Orange Pi Zero 2W - Is It Really That Good? You'll Be Surprised!

A huge thanks to @PCBWay for sponsoring this part of the project! Get $5 off your first order with https://pcbway.com/g/WOqhPr (Affiliate Link) and check out their sweet promos such as 10x PCBs for $5, free shipping on PCB assembly, and more! Edits: 512MB RAM on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W sorry** Shop: https://shop.plati.ma (FREE PCB RULER WITH ALL ORDERS WHILE STOCKS LAST) Other Channel: @platima - Cooking, Kitchenware, Appliances, Drinks This was a way better product than I expected, and I'm pretty damn happy with Orange Pi products (sometimes called OrangePi). The Pi Zero 3 has the same CPU but different form factor, so I likely won't try it, but from what I understand someone is going to benchmark it and add it to https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews in the near future. Here's the benchmark results (Geekbench 6) for this SBC: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/33 The benchmarks actually show better results than an Arm Cortex-A55 in that list, but I am thinking that may be due to the heatsink? Else likely due to the LPDDR4 RAM. It really is a shame that there is no eMMC or NVMe on this. It might be available via a custom breakout for that 24-pin FPC, but I've not seen one yet! PoE on that expansion/breakout board would be excellent too! And as far as the size goes, I am basically arguing that; - Stamp: eSBC (eg Mango Pi mCore, SiSpeed M1s) - Stick: eSBC (Milk-V Duo, Pine64 Ox64, LuckFox Pico) - Half-Card: SBC (Orange / Raspberry Pi Zero 2, Mango Pi MQ-Pro) - Credit Card: SBC (Raxda Rock 4SE, Rasp / Orange Pi 5, Milk-V Mars) - Compute Module: .... not sure yet. It's an SBC like those two, but it requires break-outs like eSBCs... Food for thought! Buy One Here: https://amzn.to/3vucIQ4 (Affiliate Link) Or Without Expansion: https://amzn.to/3vtcMiY (Affiliate Link) Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Platima/comments/1901syt/orange_pi_zero_2w_i_was_bloody_impressed_quad/ Blog Post: https://plati.ma/orange-pi-zero-2w/ Product Page: http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-Zero-2W.html Documentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KIZMMDBlqf1rKmOEhGH7_7A-COAgYoGZ?usp=sharing Related Videos: - ESP32-C3 Riser Part 4: https://youtu.be/GJxwWLoLuj8 - WS2812B 8x8 Panel Part 1: https://youtu.be/V4Wd6AvVf8U - Humane Animal Trap Part 1: https://youtu.be/BAabA__iIbo - PinePower: https://youtu.be/-z1SRc460x0 - LuckFox Pico: https://youtu.be/haBYPPX3W2Q (low RAM usage) Chapters 00:05 Intro and Overview 03:02 Looking at the Hardware 05:32 Specs at a Glance 06:02 Software Options 08:59 GPU/VPU Support (NOTE: Enable it with `orangepi-config`) 09:33 Note for Android Images 09:59 Testing Overview 10:41 Power Consumption Test 11:36 First Boot 13:18 Micro Linux (pre-flashed to SPI) 14:15 Boot to Debian on SD Card 17:02 Trying out the UI - Chrome, YouTube 19:28 Looking at the CLI and Software Specs 20:47 Temperature Test with Thermal Imaging 21:46 Second Boot - Much Faster! 23:15 Preparing to run the Benchmark 24:19 Well Done Orange Pi 25:09 Running Geekbench 6 26:40 Thank you PCBWay & Outro 27:51 Geekbench Timelapse Shop: https://shop.plati.ma Website: https://plati.ma Other Channels youtube.com/@Platima youtube.com/@PlatimaGaming Gimme Cash https://paypal.me/PlatimaCash https://patreon.com/user?u=9252344 TubeBuddy Link: https://www.tubebuddy.com/platimacooks (Affiliate Link) Postpone Link: https://www.postpone.app/?via=platima (Affiliate Link) #Platima #OrangePi #SBC