05-02-2016, 03:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-02-2016, 05:14 PM by DaveyDarko.
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I agree. The problem with inexpensive SBCs that got funding through Kickstarter is that you end up with a significant number of novices that have never experienced an SBC, or have a couple RaspberryPis. RaspberryPis cost more because they have a programmers on staff to develop the OSes. I've played with several SBCs over the last couple years, the cheaper ones generally don't have the resources to develop their own OSes completely, take the OrangePi, its a great little piece of hardware for $15 but not much manufacturer support, but thanks to community projects like Armbian.com, my OPi is almost ready to be a reliable desktop PC replacement.
These are hobby boards, they are new, the CHIP Kickstarter project is still working on getting all the drivers that can utilize the hardware (which might help us since their SoC has a single core Mali400, Pine64 has dual core), the Pine64 in particular is running a pretty recent variant of Linux (arm64) so it takes a while to port software and drivers to utilize the hardware fully, most other hobby boards including later RaspberryPis (except Pi3) and OrangePi are 32bit armhf linux computers.
If you backed this project and expected a fully working computer out of the box, then I have seen a few members of the forum offer to purchase your Pine64 from those who are dissatisfied, maybe that is an option for you. Or put it up on Ebay, I see a few up there now.
These are hobby boards, they are new, the CHIP Kickstarter project is still working on getting all the drivers that can utilize the hardware (which might help us since their SoC has a single core Mali400, Pine64 has dual core), the Pine64 in particular is running a pretty recent variant of Linux (arm64) so it takes a while to port software and drivers to utilize the hardware fully, most other hobby boards including later RaspberryPis (except Pi3) and OrangePi are 32bit armhf linux computers.
If you backed this project and expected a fully working computer out of the box, then I have seen a few members of the forum offer to purchase your Pine64 from those who are dissatisfied, maybe that is an option for you. Or put it up on Ebay, I see a few up there now.
Currently playing around with Arduinos, CHIPs, Orange Pis, PineA64s, Raspberry Pis, etc.