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by lucaspiller 3098 days ago
Be advised that Orange Pi have many different boards with similar names, but vastly different specs. The $6.99 model is for 256MB RAM and a Allwinner H2 chipset.

Also a lot of the boards can only be powered by a DC jack, not the onboard MicroUSB.
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kogepathic 3098 days ago
> Be advised that Orange Pi have many different boards with similar names, but vastly different specs.

How is this any different than the general SBC market? You could make the same point about the "Raspberry Pi" which has:

* Raspberry Pi model A/B

* Raspberry Pi 2 model B

* Raspberry Pi 3 model B

* Raspberry Pi Zero

* Raspberry Pi Zero W

> Also a lot of the boards can only be powered by a DC jack, not the onboard MicroUSB.

Almost all boards can also be powered via 5V GPIO pins, so you can wire a DC jack to that to avoid using micro USB.

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rullgrus 3098 days ago
Yes, the Raspberry Pi models are a little confusing, especially with the '+' versions and PCB-revisions. But I don't think the purpose of the parent comment was to say that it was worse than others, more of a heads-up to someone looking to order a model to take a second look and verify the specifications.
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