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Questions tagged [single-board]

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How to build my own single-board computer?

For fun, I would like to build my own single-board computer which I can later program. I know there are already many development kits out there, sold by companies such as Altera and Xilinx, but I want to try to build such a board from scratch. I'm…
gablin
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SBC that interfaces with firewire and ethernet

I have been looking around for a single board computer that can pull in information from a 6-pin firewire device, use Linux to do some computation on that incoming data, and then send information out using an ethernet port. So far, my research has…
TatersGonnaT8
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Can the operation of a Banana PI M3 without any heat sink cause damage?

My pure Banana PI M3 board has just been delivered. However, it has come without any heat sink. The specifications are: CPU: A83T ARM Cortex-A7 octa-core,512 KB L1 cache 1 MB L2 cache GPU: PowerVR SGX544MP1· Comply with OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenCL 1.x,…
Pinke Helga
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PackageForTheWeb "should not be executed directly"

When trying to install package (specifically, chipset drivers for Nexcom PEAK-series computer, but I guess it doesn't really matters) I get "PackageForTheWeb Error" saing "This program is used internally by PackageFromTheWeb. It should not be…
Sergei Ousynin
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Single Board Computer with Pci-Express

Does amdgpu and radeon drivers exist on platforms like armhf and arm64 for single board computers with PCI-Express slots? I'm asking if they exist because I wouldn't think they'd have the graphics driver for a non x86 or x86_64 computer
Xenon
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(Arch)Linux board with dual ethernet

I am looking for a Linux board with the following requirements: 2 ethernet ports (helpful, but only 1 required) 2 USB ports SDXC support (for SD/MicroSD) WiFi (>25 concurrent users ideally) HDMI or micro HDMI out I don't know of a good way to find…
tekknolagi
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Power supply for Asus tinker board

I am thinking of getting an Asus tinker board to experiment with it. Particularly with overclocking it. My question is, with regards to power supply. I understand that a tinker board draws about 5V/2.4A to work. But if I intend to overclock it, will…
jake wong
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Single board computers standby mode

Is there any way to get smartphone like standby on a single board computer (like the RaspberryPi, Odroid or something)? Most of those boards seem to consume about 0.5 - 2 watts on idle, which is totally inacceptable for mobile devices. In contrast,…
dronus
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Move existing linux flash image to new board and maintain interface indexing

I wrote a small php application on a SBC. I created a disk image from the CF card. When I write the image to a new CF and install on a new SBC the interface index numbers (I hope I am stating that correctly) change. For instance - the interface…
stephen muth
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Silent, power saving mini-server for home

I am looking for hardware to make a small, silent, power saving mini-server for use at home. My specifications are: Small Fanless / Small fan Able to run Windows server OS Has 2GB of RAM, ideally 4GB I'm following the single board computers…
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How to build a compact x86 / EISA / ISA architecture PC

This question is based on a previous question I asked (x86 based Retro/Nostalgia PC the size of a Raspberry Pi), and also I guess to some extent it fits in with this question regarding ISA bus on newer computers I'm still on the hunt for hardware…
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TS-7800 Hangs on bootup

I have a TS-7800, and it typically boots from the SD card inserted in it. When I tried to boot it up today, it hung on the syslog line. I am now having "Read only file system" problems. What has gone wrong? Bootup console: >> Copyright (c)…
Reid
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Files built with a makefile are disapearing (including the binary)

I am building a program on a TS-7800(SBC), and when I run make (show below), it appears to go through all of the steps normally, but in the end i do not get a binary file. Why is this, and how can I get my file. makefile CC=…
Reid
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How to cluster Mixtile Blade 3 nodes, which are partially equipped with U.2 drives

I'm planning to build a cluster of single-board computers I could then use as file (using Ceph) and database (Postgres XL) server. As the performance of the Mixtile Blade 3 quite impresses me, I think I will couple a handful of them into a…
Neppomuk
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Cannot install Debian Stretch on a single board computer Olimex Lime2

I'm trying to install Debian Stretch on a single board computer Olimex Lime2. I tried the official images (both netinst and CD1) available here: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/iso-cd/ It didn't even boot. Then, I used those…
gouessej
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