FYI: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for this hobby

abcd567 · May 4, 2023, 3:39am

Canadian $40 (US $30):
H96Max v11 Android TV Box, Rock 3318 arm64 Quad Core CPU, 4 GB ram, 32 GB emmc flash.

Transformed into an arm64 Computer with Armbian OS (Linux Bullseye)

Thanks to @yxespotter who did this first, then informed me through PM, alluring me to purchase this Canadian $40 (US $30)TV Box

Hardware Specifications
Chipset : RK3318 Quad-Core 64bit Cortex-A53
GPU: Penta-Core Mali-450 Up to 750Mhz+
FLASH: EMMC 16G/32G/64G
SDRAM: 2GB/4GB DDR3

I Purchased from this Seller on Aliexpress:
https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005005033564891.html

OPTIONS

(1) 2 GB RAM 16 GB emmc
(2) 4 GB RAM 32 GB emmc
(3) 4 GB RAM 64 GB emmc

I chose option (2), a compromise between price and ram + emmc size

HDMI Monitor and Keyboard are required for installing and configuring Armbian OS. Followed instructions/guide for replacing Andriod OS by Armbian OS from here:

Installed piaware, dump1090-fa, dump978-fa, and piaware-web from here:

github.com

abcd567a/rpi/blob/master/README.md

## RPi Model 3 & 4 with 64-bit OS (arm64 / aarch64) <br> 
## Pre-built packages of piaware 8.2, dump1090-fa 8.2, piaware-web 8.2, dump978-fa 8.2, and beast-splitter 8.2, on following OS </br>
## (1) 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye </br> 
## (2) 64-bit DietPi OS Bullseye </br>  
### [Links to download 64-bit OS](https://github.com/abcd567a/rpi/blob/master/README.md#links-to-download-64-bit-os-)
## How To Install Piaware arm64 Packages on Bullseye from this Personal Package Archive (PPA):


### STEP-1: Add this repository to list of apt sources by following 3 commands:
**First two commands are long. Please scroll right to see and copy them in FULL.** 
```
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/abcd567a.list https://abcd567a.github.io/rpi/abcd567a.list
```
```
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/abcd567a-key.gpg https://abcd567a.github.io/rpi/KEY2.gpg
```
```
sudo apt update  
```

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This is the Armbian OS image I used

Downloaded from here: https://imola.armbian.com/dl/rk3318-box/archive/

All is OK, except the on-board WiFi is not working. (the on-board wired network works OK)

To test, I plugged-in a $10 USB WiFI module which I already have for many years. With this unit, WiFi works OK.

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