Back in the 90s I never thought I will see this much leap in PC technology in my lifetime. I wish you and all the viewers of EC a Very Happy upcoming new year 🎉
I’m working in the electronics manufacturing industry and only for your videos, I would be lost when they use acronyms to describe everything! Thanks Christopher! Here’s to more exciting new tech in 2020!
If you like positive input, here you go.... Even when you are demonstrating something I am not really interested in, your manner of presentation will usually keep me listening and make me aware of things normally not in my interest zone. You make me aware of what is out there so I can speak intelligently about things that I may not be "playing" with. With a subject so dry (computing is not exactly mainstream to the masses....) there is a reason you have over half a million subscribers. Keep on being awesome Chris.
Wonder why they did not point the SSD connector the other way? Sort of awkward having the SSD pointed out that direction. This was another great video! Would love to see you do a more in depth comparison of this board and the Jetson Nano.
Another job well done sir! One other niggle I would point out is that the USB C and HDMI connectors are VERY close together on the board. If your cables have large connectors they will not fit next to each other. I see in the video that yours are just about touching each other. Just be aware about this everyone. Happy New Year to all!
"Triggered" Join the club, that was the first thing I complained about when Christopher said "and here we have a type A USB3.0 port" and I'm sitting here going..... "No it's not, it has to be "blue"...... Then and ONLY then, when the port is "blue" can you get USB 3.0 port speeds out of it. If it's any other colour, the transfer rate drops, because the colour suppresses the speed. This is my main reason for holding off on buying any PC until they bring out the "Green" or "Yellow" USB ports, because those will FLY 👍👍👍
@@grimmdanny And also provides the necessary gap for cooling, heh. The backs of these SBCs tend to get pretty hot already, so you really need a little fan and some space between the 2 to avoid overheating due to the SSD.
Thanks for your excellent coverage of SBCs and for the outstanding review of Khadas VIM3. I grow more and more impressed with the capabilities of some of the SBCs on the market. As always, keep up your excellent work on UA-cam.
The VIM 3 M.2 being mounted like that is, supposedly, because they couldn't lay out the board in a way that allowed an SSD board to mount within the footprint anyway, but having it directed towards the edge of the board makes it easier to stack the M2X extension board, as that plugs into the M.2 slot. The case was probably originally designed for the VIM 1 and 2 boards, those SBCs do not have the M.2 slot. Christopher did say he had it from before in the video, I believe.
@@Ts6451 Ah. They could've soldered a little riser daughter-PCB with the socket there to clear the mechanical interference, but that would've increased assembly price (and perhaps failure rate).
I have LEARNED SO SO MUCH from you this is year!! Thank you for all you do and all the hard work it takes!! I’m DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR OF LEARNING 2020!!! Again Thank you so much!!!💯👍
Sir I was thinking about something else and I came back and I watch this video again and I have a question for you do you think this board is capable of ALPR? And would you have any ideas on what and where I can set up storage for license plate recognition?? Again Thank you!!
Thank you for reviewing the Khadas VIM3, Chris. IMHO, Khadas products are the 'Rolls Royce' (or Lamborghini, if you prefer) of SBCs. They have many features that others don't, plus a fully developed line of custom designed accessories. Speaking of which, there's an M2x extender board, with a robust ribbon cable which allows the NVME drive to mount underneath the SBC (opposite the heat sink). The case can even expand to accommodate both boards. The external VIN connector allows more power options and the on board temp controlled PWM fan connector reduces the costs of optimum cooling. Having all connectors along one side allows makers to encase their projects w/o cables sticking out everywhere. Last but not least, the Khadas online forum is very active and their techs are very polite and helpful.🤙 I love my Khadas EDGE-V and plan on purchasing the VIM3.😍
This looks a very nice SBC. Amazing power in such a small package and well worth the asking price. Probably my last purchase of 2019. I wonder why it was underwhelming runnin Linux. Cracking video and a fitting way to finish the decade
@@ExplainingComputers Correct G series Arm GPU's code named Bifrost are still iffy ( remember this is proprietary IP no Open Drivers provided by ARM ), but you can use github.com/superna9999/meson_g12a_mali_bifrost. The T Series ( Panfrost ) is now a main stay for Gallium / Mesa3d DRI / DRM and im sure Bifrost will shape up also.
Always a good watch! Even if I am not particularly hot on the topic being viewed, I ALWAYS learn something useful. This time it was HTOP - never heard of it. So I paused the EC vid and installed HTOP on my Ubuntu 18.04. Neat. Thanks again, Chris.
I think it's a real shame you didn't actually get to test the main USP of this product. Other than that another solid video, and Happy New Year Christopher!
Thank you Chris for revealing your whimsicle side.re: Mr.Bean. I and others do appreciate your thorough and concise reviews of SBC's and the like. The information is well presented and uncannily accurate, easy to digest. I myself have a RaspPi Mod #1 Rev. B that is in need of retirement. I esp. liked your head to head of the latest RaspPi and the Odroid C4. WELL done! You've helped with a decision. Cheers.
