Libre Computer AML-S905X-CC Le Potato 64-bit Single Board Computer Pi 3 Alternative (2GB 4-Pack Bulk)
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Size: 2GB 4-Pack Bulk
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- LATEST SOFTWARE SUPPORT: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Raspbian 11 support with hardware-accelerated video playback and 3D graphics. Upstream software stack featuring the latest Linux 6.x with open source graphics and video libraries. UEFI support with GRUB sofware behaves like PCs. Direct first software support and community hub for third party help to get started. Video tutorials on YouTube for commonly asked questions.
- COMPATIBILITY AND EXTENSIBILITY: Great RPi alternative with same form factor as Pi 3 Model B for re-use with existing cases and power supplies. Identically designed 40-pin header enables hardware re-use by maintaining same pins for functions like SPI, I2C, PWM, UART, and more. Powerful GPIO wiring tool, libretech-wiring-tool, is available on Github that can quickly toggle GPIOs and dynamically control dtoverlays for faster design, testing, and learning.
- HIGH PERFORMANCE LOW POWER: AML-S905X-CC performs faster than a Pi 3 B+ while using half the power. It is designed with power optimizations to increase sustained performance under load and reduce failures due to input voltage and current. It is one of the first SBCs to support 4K multi-codec hardware decoding and features a highly performant OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU for accelerated 2D/3D.
- FASTER CPU AND DOUBLE THE MEMORY: Quad 64-bit 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 Processors, 4K Ultra HD ARM Mali-450 750MHz GPU, 2GB of High Bandwidth DDR3, 4K 60FPS High Dynamic Range Display Engine for H.265 HEVC, H.264 AVC, VP9 Hardware Decoding and more. The top performing SBC in its price class.
- OPEN SOURCE COMMITMENT: Libre Computer collaborates with software partners to create upstream infrastructure, drivers, and libraries for open-source projects such as Linux and u-boot that power our products. This enables us to support the latest software innovations created by the community and ensures that our products have the necessary security and software performance innovation for long term support.
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Key Features: Quad-Core 64-bit ARMv8 Cortex-A53 CPU with NEON and Crypto Extensions Penta-Core ARM Mali-450 MP3 GPU with OpenGL ES 2.0 @ 750MHz 2GB of DDR3-2133 SDRAM on 32-bit Bus for up to 69Gb/s Unified Memory Bandwidth Multi- Plane Multi-Format 2.5D Programmable Pipeline Display Engine with HDMI 2.0 Output 4K Ultra-HD High Dynamic Range Video Decode Engine with Hardware Accelerated Decoder for VP9, H.265, H.264 Form Factor and GPIO Compatibility with Raspberry Pi 3 for Maximum Re-usability Supported Operating Sytem Images: Latest Linux 6.x With Weekly Security Updates Ubuntu 22.10 / 22.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS Debian 11 Raspbian 11 CoreELEC (Kodi) LibreELEC (Kodi) Android 9.0 Pie Armbian Lakka (RetroArch/Retro Gaming) Batocera (RetroArch/Retro Gaming)
Brand: Libre Computer Project
Ram Memory Installed Size: 2 GB
CPU Model: None
CPU Speed: 1416 MHz
Connectivity Technology: HDMI, I2C, GPIO
Processor: 1416 MHz none
Wireless Type: 802.11b
Brand: Libre Computer Project
Operating System: Linux, Android
Item Weight: 7.4 ounces
Product Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH: 8.25 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
Processor Brand: ARM
Number of Processors: 4
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Libre Technology Co., Ltd.
