Raspberry Pi 4 Alternatives: Five ARM Contenders

Low-cost ARM SBC review, including the Banana Pi M5, VIM1s, Odroid C4, Rock 3A, and the Orange Pi 5 4GB. All of these boards have their own, full ExplainingComputers review video as follows:

Banana Pi 5:
   • Banana Pi M5: ARM SBC with eMMC  

VIM1s:
   • Khadas VIM1s: Android & Linux SBC  

Odroid C4:
   • Odroid C4  

Rock 3A:
   • Rock 3A: Dual M.2 ARM SBC with eMMC s...  

Orange Pi 5:
   • Orange Pi 5: Excellent RK3588S Octa C...  

You can also find my interview with Eben Upton from December 2022 here:
   • Eben Upton Interview: Raspberry Pi Av...  

And the Rock 5B review that I refer to here:
   • Rock 5B: Powerful RK3588 SBC  

Full specifications, software downloads and sales pages for the SBCs covered in this video are listed below. Please note that none of these are affiliate or sponsored links. But if you do want to support the channel, you can get some SBCs and accessories via the ExplainingComputers Amazon Storefront, from which I do earn a commission: https://www.amazon.com/shop/explainin...

Banana Pi M5:
https://www.banana-pi.org/web/index.p...
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1101...
https://ameridroid.com/products/banan...
https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_...

Khadas VIM1s:
https://www.khadas.com/vim1s
(Note that software can be downloaded and installed using the onboard OOWOW firmware -- so no website download pages are necessary).

Odroid C4:
https://www.odroid.co.uk/ODROID-C4
https://ameridroid.com/products/odroi...
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-c4/os_...

Rock 3A:
https://www.okdo.com/c/rock-shop/rock...
https://www.okdo.com/software-hub/

Orange Pi 5:
http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare...
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...

More videos on SBCs and wider computing and related topics can be found at:
   / @explainingcomputers  

You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at:    / @explainingthefuture  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Banana Pi M5
04:41 VIM1s
07:57 Odroid C4
11:28 Rock 3A
16:35 Orange Pi 5
19:23 Wrap

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