Hands On With The Atomic Pi As A $35 Intel Atom Alternative To The Raspberry Pi

[LoveRPi]

It's torn innards from a failed robotics company that went belly up. It's not even designed to be an SBC.

[blackshard]

Hmm... The Raspberry Pi foundation really should have Trademarked the word Pi

In any case, I'm sure this is made in China with the usual ethical issues, where as the real Pi is actually made in Wales https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/fac...m-south-wales/

Not really, my company got dozens of PIs from official channels with the "Made in PRC" printed on them.

[nomadewolf]

The lack of SATA is a shame, but still, pretty f*cking impressive!...
I mean, with this board, you can actually watch youtube videos, right?

[M@yeulC]

Sata!!!!! SATA!!!!! SATAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Why does it lack SATA????!!!!!

My thoughts exactly. It would be nice to have some power consumption benchmarks, especially on idle, though.

Sata!!!!! SATA!!!!! SATAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Why does it lack SATA????!!!!!

If I heard right, the current config doesn't have any spare PCI-E lanes for it. Someone speculated it was designed for either an IoT device or a vehicle.

[rastersoft]

Sata!!!!! SATA!!!!! SATAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Why does it lack SATA????!!!!!

[grigi]

Yeah, I have an nearly decade old AMD E-350 system, would love to see how it compares.

When you buy a TV box you get casing and PSU. Shipping from China is cheap too. The Intel Atom tv box: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33013473398.html
Armbian and derivatives supports many android tv boxes, For example: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32961471123.html

Atomic Pi has gigabit ethernet and has a traditional BIOS for easy OS installations; got mine with a 5V-5A PSU for $51. I'm not sure what that box linked does for booting, but it has a larger internal NAND it looks like.

Also for anyone interested, Old school Runescape runs relatively well on the APi with Android-x86: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OaZNBTpHg0

[curaga]

Please include the low-end AMD cpus like the E-350 and the AM1 ones, if you still have them. This board competes against them too, not just the ARMs.

[OneTimeShot]

Hmm... The Raspberry Pi foundation really should have Trademarked the word Pi

In any case, I'm sure this is made in China with the usual ethical issues, where as the real Pi is actually made in Wales https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/fac...m-south-wales/