Date First Available: November 24, 2017
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Size: 2GB
I have been thinking about setting up a Pi-Hole for a while, and when I finally decided to do it, found that the Pi was almost unobtanium at a decent price. Came across this by accident, and figured for the price I would give it a try. So far, seems to do what I need. I had a few issues with setup, partially because I could not find what the LED's meant, but after I found out, got it sorted. And just FYI, the red LED is for power. It should be solid red all the time, if it is blinking, your power supply is not putting out enough power for your needs. The green LED is for the SD being read, it also is solid. The blue LED is an activity LED. If solid blue, the system is doing nothing, if 2 fast flashes, pause, 2 fast flashes repeat, it is running correctly. If working correctly, the red and blue come on solid when plugged in, then the green comes on a few seconds later as it reads from the SD card, then the blue should start to flash. There may be other meanings for them, but knowing this helped me figure out my issue. When I first plugged it in, I had a solid red and solid blue, no green. No display. Found out I had apparently bumped the SD card out of the slot. Put it back in, had solid red, green and blue. No display. Tried several cards (several brands and sizes from 4 to 32 gigs) and several OS downloaded from Libre's site (Rasbian, Armbian, Ubuntu), and moved to SD using Etcher, and had same result. Then realized I had not unzipped the files! Oops. Got Armbian loaded up correctly on a 4 gig card, and it showed solid red, solid green, and blue flashing correctly, but no display. Tried an 8 gig card with Ubuntu on it, and again, leds were the same with a blank screen. Put in a 32 gig card with Rasbian installed, and same, LEDs were on correctly, but still no display. Read on the Libre forums of some displays not working for some reason or another, and I was using a tv from 2008 or so, so went to a monitor that was a little newer, and still no display. Tried another monitor, same again. Was beginning to wonder if I had a bad board. But I had been using the same HDMI cable for all 3 displays, maybe that is it? Tried a 2nd HDIM cable on a 4th monitor, and it worked. I had the 32 gig card in there with Rasbian on it, so that is what I am sticking with for now. I may swap over to the 8 gig card later (my 4 gig cards are not class 10 and may be too slow), but for now, I am sticking with what is working. Got it all set up using a keyboard and mouse, installed Pi-Hole, got ssh and vpn working and put the board in a cheap case. I had some small aluminum heatsinks that I applied to the processor and top side ram just because. The case has a large opening in it for access to the side pins, but I like that because it will help with airflow. I now have it velcroed to the side of a desk, power is coming from the USB on the router, and is sitting at ~ 41-43°C with an ambient of 77°F. So as said, so far so good, it has been up for just a day, and am seeing a lot fewer ads (still a lot of youtube ads coming through).
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Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023 by Nalon1
Size: 2GB
Pro: it's inexpensive; it works; you can download a version of the latest Raspbian other Linux OS's I would have given it 5 stars except for the following issues: - it claims to be Raspberry Pi 3 form factor, but it will not fit in many cases. It has a bunch of headers in different places than on the Pi, and has an IR receiver that sticks out, I was able to make it fit in a plastic Pi3 case, but I had to do some surgery. Likely would not work in a metal case - no WiFi, only suitable for projects with wired Ethernet - it can't run stock Raspbian, there is a version you can download from their site which works, but there are a couple awkward issues with initial configuration that you have to do by hand
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Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023 by DanT
Size: 2GB
Micro USB-B is a terrible choice for anything more than 3 Watts. There is little excuse for continuing to use it when better alternatives exist. There has always been power related problems with even the original Pi, and 90% of that was born from the use of micro USB, directly or indirectly. Le Potato SBC follows the same dead end "tradition," and has tons of issues because of this. If you do end up with power related problems, which is highly likely, the "helpful response" you will get is akin to "UsE A bEttEr PoWeR cAbOl, iDIot!" ... No. Blaming the problem on your end users because you couldn't be bothered to add $0.10 worth of DC-DC conversion or use a newer connector is not the correct answer. Those "better" power cables are abusing the USB standards, which makes them dangerous for anything other than the these poorly designed SBCs. Some of the "proper" wall adapters have 5.5V+ at the plug when