2020 could be an interesting year with NVidia releasing their 6 core Jetson Xavier NX in march, 2020. As well as seeing new sbc's based on Rockchip's rk3588 (4x A55 + 4x A76 cores). Thank you Chris for keeping all of us informed. Wishing you a happy new year.
I very much love these vids. It feels nostalgic but on the other hand futuristic. The format is minimalistic, straight on point and educational. What more do you want?
Gah. I remember being excited when I got a ZX printer working on my 16K ZX81. Now here we have an NPU as well as a CPU ! And 5 years ago I thought the RIOTboard was amazing. lol. Happy new year Chris. x
I've Been meaning to tell you for a while Chris, the intro to explaining computers is excellent. Well done. SBC' s are not really my thing I prefer Desktop PC's but I do still watch your video's on SBC' as your expatiation on them is second to none. You asked for suggestions in one of your earlier video's on what you should cover in 2020. I'd like to see you cover some earlier windows OS's (95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista) I started from 95 because it is the earliest OS I remember using. I'd love to see your opinion
VERY exciting board. Good to see a full HDMI connector (whoever thought of the micro hdmi for the Pi should be drawn, hung, and quartered), and very decent experience... pricing is also really good... Hoping you have a very productive New Year, and more video learning for us. You, sir, are the real deal.
Well done Chris, I will try this device for my android based security cameras. Will let you know the results as the cameras are all 4k. With a dedicated monitor it should fit the bill, also saves starting your phone to view the front door, with it seems a never ending sales people and the like. My office is in the basement of a large house so an instant view of callers will save me many trips to the front door. Regards, Richard.
Happy New Year to you and family Chris. From Downunder! I love this SBC! It would make a great media center with android installed! you've also inspired me to invest in an SBC. But which one is not easy. There are so many out there. I may have to go over some of your videos to refresh my memory.
Thanks for this, and a Happy New Year! If you want an SBC for media playback, there are many sound optins -- eg consider the VIM3 (Android), Rock Pi 4B (Android), Odroid N2 (CoreELEC) & Pi 4B (running LibreELEC).
Thanks for another great review and for adding another SBC for me to consider. You did not mention thermal performance, but I wonder if using proper thermal compound rather than the included pad would make for better cooling. Best wishes and more success for your channel for the new year, Chris! Really appreciate what you do. CheerZ!
I must be honest very impressed with this SBC. It has to be one of the few that really does seem worth the money with no if or buts. A bit of a pity about video playback under Linux but maybe a different distro might help- at the same time I like Android and it works well with that- and you gave access to the machine learning aspect. It really does seem the first ARM/SBC that I don’t have to make hard comparisons against an x86-64 embedded board with. Normally I’m torn because the x86 embedded offers more for less in the final analysis but here it is the opposite- not just the GIPO which you can sort of get away with using the USB and other i/o, but the NPU which you can’t get with x86 (as in I haven’t seen any for sale in this price range, I realise you can get them). Given the Pi4 is close to £100 by the time you’ve finished this seems competitive at say £170. Only thing is if it needs importing, importing from the USA can be expensive. Good video as always, very good actually as it told me everything I needed to know.
Wonderful review. It looked like Ubuntu was having network issues getting to sites causing it to not quite kerp up the video buffering. I hope you can test again with a new router and let us know in a comparison video of the next SBC you test. Have a great new year and keep up the chanel!
Brilliant, as usual...! BTY... My warmest greetings for the year 2020! I wish you all the best... and hope we can continue to follow you in your exceptional publications on YT!
I believe you can get the Khadas m2x extension board for the ssd slot. It has a ribbon connection that allows for everything to be tucked back underneath the main board. Though I’m not sure that the housing would fit onto the whole unit at that point.
Nice video to wrap up 2019, or is there a surprise last minute video coming u? I love watching your videos, they are an inspiration. The technical content and the subject matter expertise is never a doubt, but what I like most is the simplicity you bring in while explaining a topic. I am working in IT and majority of my team consists of recently graduated software engineers, I try to bring in the simplicity you exhibit in your videos in my interaction with these new graduates. Happy New Year !!!
10 years Windows 7 user watching you from Linux Mint 19 for the first time, via Icy Box. Thank you a lot Christopher and happy new year ! I'm convinced that 2020 will be a 20/20 for EC ! :)
@@ExplainingComputers Excuse me Mr. Christopher. I hope you are good now because I want you to make episode about my Smartwatch call it (Kospet). I made this watch for people and my friends. So please I hope you make episode about it.
Yes Christtopher Barnett, I'd very much like to improve the model that we described since or past 1970 KHadas i mentioned with you, though i finally get to finally think of this time after all the searchings and comparisons of many favorte different performances of all kinds of Fishandchip. Thanks very well of your very uch appreciated patience.
Imagine a movie where Stanley the knife and Mr. Scissors are stranded on an island during a nuclear bomb test and all goes wrong and the rest of the world, or Tokyo (seems Tokyo always falls victim to these things), are threatened by giant hand tools.
A little bit of advise to anyone looking to buy an ARM64 SBC board. Always check for support(forums) from manufacturer prior to spend any money on it. I've seen great featured SBC boards which lack support or even functionality or never been implemented on a year or so after release. There's a reason why RPi Community is so popular. Hardkernel staff is also knowledgeable and professional and they always stay behind their products.
