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Which SBC are potentially compatible with Digi+ pro?

Alex

August 29, 2018 10:56

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Hello to the community,

 

I have a digi+ pro and i am really happy with it, but my rasp 3 lacks a little bit of power as i use it also for movies not only music, it does not decode h265, nor 4k. The digi+ is plugged on my receiver with optical/rca cable as it does not have hdmi inputs.

 

A lot of sbc manufacturers claim to be fully compatible with raspberry pi 3, including with gpio port. I know this is not true, thanks to Daniel, because it's more complicated.

Asus Tinker board is now compatible with digi+ pro since version 2.05 of their OS, but there are a lot of potential issues with Tinker board as i can see on forums, and it's quite expansive.

So, do you know, guys, if there are others sbc that could be ok with digi+, as nanopi ( whatever series) from Friendly arm, or Hardkernel etc...and which OS would be suited ? 

I don't want Android as OS, i really prefer Linux based one:)

Do you have any interesting experience?

Thanks a lot.

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  HiFiBerry team August 29, 2018 11:01

  Tinkerboard is the only other board that is compatible. While their software is not as stable as the Raspberry Pi, this is the best you can get. Most SBC manufacturers just manufacture new hardware every year without spending much time in software development.

  Best regards,
  Daniel

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  Alex August 29, 2018 11:24

  Thanks Daniel

  I was thinking about installing Dietpi or armbian, and following the guide you published here to make linux working with hifiberry cards.

  Is this case, do you mean that hifiberry drivers are not included in the kernel ?

  Thanks

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  HiFiBerry team August 29, 2018 11:26

  There is no "generic" kernel that just works on every SBC. The drivers are part of the Raspberry Pi Linux kernel, Asus has ported these to the Tinkerboard. The driver consists of several layers that can't just copied to another hardware as the general sound driver has to be developed and maintained for a specific SOC.

  Best regards,
  Daniel