open circuit, which is RIGHT on the edge of legal spec. This is fixing one problem by creating another. Accidentally plug that into your phone and you may end up needing a new phone shortly after. Since this new SBC has this old problem, you have to deal with it. The proper *workaround* is to power directly through the header pins, using an adjustable DC-DC converter. This will give you lower voltage sag, so you can keep the at plug voltage to within standards complaint levels without fear that the on load voltage sag will make your board hang. The proper *fix* would have been to add a barrel connector and on card DC-DC regulation capable of accepting 5-25V input during design time, like a proper engineering team would have done. Or use a USB-C connector because 2014 was a while ago.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023 by Charlie
Size: 2GB
I'm sure you're looking at this review because you're in the same boat as everyone else right now trying to either replace a broken Pi, or buy a new one... and the prices are 3x-5x due to the shortage. This board definitely hits the right price point and after two days of tweaking things, I got it to run Mailsail and I'm back in business. Here are some Pro's and Con's: Pro: Same footprint as RPi, including GPIO location and pinouts. Pro: Lower heat production than my Pi3. Pro: CHEAP. Available. Con: No wifi. Not a big deal for me. All my printers are running Ethernet. Con: I can't get UART_A working. I tried everything. I'm using this via USB for now. Con: Very limited number of available software appliance packages. To keep your expectations in check, assume you will download a working Linux, and then you need to do everything else (i.e., download and run KIAUH to get Mainsail and related components running) Keeping all that in mind, and having some experience with SBCs, this one wasn't too terrible. It would have been great if I could have fired up the UART... but thats fine... its better than a dead RPi and a non-functional printer... LOL. I just bought a second one to be part of a simple NOE which I'll use to experiment with to see if I can get the UART functional, while the other one is in my OE. ***UPDATE: January 2023*** I've bumped up my review from 4 stars to 5. This little guy has been a godsend. Its cheap, runs mainsail just fine... and there is an added bonus (why I raised my rating): It runs at or even slightly below 5 volts! Before, with my RPi's, I'd constantly get under-volt errors. The FAQs say that you need a "clean power supply" and I'm running the damn thing on an 750W ATX power supply! Turns out, the RPi needs more than 5V which causes all these undervolting issues. Long story short, Le Potato makes that issue go away... so it just earned itself one more star. Also, in case you're stuck in your transition, here is how to get Mainsail on it: -Download the Raspbian image from Libre Computer's repository. -Use your favorite tool (Balena, or the RPI imager) to write that image on to the micro SD card. -Connect the board with a USB keyboard, and to a monitor with HDMI, and power it/boot. -Once booted, log in via the GUI, launch a terminal window, then launch the configurator at the terminal window( sudo raspi-config ) -In the raspi-config, go to Interfacing Options, then select SSH, and then enable -Shut down the pi, disconnect the monitor and keyboard, boot again. -SSH to the Potato's address -Once logged into the libre, next you need to get KIAUH and the instructions for that can be found by searching for th33xitus and kiauh in google... but summary: you'll need to run one command to clone the KIAUH repository, then run KIUAH and the rest of the process should be pretty self explanatory. after this step is done, you can connect your libre over to the printer controller with a USB cable (I'm still trying to figure out the UART connection), and complete configuration of the controller/mainsail. Good luck!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2022 by Persepolis
Size: 2GB
I purchased this as an alternative to a raspberry pi to host a personal discord bot and then eventually get to making a pi-hole. Box contents were the board in an ESD bag w/ a little styro block to protect on board components. No instruction manual or power cables/supply included. Those were purchased separately (you might also want to get a fresh SD card and a mini HDMI monitor also--we'll get to that later). Be comfortable digging through forum posts/youtube tutorials Disclaimer: I'm a little rusty with my microcontrollers (familiar w/ arduino/beaglebone). It's taken at least four days of forum searching, and repeated flashing of multiple SD cards to successfully flash Le Potato (apt name) with an OS (ubuntu). I went through official libre tutorials, then other users' tutorial videos, and then dug through the forums when the first two options kept failing. I don't know how both of my rarely used SD cards (sandisk, samsung) were supposedly failing but Libre notes that as a common gotcha. After