Peter Gamma (Physiologist & Director) Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)

                                                                         Table of Contents

Positive qualities & issues of selected Raspberry Pi alternatives

Posted bypg@petergamma.org 1 Comment on Positive qualities & issues of selected Raspberry Pi alternatives

Last Updated on May 14, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

Raspberry Pi 4Odroid XU4(q)LattePanda V1 2 GBLattePanda V1 4 GBLattePanda DeltaOrange Pi 5
& 5B
advantages1)10 years of software development
2) large community		1) good software support
2) good availability at resellers
3) relatively stable
&
reasonable
prices
4) Older device which is well established and has already been used in papers
good availablity at resellersUbuntu with patched
kernel from Ed Humble available		Ubuntu installation
instruction from manufacturer
available		contemporary
&
powerful
soft-
&
hardware
issues1) Hardly available
2) No Raspberry Pi 5 since more than 3 years
3) High price for used devices
4) Devices from competitors are more powerful

1) 6 years old hardware
2) only 2 GB version available
3) Odroid Xu4q runs hot
4) XU4 has higher power consumtion
than RPi4.		only Windows version available1) limited availablabilty at resellers
2) only small community of developers wo wrote
GITHUB issues		1) price instability
2) availablity instable		1) manly videos about software but hardly user reports
2) small community of developers
3) not available from
resellers
4) Bluetooth, Wifi, Bluetooth keyboards (*1)
5) No community which proofs that is works as a daily driver (*2)
6) The device is in an early stage of developement
  • We have choseon only selected devices at the lower price range.
  • Are the selected devices not the devices with the higest sales rate?
  • For more details read our jounal under the cathegory single board computers.
  • (*1) The Orange Pi 5 has on Bluetooth and Wifi, it as an MVMe slot module for Bluetooth and Wifi, a Ubuntu GITHUP project supports it, but the module occupies the MVMe slot, the Pi 5 B has Bluetooth and Wifi, but not MVMe, and a user reported issues with Bluetooth keyoards, Orange seem to have a strategy to leave costumers unhappy to produce new models which make users to looks for alternatives, but eventually not from Orange, if Orange takes the oportunity to launch new models and shoot up prizes.
  • (*2) We found many YouTube video demo reviews:
Ace1000ks1975 made many videos about the Orange Pi5, but who works with the device as a daily driver?
  • There are some application videos, but most of the videos arre games. The device lacks a proof that it can be used to work with as a daily drivers-.