IMHO another perfectly acceptable ARM-based desktop computer. That means another step towards us reducing our power usable for a more "green" world. Thank you Chris.
@@ExplainingComputers If I am just checking the weather or news, I now tend to start my RPi4 with Manjaro rather than this big 8-core AMD64 monster (that I like very much). Similarly I use a RPi2 with a pair of mirrored 1TB USB drives as a tiny file server. Small is good. :-) I expect that around the next series of ARM SBCs it will be a rather harder thing to choose a low-end PC with all their overhead. The hardest part is moving away from Windows, and I did that years ago.
I wouldn't know most of these things existed if it weren't for this channel, I love watching your videos of all these SBC's while I'm stuck here with my Raspberry Pi (unknown version but it's old) so if you feel the need to offload any of the newer ones, hit me up....Happy new year to Chris and family, and all fellow EC subscribers.... :)
Missed my Sunday session. but the video was just WAITING there in my inbox..Cool SBC. but I'm waiting on a cheap functional SBC that can REPLACE my pc altogether as a gaming as well as a rendering & video editing tool.. Doesn't stop me to go for the Raspberry Pi 4b as a entry SBC until that happens. Keep up the good work Chris, you got me all fired up on computers again just like way back in the 80's.. 😁 👍. May you have an extremely prosperous and joyful 2020..
I would like to see a video comparing the latest SBCs, explaining which ones might be better suited for certain purposes, and their overall community and/or manufacturer support. (I been wanting check out something other than the Pie)
Another EXCELLENT review Chris. I would be curious how this compares to something like a Asus Chromebit for video playback/play store content. The Khadas of course has so much more to offer. Great review!
Hello Chris Well, after watching this excellent video I would like to get a closer touch to this beautiful SBC, as the closer look just isn't enough for me. I hope your router behaves properly, just having a bad day. I remember too vividly my offline pains when I was abroad. Happy new year, filled with all sorts of new technologies & new things to learn and enjoyable neverending learning travel. 🎄😁
Great video and content. Happy to see another robust SBC device out there. I am wondering whether you would consider making a video on how these SBC devices are having an impact on AI/ML and edge computing as well as the challenges of making them work in a 'production' setting. Happy New Year.
I will certainly be looking at SBC ML/AI on the channel in 2020 -- this year I did so using the Jetson Nano in a couple of videos. The hardware is currently ahead of (maker) software support.
Having the neural network chip onboard is a great plus point. But Linux desktop's video performance was a bit bummer. Overall a good single board. By the way, wish you a happy new year.
Fascinating SBC. Beautiful case. Interesting heatsink. I wonder how well the heatsink cools the SBC. Looking forward to your next video! Wishing you and all your viewers a Happy New Year!
love this SBC Chris and it is a very capable machine i dont like the android O/S and in time when the support is there for this Linux will be the best O/S. great video as always Chris and a happy new year to you mate @@@Kim@@@
In part. But it will not patch the security holes constantly found in an OS, and which are patched via security updates. A secure OS needs a firewall, antivirus and constant updates from its vendor.
I think it would be overkill for an android box, even tho it's swift performance would be appreciated. I'd be interested in this if I was doing small scale projects that needed the NPU and could be put into robotics projects and the like.
Happy New Year and congratulations to 550k subscribers. We are getting more and more and in June we will probably hit the 1 million mark. These are already the good resolutions for the next year 2020.11111100100. 7E4. MMXX. Thanks.
at this point you should just rename the channel to Explaining SingleBoardComputer!! XD love the video as always! Hope 2020 will be as good if not even better!
Was doing a search for a lattepanda alpha on AliExpress and tapped the first thing to come up. It opened to with a video of one you made and posted to UA-cam.
As everyone is saying, another great review of an obviously great SBC ! The NPU and AI side of it sound to be a "deal breaker" for hobbyists such as myself ( no doubt your followers who are in education or industry already know about it, but it is new to some of us ). I hope that Khadas do well from that facility that they have included. How we use it would be of interest - say, for interest, I'm looking through Google Images of garden shrubs and want to find all with certain features - will this NPU help me to find them ? Maybe a topic for your other channel ? Anyway, a great review ! Many thanks !
Always a big thank you for your reviews! What would be the best choice for a small retrogaming computer (SNES, Megadrive, Mame, N64, PS1) : the VIM3 or the EDGE? Thanks!
You should have done a NVMe test with it. I own several SBC's: Odroid N2, Odroid C4, Rpi 4B and Rock Pi 4B. Currently looking forward to buy a Vim3 Pro but need to know if it's worth it(NVMe performance) to replace my Odroid N2(w/ SSD) as my Main PC/NAS server (Ubuntu Mate + Coreelec w/Dual boot) which I use it with my Samsung QLED 75.
Rather a promising product, at the first glance. If we take, for instance, ODROID N2 with Intel Movidius ($70 + $70), VIM3, theoretically, is more powerful with its faster A73s and 5 tops NPU vs 4 tops of Movidius. Plus EMMC as a gift.
