Introduction The OrangePi R1 Plus is a budget ARM based router board that packs amazing performance for a low price. With dual gigabit NICs and a single USB 2.0 port the board is designed purely as a router – does it perform its purpose well? Lets find out. BaseTopSide Specs Powered by a Rockchip RK3328…… Continue reading OrangePi R1 Plus Review
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OrangePi Zero 2 Review
Introduction OrangePi Kindly sent me a few of their SBCs to review including the OrangePi Zero 2. Whilst they sent me the hardware this is a honest non-sponsored review. The OrangePi Zero 2 is an affordable small SBC with Bluetooth, WIFI and a powerful Cortex-A53 Quad Core 64 bit CPU at 1.5GHz. Measuring just 6cm…… Continue reading OrangePi Zero 2 Review
6 cheap Raspberry Pi 4 Cases for under £20
Introduction Whilst the Raspberry Pi is a very cheap computer the cases can often cost almost as much as the board itself or in some cases more! In this post we will be looking at cheap Raspberry Pi 4 cases priced under £20. Pimoroni Pibow Coupé 4 -Ninja The Pibow Coupé 4 is a fantastic…… Continue reading 6 cheap Raspberry Pi 4 Cases for under £20
Nano Pi Neo2 NAS enclosure – a small Linux home Server/NAS
Introduction Whilst the FriendlyArm Nano Pi Neo2 isn’t the latest or greatest SBC on the market it has a huge benefit in that a aluminium 2.5″ NAS enclosure exists for it. The NAS board connects over the boards GPIO ports exposing a SATA backplane over a JMicron JM20329 USB to SATA bridge. Paired with the…… Continue reading Nano Pi Neo2 NAS enclosure – a small Linux home Server/NAS
The GL-MT300N A $20 hackable Linux Router
Introduction The Gl.iNET GL-MT300N is a $21/£19 travel router designed for WIFI on the go. The device runs a custom version of OpenWRT that is easily replaced with a standard release of OpenWRT making this device an ultra cheap hackable Dual NIC router/SBC. Specs The Gl-MT300N is powered by a MediaTek MT7628AN SoC featuring a…… Continue reading The GL-MT300N A $20 hackable Linux Router
NanoPI Fire 3 Review
I recently purchased two FriendlyARM NanoPI Fire 3’s for my homelab project. This is an honest non-sponsored review. The NanoPI Fire 3 is a small SBC that is slightly larger than the Pi Zero at 75x40mm. It features an 8 core Samsung S5P6818 CPU and 1GB DDR3 RAM, gigabit ethernet 1x USB 2.0 type B…… Continue reading NanoPI Fire 3 Review