Orange Pi 4 LTS instead of Raspberry Pi?

The supply bottlenecks caused by Corona pandemic also have an impact on the semiconductor market. Friends of the single -board computer Raspberry Pi are currently feeling. The prices have noticed noticeably if the prospect gets a device at all. An alternative is the Orange Pi 4 LTS by Shenzhen Xunlong Software, which is expected to be available from February 14th. The price at Amazon and AliExpress should be between $ 55 and $ 70. If you are interested in this, you can quickly access it. Here, too, there is the possibility that fewer quantities will be delivered and that they will soon be out of print.

Orange PI 4 LTS supports Android, Ubuntu and Debian as an operating system. The computer has a rock chip RK3399 with six cores. The RAM is 4 GB LPDDR4-RAM. The computer uses a 16 GB EMMC flash card as a storage medium. Even a WLAN and Bluetooth connection are available.

There is little to criticize the connection options. There is an HDMI connection for the monitor. There is also a USB 3.0 port and a USB 3.0 Type-C connection. There is also a USB 2.0 connection and another USB port that was soldered directly onto the board. On the back of the computer there is a micro SD card reader, a reset and recovery button.

The previous version has been around since January 2019. Depending on the equipment, the price is between $ 30 and $ 40.