Is there going to be second video? There are some things missing from the video. The version of the android, thermal perfomance of case and cooler, m.2 speed tests come to my mind immidiately. How is the amlogic linux kernel support? Is it in stock kernel? If the 4k support goes to 75Hz, why use only 35 in android?
Performance testing: dl.khadas.com/Hardware/VIM3/Performance/VIM3_V11_Performance_190624.pdf The Android will check the HDMI EDID information of the monitor and only show the menu that support. If the monitor support 4Kp60, there will have menu there.
Happy New Year 🥳. From the the west coast of Canada! Part 1 of 4 ( I hope). A nice review of a will designed SBC. A number of project reviews come to mind for 2020 using this board. The one I’m most interested in is the setup of the M.2 SSD drive. Take care Chris and I look forward to 2020 and all the reviews that will make our Sunday morning’s most enjoyable!
ExplainingComputers / I really think it has a lot to offer. With it’s built-in features and expandability I hope the DIY community pays attention so it gets the love it deserves. It’s all about exposure.
Thanks professor Christopher good video and nice little sbc needs the daughter board for the nvme ssd support but that's a fair value proposition thanks for sharing this as your last video of the old year take care and will be back in the new year for more information on Explaining computers .
It always feels like 1970 when I enter your videos ..but then you talk about bleeding edge 2020 tech ..its like a fun time warp
I think it’s the haircut ;-)
If only he would do some more 1970's retro computer review videos...
It's like looking into an alternative universe where John Major did something useful with his life.
Explaning Computers, explained.
I get the same feeling. It's oddly enjoyable though.
The last video of 2019? Well then happy new year for all the audience of explaining Computers. Thanks again 👍🏻
Yes, the last 2019 video. A Happy New Year. First 2020 video next Sunday! :)
ExplainingComputers thanks Chris. Wish you a very success the next 2020. Stay tuned for your channel with the bell ring-ring 😃
Back in the 90s I never thought I will see this much leap in PC technology in my lifetime. I wish you and all the viewers of EC a Very Happy upcoming new year 🎉
I’m working in the electronics manufacturing industry and only for your videos, I would be lost when they use acronyms to describe everything! Thanks Christopher! Here’s to more exciting new tech in 2020!
Stanley the knife looking sharp after his time off.
If you like positive input, here you go.... Even when you are demonstrating something I am not really interested in, your manner of presentation will usually keep me listening and make me aware of things normally not in my interest zone. You make me aware of what is out there so I can speak intelligently about things that I may not be "playing" with. With a subject so dry (computing is not exactly mainstream to the masses....) there is a reason you have over half a million subscribers. Keep on being awesome Chris.
Thanks.
Wonder why they did not point the SSD connector the other way? Sort of awkward having the SSD pointed out that direction.
This was another great video! Would love to see you do a more in depth comparison of this board and the Jetson Nano.
Yes, I feel a comparison/benchmark video coming on. :)
Or an adapter so you can slot it into a case like you do with sd cards
Think also about overheating in case 2 PCBs are so close
Looks like it's designed for a ribbon cable to go around the edge of the board.
SSD's are known to overheat and throttle. That would be guaranteed if they oriented the SSD over the backside of the PCB.
Another job well done sir!
One other niggle I would point out is that the USB C and HDMI connectors are VERY close together on the board. If your cables have large connectors they will not fit next to each other. I see in the video that yours are just about touching each other. Just be aware about this everyone.
Happy New Year to all!
Here's to a new decade full of exciting SBCs. Cheers, mate!
Thanks -- and a Happy New Year!
Thanks for this Christopher, I have been hanging out for my "Explaining Computers" fix over Christmas!
Glad you are here. :)
The fact that the USB 3 connector isn't blue triggers me more than it probably should.
Colour-coded USB ports are an optional suggestion... But yes, I agree that it's annoying when they use the wrong colours.
"Triggered"
Join the club, that was the first thing I complained about when Christopher said "and here we have a type A USB3.0 port" and I'm sitting here going..... "No it's not, it has to be "blue"...... Then and ONLY then, when the port is "blue" can you get USB 3.0 port speeds out of it. If it's any other colour, the transfer rate drops, because the colour suppresses the speed.
This is my main reason for holding off on buying any PC until they bring out the "Green" or "Yellow" USB ports, because those will FLY
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@@-Gadget- Wait for the go faster stripes! (well we are talking 70's retro ;0) )
@@totherarf 🤣🤣🤣
Damn, I never even thought about "That" feature
Sounds like you should get the Odroid N2 to teach those Khadas people a lesson. N2 has four blue USB ports as it should. Very stylish.
The orientation of the M.2 slot killed all my longing to own this..
Yeah that's really unfortunate.
There's expansion board that connects to this and flips in the proper direction.
@@grimmdanny Yeah, it's also as big as the main board. It looks okay to me, but it does greatly increase the thickness of the setup.
It's the same thing in the Raspberry 4b.
@@grimmdanny And also provides the necessary gap for cooling, heh. The backs of these SBCs tend to get pretty hot already, so you really need a little fan and some space between the 2 to avoid overheating due to the SSD.
Been watching a couple of videos but now I'm subscribing :) Happy New Years from the tiny islands of Palau!
