The popular Orange Pi 5 compact computer

Affordable Raspberry Pi personal computers go on sale like a bet, which means that the available stock is usually sold out within a few hours. This is not even surprising, since it is possible to build very interesting devices on its basis. We believe that this will also hold true for the latest Orange Pi 5 computer from the competing Chinese company Xunlong Software, as it is a small and cheap computer that should enable the production of extremely interesting products.

The Orange Pi 5 computer is based on an eight-core and 64-bit Rockchip RK3588S processor. It uses four 2.4 gigahertz ARM Cortex-A76 processor cores and four 1.8 gigahertz Cortex-A55 cores for data processing. The icing on the cake is the integrated Mali-G610 MP4 graphics core. Among the connectors and connections of the Orange Pi 5 computer, we also find an HDMI 2.1 interface (up to 8K resolution, 60 frames per second), a gigabit network card, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connections, and e type of USB interfaces. There is also a range of other connectors available for making any end device.

Among the connectors and connections of the Orange Pi 5 computer, we also find an HDMI 2.1 interface (up to 8K resolution, 60 frames per second), a gigabit network card, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connections, and e type of USB interfaces. There is also a range of other connectors available for making any end device. The whole thing is powered by an external power supply of 20 watts. The Orange Pi 5 computer is extremely compact for a laptop, as it measures only 100 x 62 millimeters and weighs 46 grams.

Recently, however, the Orange Pi 5 desktop computer has become even better. This is indeedč also available in the #141 version equipped with 32 gigabytes of system memory. The more powerful Orange Pi 5B and Orange Pi 5 Plus versions also received a memory update. This means that on their basis we will be able to produce extremely interesting devices for both ordinary and specialized tasks. You intendč support a wide range of open source operating systems. Among them we find Android 12, Debian 11 and of course Orange Pi OS.

The new Orange Pi 5, Orange Pi 5B and Orange Pi 5 Plus desktop computers with 32 gigabytes of system memory are still on sale via the AliExpress online portal. The Orange Pi 5 desktop computer is available for 194.76 euros. The more powerful Orange Pi 5B and Orange Pi 5 Plus systems are on sale for 219.25 euros.