da Xue Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 4:08 PM, richard1937 said: Help, I RPi, TinkerPi, OrangePi and now Le Potato. ( So far, Tinker is best, RPi next and OrangePi flakey!) I have installed Armbian Ubuntu - Works so far but have several issues: 1. WiFi, Panda not working but Netgear works great. Just plug it in and select SSID. 2. HDMI Screen: Using 1280x720. On 3 different types/mfg Monitor board menus are off the screen. I have tried xrandr, and the Armbian-Configurator etc. etc. NOTHING changes. The Armbian-C accepts the change, and you can save it:? so it seems but NO actual change even with a reboot. This, Overscan issue is easily fixed if some TV is used. Or when running RPi etc. etc. ie, the other boards work with these monitors. HELP, any ideas? 3. I prefer a larger mouse, easily fixed on RPi and TinkerPi but NOT on Le Potato/Armbian. Also, on Laptop it is easy to change the board, for example around the Terminal, or other window, so scaling is easy. BUT not on Armbian Ubuntu on LePotato! Any ideas appreciated. 1) Do you know the chipset on the Panda? It's probably just a line in the kernel config to support that device. lsusb -v 2) The armbian images are based on mainline kernel. Before it only supported CEA modes but some DMT modes were just added to 4.17 and getting backported to the 4.14 LTS branch on libretech-linux. This should show up in a few weeks.
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