Thanks for watching and subscribing -- welcome aboard! :)
Thanks for your excellent coverage of SBCs and for the outstanding review of Khadas VIM3. I grow more and more impressed with the capabilities of some of the SBCs on the market. As always, keep up your excellent work on UA-cam.
Thanks Tom.
Single-board computer computers.
The NPU is the most interesting part. It opens up a lot of interesting applications.
I can’t tell what’s more daft - the orientation of the nvme socket, or that case that seemingly completely ignores it.
The VIM 3 M.2 being mounted like that is, supposedly, because they couldn't lay out the board in a way that allowed an SSD board to mount within the footprint anyway, but having it directed towards the edge of the board makes it easier to stack the M2X extension board, as that plugs into the M.2 slot.
The case was probably originally designed for the VIM 1 and 2 boards, those SBCs do not have the M.2 slot. Christopher did say he had it from before in the video, I believe.
@@Ts6451 Ah. They could've soldered a little riser daughter-PCB with the socket there to clear the mechanical interference, but that would've increased assembly price (and perhaps failure rate).
If you look at the M2X EXTENSION BOARD you will see the reason
I have LEARNED SO SO MUCH from you this is year!! Thank you for all you do and all the hard work it takes!! I’m DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR OF LEARNING 2020!!! Again Thank you so much!!!💯👍
Thanks for watching, and being part of the EC community.
Sir I was thinking about something else and I came back and I watch this video again and I have a question for you do you think this board is capable of ALPR? And would you have any ideas on what and where I can set up storage for license plate recognition?? Again Thank you!!
@@billyferguson5881 It may well be able to do license plate recognition, yes -- maybe storing the neural net on an NVMe SSD.
Happy New Year... Looking forward to more great videos
with Mr. Scissors & Stanley the Knife, in the coming year.. :)
A Happy New Year. Already gearing up here for 2020. :)
I absolutely love the retro style of these videos
Thanks for introducing us to this board. This morning I didn't even know it existed, and now I want one.
Thank you for reviewing the Khadas VIM3, Chris. IMHO, Khadas products are the 'Rolls Royce' (or Lamborghini, if you prefer) of SBCs. They have many features that others don't, plus a fully developed line of custom designed accessories. Speaking of which, there's an M2x extender board, with a robust ribbon cable which allows the NVME drive to mount underneath the SBC (opposite the heat sink). The case can even expand to accommodate both boards. The external VIN connector allows more power options and the on board temp controlled PWM fan connector reduces the costs of optimum cooling. Having all connectors along one side allows makers to encase their projects w/o cables sticking out everywhere.
Last but not least, the Khadas online forum is very active and their techs are very polite and helpful.🤙
I love my Khadas EDGE-V and plan on purchasing the VIM3.😍
As an SBC go it seems like a capable board. That case is super nice in the looks. Best of luck on your channel sir.
This looks a very nice SBC. Amazing power in such a small package and well worth the asking price. Probably my last purchase of 2019. I wonder why it was underwhelming runnin Linux. Cracking video and a fitting way to finish the decade
Yes, this is a powerful little board. I imagine GPU support in Linux is the issue there. There is clearly excellent GPU support in Android.
@@ExplainingComputers Correct G series Arm GPU's code named Bifrost are still iffy ( remember this is proprietary IP no Open Drivers provided by ARM ), but you can use github.com/superna9999/meson_g12a_mali_bifrost. The T Series ( Panfrost ) is now a main stay for Gallium / Mesa3d DRI / DRM and im sure Bifrost will shape up also.
Everytime I read "SBC", I think in Small Block Chevy 😂
A great video again at the end of the decade. I hope 20s will get us new miracles.
Always a good watch! Even if I am not particularly hot on the topic being viewed, I ALWAYS learn something useful. This time it was HTOP - never heard of it. So I paused the EC vid and installed HTOP on my Ubuntu 18.04. Neat. Thanks again, Chris.
Great to hear!
I think it's a real shame you didn't actually get to test the main USP of this product.
Other than that another solid video, and Happy New Year Christopher!
I very briefly showed the NPU in action -- but setting it up for testing is a far from trivial task that needs a video to itself!
Thank you Chris for revealing your whimsicle side.re: Mr.Bean. I and others do appreciate your thorough and concise reviews of SBC's and the like. The information is well presented and uncannily accurate, easy to digest. I myself have a RaspPi Mod #1 Rev. B that is in need of retirement. I esp. liked your head to head of the latest RaspPi and the Odroid C4. WELL done! You've helped with a decision. Cheers.
2020 could be an interesting year with NVidia releasing their 6 core Jetson Xavier NX in march, 2020. As well as seeing new sbc's based on Rockchip's rk3588 (4x A55 + 4x A76 cores). Thank you Chris for keeping all of us informed. Wishing you a happy new year.
I very much love these vids. It feels nostalgic but on the other hand futuristic. The format is minimalistic, straight on point and educational. What more do you want?
Gah. I remember being excited when I got a ZX printer working on my 16K ZX81. Now here we have an NPU as well as a CPU ! And 5 years ago I thought the RIOTboard was amazing. lol. Happy new year Chris. x
I've Been meaning to tell you for a while Chris, the intro to explaining computers is excellent.
