C.H.I.P Computer

>falling for a kickstarter-tier product meme

>>60121172
You answered yourself

>>60121172
I was about to fall for that meme but /csg/ outmemed it with the Orange Pi.

Got the orange pi instead running Debian and i'm happy with it.

>>60121172
I just used my phone charger, it works fine.
Thing is great if you arnt stupid

>>60121214
Wifi is extremely flaky on Orange Pi family of boards because AllWinner is being a cunt and not releasing a driver that doesn't drop connection every 5 minutes (not even as a binary blob).

I have no idea what sourcery they performed to make Wifi reliable on CHIP, which also has a AllWinner chip.

>>60121239
Where do you think you are anon?

>>60121243
I agree, mine is the Orange Pi Zero and indeed the Wifi speeds are abysmal but i never noticed connection drops. I use Ethernet instead.

Also it runs fine with a 2tb hdd connected via USB with a 5V 2.4A charger as power supply.

I really like this single board computer fad.
I can do so much with them,

I've got a CHIP and met the same problem OP is talking about, however, instead of being a massive fucking retard I just disabled the USB current draw limiter

sudo axp209 --no-limit

You fucking manchild.

>>60121568
Won't this cause your $9 SBC to turn into a $9 smoke generator?

>>60121618
No, It's not a limit that protects the CHIP, it's a limit that protects the USB socket it is drawing power from.

Though i'm glad you mentioned it because I do not recommend powering the CHIP from your laptop with that setting in place, use a wall adapter.

>>60121251
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