viking Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 hey guys, i just got my nanopi m3 today... and see that the download for it is gone from the site? -can anyone help? -erik
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 It's here: https://www.armbian.com/deprecated/ since it comes as is.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 https://dl.armbian.com/nanopim3/Ubuntu_xenial_dev_desktop_nightly.7z
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 https://dl.armbian.com/nanopim3/ Will fix that link asap.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 tnx... so what would be logical replacement for m3... it could be more powerful but for the same price about +/- ... 10%
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 hmmm.... just dies at "Starting kernel ..." ... what now?
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 This board is extremely power hungry and via micro USB it probably won't boot up at all. https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/forum/31-sd-card-and-power-supply/
guidol Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 1 hour ago, viking said: i just got my nanopi m3 today... where did you buy, because: http://www.friendlyarm.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&p=3028#p3028 Quote by Sidi » 11 Oct 2017, 15:17 Hi, I received confirmation from FriendlyArm by email that both M2a and M3 has been discontinued. Apparently they can continue producing with a relatively hight MOQ. Sadly no reponses from them about the lifespan of their products.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 it would be nice if they posed expected date of product line termination... but still does not change the fact that I can't get anything to run on it... stuff that igor posted does not work... it just dies... with what ever i posted before...
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, viking said: stuff that igor posted does not work It's tested. It works and I will test it again just to make sure. What is your PSU, how do you power the board? If you power via micro USB I will not waste my time.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 hey... i can boot this img: s5p6818-debian-sd4g-20170619.img ... it runs but res is 1280x720 and to change it one needs to play with C code... it seems to be stable... but this is the only thing that boots... tnx... i have usp power with 2.8 amps...
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 https://www.mediafire.com/folder/gg764iwvfm0mf/S5P6818_Board the file comes from and it is purposed for nano pc t3 ... same cpu... so one of them boots... s5p6818-debian-sd4g-20170619.img
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 I download a desktop image and it works perfectly fine. I can record you a boot video if you like. Those are boot logs: http://sprunge.us/EYaQ My monitor is old 1280x1024 connected via HDMI2VGA converter and I power boards with quality 5V/5A PSU, connected as on the picture.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 tnx jgor... i will get a 5v/5a power supply tomorrow and connect to the board direct... since i dont have that gizmo u got there... will keep u posted as to how it goes... tnx 4 ur time... -erik 1
Igor Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 Well, no need for 5A ... I just use that one to power more boards at once. Real/stable 5V/2.5-3A should be enough. Just power it via GPIO. Red is obviously a + and black is - , white and yellow are a serial console.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 i assumed as much... hmmmm let's see how it goes when i get psu tomorrow... or i get few 7505 and hook them to run the board... i think i have the parts inhouse... i will look around and post pics... even if i fry it... as a warning...
martinayotte Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 What do you mean by 7505 ? Do you mean 7805 Voltage Regulator ? Be aware that those are 1A only ... You don't any 5VDC Wall plugged PSU with a barrel connector ? EDIT : When I'm running of 5V PSU, I take some 12V and use those DC-DC converters : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/5pcs-Mini-360-DC-DC-Buck-Converter-Step-Down-Module-4-75V-23V-to-1V-17V-EV-/272877133247
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) so looking thank you `martinayotte` for 7805 i found this gizmo... dc-dc... i am making desktop sd now... let's how it works in a few... Edited October 20, 2017 by viking i have 12v 1.5a charger... it should pull 3a at 5v...
martinayotte Posted October 20, 2017 Posted October 20, 2017 Yes, those DC-DC converter are stronger than the one I've provided, but more expensive too... Simply make sure to adjust it to around 5.4V when NO load, it will probably drop to 5.15V and loaded.
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 i dont know 1/2 the stuff i have sometimes... it runs dry... just waiting for sd card...
viking Posted October 20, 2017 Author Posted October 20, 2017 so i have 5.3v.... this dc-dc is rated at 3a... and this what i got on the screen igor... check it out...
Christos Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 @viking Try to get a good SD card and flash it with etcher, lots of info in the forum. Got the M3 myself and used a self-compiled Armbian image (./compile.sh BOARD=nanopim3), it works ok.
Igor Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 Running out of ideas since I can't replicate this problem. It still could be a failed / badly written (bad) SD card. This cheap buck converter is also not good enough to rule out underpowering. Have you tried booting without having anything attached to USB? Add: I did few tests limiting the current and I could not boot the board when input current was below ~1.5A without having anything except HDMI. Perhaps there (HDMI) is a problem? Further. Stressing the board pulls ~1.6A and it was pretty easy to crash the board when PSU was limited to 1.8A ... which is close to Chinese "3A"
James Kingdon Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 Viking, how did you get hold of an m3? That's my favorite sbc at the moment, and I was very disappointed they stopped selling it. Now if someone would put that soc on a board with more RAM and an emmc socket I'd be very happy indeed!
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