Well done.
SBC' s are not really my thing I prefer Desktop PC's but I do still watch your video's on SBC' as your expatiation on them is second to none.
You asked for suggestions in one of your earlier video's on what you should cover in 2020.
I'd like to see you cover some earlier windows OS's (95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista)
I started from 95 because it is the earliest OS I remember using.
I'd love to see your opinion
My apologies for the spelling mistakes haha
Hi Mark -- thanks for your kind feedback on the intro. :) Early OS is a great idea for videos. Noted!
VERY exciting board. Good to see a full HDMI connector (whoever thought of the micro hdmi for the Pi should be drawn, hung, and quartered), and very decent experience... pricing is also really good... Hoping you have a very productive New Year, and more video learning for us. You, sir, are the real deal.
Thanks Chris. :)
Well done Chris, I will try this device for my android based security cameras. Will let you know the results as the cameras are all 4k. With a dedicated monitor it should fit the bill, also saves starting your phone to view the front door, with it seems a never ending sales people and the like. My office is in the basement of a large house so an instant view of callers will save me many trips to the front door. Regards, Richard.
This guy looks straight from the 70 - 80'ish
One of the reasons I subscribed.
Heh, they had a lot longer hair in the 70s, I'd say a 60s bowl cut.
Happy New Year to you and family Chris. From Downunder!
I love this SBC! It would make a great media center with android installed!
you've also inspired me to invest in an SBC. But which one is not easy. There are so many out there. I may have to go over some of your videos to refresh my memory.
Thanks for this, and a Happy New Year! If you want an SBC for media playback, there are many sound optins -- eg consider the VIM3 (Android), Rock Pi 4B (Android), Odroid N2 (CoreELEC) & Pi 4B (running LibreELEC).
Thanks for another great review and for adding another SBC for me to consider. You did not mention thermal performance, but I wonder if using proper thermal compound rather than the included pad would make for better cooling.
Best wishes and more success for your channel for the new year, Chris!
Really appreciate what you do.
CheerZ!
The issue with thermal compound would be filling the gaps. :)
This Khadas SBC looks like a well supported system. Thanks for another great video Chris.
Thanks for a great 2019. EC is a favorite to me.
Whoa you have a great channel im glad I found it before end of 2019bgood luck in 2020
Thanks for watching.
I must be honest very impressed with this SBC. It has to be one of the few that really does seem worth the money with no if or buts. A bit of a pity about video playback under Linux but maybe a different distro might help- at the same time I like Android and it works well with that- and you gave access to the machine learning aspect. It really does seem the first ARM/SBC that I don’t have to make hard comparisons against an x86-64 embedded board with. Normally I’m torn because the x86 embedded offers more for less in the final analysis but here it is the opposite- not just the GIPO which you can sort of get away with using the USB and other i/o, but the NPU which you can’t get with x86 (as in I haven’t seen any for sale in this price range, I realise you can get them). Given the Pi4 is close to £100 by the time you’ve finished this seems competitive at say £170. Only thing is if it needs importing, importing from the USA can be expensive.
Good video as always, very good actually as it told me everything I needed to know.
Wonderful review. It looked like Ubuntu was having network issues getting to sites causing it to not quite kerp up the video buffering. I hope you can test again with a new router and let us know in a comparison video of the next SBC you test. Have a great new year and keep up the chanel!
Brilliant, as usual...! BTY... My warmest greetings for the year 2020! I wish you all the best... and hope we can continue to follow you in your exceptional publications on YT!
I believe you can get the Khadas m2x extension board for the ssd slot. It has a ribbon connection that allows for everything to be tucked back underneath the main board. Though I’m not sure that the housing would fit onto the whole unit at that point.
Yep, our bad. We just forgot to ship out one when we arrange the VIM3 sample :(
But will do anytime if Chris need one.
A Happy New Year to all Explaining Computers viewers !!!
Nice video to wrap up 2019, or is there a surprise last minute video coming u?
I love watching your videos, they are an inspiration. The technical content and the subject matter expertise is never a doubt, but what I like most is the simplicity you bring in while explaining a topic.
I am working in IT and majority of my team consists of recently graduated software engineers, I try to bring in the simplicity you exhibit in your videos in my interaction with these new graduates.
Happy New Year !!!
Thanks -- and a Happy New Year!
Look at you with over a half a million subscribers... great job! Keep up the hard work and the wonderful videos.
You have the best video presentation and your videos are always a joy to watch
Thanks.
10 years Windows 7 user watching you from Linux Mint 19 for the first time, via Icy Box. Thank you a lot Christopher and happy new year ! I'm convinced that 2020 will be a 20/20 for EC ! :)
Great to hear you've made the switch too. :)
Good Morning Mr. Pro. Christopher, Hello for you and all my Friends.
Greetings Henry. :)
@@ExplainingComputers Excuse me Mr. Christopher. I hope you are good now because I want you to make episode about my Smartwatch call it (Kospet). I made this watch for people and my friends. So please I hope you make episode about it.
Thank You for all your video's for this year, keep it up if you can we all appreciate it. Happy New Year from France...