getting frustrated leaving the board on power overnight, I woke to find the board attempting to boot from SD. In summary, I went through 4 flashing programs (rPi imager, balenaEtcher, win32diskimager, rufus) and 4 distros (2 most-recent distros for Raspbian and Ubuntu) before the board was successfully flashed and booted. Unfortunately the ubuntu distro didn't mention that you can't SSH into the damned thing after booting until you open that via command line. The only issue is I have to do this headless (no monitor) because the Potato didn't output to THREE separate 1080p computer monitors (SCEPTRE, Samsung, ASUS). I'm a little annoyed at this point. Might reflash and see if I can start with SSH open. So there we have it; I haven't been able to get to the fun stuff because setup takes a bit. I went with this on account of seeing a few vets hype it up as a not overpriced Pi. I believe the better way of putting it is that you are getting what you pay for--no frills/handholding. TL,DR: You may or may not get lucky on flashing the board the first time around. Get a power supply, fresh SD card, and monitor for a microcontroller to ease interfacing. Get ready to forum dive if the first two attempts fail. Better suited for intermediate-advanced users. I'll update once I can actually interface fully. UPDATE: Finally got it working! For headless raspbian systems setup life will be easier if you install Buster, setup root username and password, and then update to Bullseye. The default login for pi: raspberry was phased out in Bullseye, so even if you use RPimager's flashing settings to enable ssh/login details when flashing Bullseye, it won't take hold. I still kinda had to do a lot of forum digging to get here though.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023 by Victor Omojola
Size: 2GB
Really really solid boards all around. Have both 1GB and 2GB ram versions. Using with 16 GB Verbatim SD cards. One runs Klipper, Mainsail, HomeBridge. Other runs Octoprint. Both using RasPI 5V power supplies I got for cheap. I'm using the Raspbian images librecomputer has for them. Would buy more. Chances are I'm going to get the $50 Rockchip one soon for some other stuff.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023 by Joe
Size: 2GB
Sick of the obnoxious RPi prices? This is the replacement for you. No onboard wifi to save cost, and it not going to be compantible with HDMI or Camera ribbon cables, but pretty much all software and server uses are solid. I have tested Armbian on it thus far and will not a bunch of other OS on it soon. I just received it today and with like an hour of tinkering trying unsupported OSes, I used their recommend OSes and it fired right up. This is the way to go for any sort of RPi based server application. Grab a cheap wifi dongle for 5$ and you have a VERY solid RPi replacement. Most of the negative reviews for the product likely cost more energy to write then it would have taken for the user to search the Libre website to find their answer. Im not sure why so many people had such issues. When I did thinks right, IE used the Libre Armbian OS with Cinnamon desktop and RPi imager with a cheapo microcenter SD card, it worked as soon as I powered it up. Ran update and upgrade and everything is working as intended. Ill throw a USB wifi dongle on it tomorrow and see how she goes. 35$ is WAY better than paying nearly 100$ or more for a RPi thats suppose to sell for 45$. Forget that lol.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023 by John Doe
Size: 2GB
There was less information on how and where to set things up but it still effective.
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023 by Oofer35
Size: 2GB
I have loaded Raspbian AND then LibreELEC (KODI) from the Libre computer website and both work fine. I may replace my Raspberry Pi 4 running KODI with the Libre computer "Potato" and use the Pi 4 for more challenging work. The Libre computer works great and runs cooler and fast.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023 by Tom
Size: 2GB
Burn the sd card with the Ubuntu image from the libre site. Any other image such as raspberry os is such a confusing pain in the butt it’s not even worth the trouble. Don’t buy this for the ir abilities. It’s spotty and documentation is unreliable. Cool project sbc but not for stability project use
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2023 by Jake
Size: 2GB
