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Raspberry Pi's Smaller, Cheaper Rival: NanoPi Neo Plus2 Weighs in at $25 (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the miniature-computers dept.

FriendlyARM, the maker of compact NanoPi developer boards, has released the NanoPi Neo Plus2 for $25. From a report: This board is an update to the recently released NanoPi Neo 2, a $15 cookie-sized developer board measuring 40mm x 40mm (1.6in) with a 64-bit Allwinner H5 processor, 512MB RAM, and one USB port. The NanoPi Neo Plus2 is slightly larger at 52mm x 40mm (2in x 1.6in) and has two USB ports. It has the same H5 quad-core A53 ARM Cortex processor, but comes with 1GB RAM and 8GB eMMC storage. The NeoPlus2's storage in addition to Gigabit Ethernet puts it ahead of the Raspberry Pi 3 on paper, and at $25 undercuts the better-known board by $10.

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  1. 1GB RAM and 2 USB ports by abainbridge · · Score: 5, Informative

    It seems like the summary is wrong. Or at least it disagrees with this wiki page http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wi...

  2. Re: Allwinner by John+Allsup · · Score: 4, Informative

    I tried an OrangePiLite. The WiFi was unsupported, the Ethernet port was removed to make way for it, and USB Ethernet and WiFi adapters I tried did not work with the Linux images supplied. Not worth the time given Rpi's work.

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    John_Chalisque
  3. Re: Not one word that it doesn't have a display?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The original purpose behind the Raspberry Pi is to give to kids to plug into the TV and start experimenting. I think replacing the display ports with a serial port might hinder this somewhat.