Thanks -- and a happy new year!
Yes Christtopher Barnett, I'd very much like to improve the model that we described since or past 1970 KHadas i mentioned with you, though i finally get to finally think of this time after all the searchings and comparisons of many favorte different performances of all kinds of Fishandchip. Thanks very well of your very uch appreciated patience.
1:32 “Stanley the Knife” 🤣
Hehehehe agh man.
Imagine a movie where Stanley the knife and Mr. Scissors are stranded on an island during a nuclear bomb test and all goes wrong and the rest of the world, or Tokyo (seems Tokyo always falls victim to these things), are threatened by giant hand tools.
A little bit of advise to anyone looking to buy an ARM64 SBC board. Always check for support(forums) from manufacturer prior to spend any money on it. I've seen great featured SBC boards which lack support or even functionality or never been implemented on a year or so after release. There's a reason why RPi Community is so popular. Hardkernel staff is also knowledgeable and professional and they always stay behind their products.
IMHO another perfectly acceptable ARM-based desktop computer. That means another step towards us reducing our power usable for a more "green" world.
Thank you Chris.
I had not thought of it that way. But you are right.
@@ExplainingComputers If I am just checking the weather or news, I now tend to start my RPi4 with Manjaro rather than this big 8-core AMD64 monster (that I like very much). Similarly I use a RPi2 with a pair of mirrored 1TB USB drives as a tiny file server. Small is good. :-)
I expect that around the next series of ARM SBCs it will be a rather harder thing to choose a low-end PC with all their overhead. The hardest part is moving away from Windows, and I did that years ago.
I wouldn't know most of these things existed if it weren't for this channel, I love watching your videos of all these SBC's while I'm stuck here with my Raspberry Pi (unknown version but it's old) so if you feel the need to offload any of the newer ones, hit me up....Happy new year to Chris and family, and all fellow EC subscribers.... :)
A Happy New Year
Missed my Sunday session. but the video was just WAITING there in my inbox..Cool SBC. but I'm waiting on a cheap functional SBC that can REPLACE my pc altogether as a gaming as well as a rendering & video editing tool.. Doesn't stop me to go for the Raspberry Pi 4b as a entry SBC until that happens. Keep up the good work Chris, you got me all fired up on computers again just like way back in the 80's.. 😁 👍. May you have an extremely prosperous and joyful 2020..
A Happy New Year!
@@ExplainingComputers Cool, thanks...waiting on your usual Sunday upload..👍 😉
@@AnthonyElsom Only 22 minutes to go!
Wow Android runs butter smooth on that thing , I'm impressdd. Great video 👍
I really enjoy your channel. ..I always learn something new , which makes me 2wice as smart as the day before
Thanks for watching! :)
I would like to see a video comparing the latest SBCs, explaining which ones might be better suited for certain purposes, and their overall community and/or manufacturer support. (I been wanting check out something other than the Pie)
Another EXCELLENT review Chris. I would be curious how this compares to something like a Asus Chromebit for video playback/play store content. The Khadas of course has so much more to offer. Great review!
Thanks for all your posts Christopher - Happy New Year to you and yours!
A Happy New Year John! :)
Thanks for your hard work showing us the latest electronics to explore. Happy New Year 2020.
Happy 2020 soon, chris, hope many and many good video to come, keep on the good work !!!
Thanks David, and a Happy New Year! I plan to keep on making videos here. :)
Happy new year Chris and thanks all the interesting content !
Thanks - and a Happy New Year to you.
Hello Chris
Well, after watching this excellent video I would like to get a closer touch to this beautiful SBC, as the closer look just isn't enough for me.
I hope your router behaves properly, just having a bad day. I remember too vividly my offline pains when I was abroad.
Happy new year, filled with all sorts of new technologies & new things to learn and enjoyable neverending learning travel. 🎄😁
Hi Elvira. Great to hear from you as always. A Happy New Year! :)
Thankyou for all of the excellent content! All the best with 2020!
Great video and content. Happy to see another robust SBC device out there. I am wondering whether you would consider making a video on how these SBC devices are having an impact on AI/ML and edge computing as well as the challenges of making them work in a 'production' setting. Happy New Year.
I will certainly be looking at SBC ML/AI on the channel in 2020 -- this year I did so using the Jetson Nano in a couple of videos. The hardware is currently ahead of (maker) software support.
@@ExplainingComputers Yes. Your Jetson Nano Vision controlled AI robot video was amazing.
Having the neural network chip onboard is a great plus point. But Linux desktop's video performance was a bit bummer. Overall a good single board.
By the way, wish you a happy new year.
Great review. Thanks to your videos, I know what I want in an SBC. Happy New Year and all the best for 2020.
Thanks Michel -- Happy New Year!
Happy new year man!! keep going on with the good content, always interesting and nice!!!
A Happy New Year!
Fascinating SBC. Beautiful case. Interesting heatsink. I wonder how well the heatsink cools the SBC. Looking forward to your next video! Wishing you and all your viewers a Happy New Year!
Thanks Perry -- and a Happy New Year!