The media could not be loaded. I was interested in this because I have a lot of Raspberry pi things and this claimed to fit in the cases for the Raspberry Pi 3B+. For the most part, it did. I had some trouble with the IR sensor pushing against the case. It claims that you can run PiOS on this and I can verify that it sort of can. Initially, I tried just using the Raspberry Pi imager to install and image from the Raspberry Pi website on a 64GB microSD, but it didn’t boot. So reluctantly, I went to the website that is on the cover of the box and read the instructions. You have to use their image and use a ‘bit accurate’ imager to write it on the microSD. I downloaded the image from where they said and used the Raspberry Pi imager to write it to the microSD. This time it did boot, install and update. There was one point during the install that worried me as they display was losing sync as you can see in the video. However, after it went through all the steps, it did boot to PiOS and they sync problem went away. This isn’t identical to the Raspberry Pi, but it can run much of the same software. I will have to study the differences, such as I don’t see a camera connector and what is the emmc on the bottom. How can I use the IR detector. One last thing, when I tried to shut it down, it rebooted. I need to understand at what point it is safe to turn off the power.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2022 by Stepinwolf Stepinwolf
Size: 2GB
Back-end plastic piece of SDCard connector blow-out. Apparently, it's used to help press the SDCard down onto the contact fingers. This issue took me past my return window so I stuck with it and finally solved it by wedging 4 pieces of paper between the SDCard and the shell to help press down the card to the contact fingers. Works fine now.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2023 by J. Miller J. Miller
Size: 2GB
The Raspberry Pi shortage has been hitting hard for quite a while. I was hoping a little patience would pay off, but here we are in 2023 still waiting for the supply chain issues to be fixed. I spent quite a bit of time researching alternative SBCs, and it seems that price and quality are all over the board. It seems that we’re pretty spoiled with raspberry pi. This is the first one I tried, and I did not have the same frustrations that others expressed in the comments. I downloaded the raspbian build from the manufacturer’s website, flashed it with the raspberry pi imager, and I was up and running. I have 1 of these running pihole, and another running pivpn. The downfall with this guy is the non-gigabit networking. Even at it’s price point, I really feel like not having fast networking is a questionable choice (and my reason for rating this as 4 stars). For pihole, the network is fine. I don’t notice any frustrations with dns queries on my network. The VPN works, but can lag at times. I really only use it for small tasks when I’m not at home, so it’ll do for now. When something else comes along, I’ll swap out the VPN to something with gigabit networking. Overall, I’m happy with these. It’s not a perfect pi replacement, but does it’s job just fine with out noticeable issues.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023 by BG
Size: 2GB
I needed several miniature computers for a project. These worked well for me but the os installation was a pain. Most OS downloads available to use for this run really slow when installed. I installed the most basic one and it seems reasonable for my purposes. It is some raspberry OS variant -- sorry I don't remember the specific version off the top of my head.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023 by Sasha A.
Size: 2GB
Bought this to use with a Voron Trident 3D Printer running Klipper. It is working fine with less than 10% CPU utilization most of the time. I would recommend getting the heatsink. For Klipper, I installed Raspian from the Libre site, and used KIAUH to install everything Klipper related. It all just worked. Using the Le Potato vs Raspberry Pi did require some hardware changes on my part to interface with screen, ADXL345 board, and WiFi. There is quite a bit of support in the Libre forums to help handle the differences from Raspberry Pi. The form factor, mounting holes, and GPIO pins locations match the Raspberry Pi 3 and 4. I printed a Raspberry Pi case and it worked perfectly. However, the Pi has proprietary GPIO drivers, so you'll need to use Libre libraries. I only the GPIO pins for power, so I don't know how well this works. You can power the Potato using the same GPIO pins that you would use for the Pi. Unlike a Raspberry PI, there is no DSI connector for HDMI touch screens, so you must use HDMI and USB. I use an automobile USB/HDMI pass through so the Potato can be inside the printer. Since there is no WiFi, I used the GenBasic WiFI dongle and it works out of the box. Note that some adapters are not supported by Raspian. There are RealTek libraries for download. The 3D printer kit I bought had an ADXL345 board that connects to the GPIO pins and a small ribbon cable connector for the Pi. I chose to use a Pi Pico as a secondary MCU to connect to ADXL345 instead of trying to make it work. I purchased and installed the heatsink. I did not monitor CPU temps without the fan, but the heatsink was mildly warm in an 80F area. I printed a mount, and installed a 30mm fan undervolted to 3.3v. CPU temperatures are 14C over ambient for low CPU utilization. LoveRPI has these and all the accessories on their site. Worth checking out.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023 by Reviewer1E10