Happy new Year, and thank you for those excellent videos!
love this SBC Chris and it is a very capable machine i dont like the android O/S and in time when the support is there for this Linux will be the best O/S. great video as always Chris and a happy new year to you mate @@@Kim@@@
Hi Chris, yes, by all means, a belated Merry Christmas and my wishes for you for a Happy New Year.
In part. But it will not patch the security holes constantly found in an
OS, and which are patched via security updates. A secure OS needs a
firewall, antivirus and constant updates from its vendor.
I think it would be overkill for an android box, even tho it's swift performance would be appreciated.
I'd be interested in this if I was doing small scale projects that needed the NPU and could be put into robotics projects and the like.
Happy New Year and congratulations to 550k subscribers. We are getting more and more and in June we will probably hit the 1 million mark. These are already the good resolutions for the next year 2020.11111100100. 7E4. MMXX. Thanks.
Thanks for this -- and a Happy New Year! :)
Hi Steve, would be nice to see the prime numbers heat development and throttling test on the Khadas SBC.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! from across the pond. Looking forward to more opportunities in 2020. Cheers.
A Happy New Year.
its a fully loaded SBC. Very well reviewed.
The way you slid that box cutter away without retracting the blade gave me a minor heart attack.
The blade is fixed -- it does not retract. A tool to be handled with care, certainly. But I've had it for 35 years! :)
@5:03 The HDMI port looks it’s really having a great time, his friends, not so much.
at this point you should just rename the channel to Explaining SingleBoardComputer!! XD
love the video as always! Hope 2020 will be as good if not even better!
Thanks for this -- though I will try to maintain the balance of SBC content just under 50 per cent of the time. :) Have a Happy New Year!
Was doing a search for a lattepanda alpha on AliExpress and tapped the first thing to come up. It opened to with a video of one you made and posted to UA-cam.
5:52 "... Never going to make the national news headlines", I'm dying :D :D :D :D
Keep up the great work.All the best for the New Year.Let’s make it a great one.
As everyone is saying, another great review of an obviously great SBC ! The NPU and AI side of it sound to be a "deal breaker" for hobbyists such as myself ( no doubt your followers who are in education or industry already know about it, but it is new to some of us ). I hope that Khadas do well from that facility that they have included. How we use it would be of interest - say, for interest, I'm looking through Google Images of garden shrubs and want to find all with certain features - will this NPU help me to find them ? Maybe a topic for your other channel ? Anyway, a great review ! Many thanks !
Thanks Phil. I may well do a follow-up video demonstrating NPU application.
I'm waiting for one of your nature commentaries :)
It’s quite remarkable that we can really do quite a lot with such a tiny board for a relatively low price.
As a big fan of yours, I would like to see you do a DD pull from an amlogic device.
Good video Chris, I think I like SBC from last weeks video better, better value too;
Always a big thank you for your reviews! What would be the best choice for a small retrogaming computer (SNES, Megadrive, Mame, N64, PS1) : the VIM3 or the EDGE? Thanks!
The VIM3 I think.
Happy new year and many more EC in 2020!
This board makes the Pi 4 seem like sssooo entry level!!! :)
Yes you are right this is exactly what I am looking for!
You should have done a NVMe test with it. I own several SBC's: Odroid N2, Odroid C4, Rpi 4B and Rock Pi 4B. Currently looking forward to buy a Vim3 Pro but need to know if it's worth it(NVMe performance) to replace my Odroid N2(w/ SSD) as my Main PC/NAS server (Ubuntu Mate + Coreelec w/Dual boot) which I use it with my Samsung QLED 75.
Wow, that is a tightly packed board!
Rather a promising product, at the first glance. If we take, for instance, ODROID N2 with Intel Movidius ($70 + $70), VIM3, theoretically, is more powerful with its faster A73s and 5 tops NPU vs 4 tops of Movidius. Plus EMMC as a gift.
Is there going to be second video? There are some things missing from the video. The version of the android, thermal perfomance of case and cooler, m.2 speed tests come to my mind immidiately. How is the amlogic linux kernel support? Is it in stock kernel? If the 4k support goes to 75Hz, why use only 35 in android?
Performance testing:
dl.khadas.com/Hardware/VIM3/Performance/VIM3_V11_Performance_190624.pdf
The Android will check the HDMI EDID information of the monitor and only show the menu that support. If the monitor support 4Kp60, there will have menu there.
Happy New Year 🥳. From the the west coast of Canada!
Part 1 of 4 ( I hope). A nice review of a will designed SBC. A number of project reviews come to mind for 2020 using this board. The one I’m most interested in is the setup of the M.2 SSD drive.
Take care Chris and I look forward to 2020 and all the reviews that will make our Sunday morning’s most enjoyable!
Hi Dale! I may well return to this board. I've never sure how popular a board is going to be, but this one so far seems very popular here. :)
ExplainingComputers / I really think it has a lot to offer. With it’s built-in features and expandability I hope the DIY community pays attention so it gets the love it deserves. It’s all about exposure.
Thanks professor Christopher good video and nice little sbc needs the daughter board for the nvme ssd support but that's a fair value proposition thanks for sharing this as your last video of the old year take care and will be back in the new year for more information on Explaining computers .
A Happy New Year! See you in 2020. :)