Raspberri Pi Alternative

[Domestos]

With the worldwide shortage of RasPi's and the exorbitant prices for the ones you can find, I was wondering if there is a good alternative for the Raspberry Pi?
My use case would be to use it as a remote player running a Virtual Matrix off it. Has anybody had any success with alternatives like the OrangePi, BananaPi or RockPi running FPP?

 

[darylc]

You are largely on your own with those other boards. You might find some people on falconchristmas.com forums who played with them. In Australia it's been pretty easy to get PI's - core electronics is my go to.

 

[wichita]

Here is a thread about the beagle bone blacks video capabilities. https://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php?topic=15279.msg125120#msg125120

 

[jollyzee]

I feel for all new enthusiasts looking for RPIs. I only have 2 PIs, PI4 as the master and a 3b+ for my Tune2 sign with a ColorLite card. All other controllers are BeagleBone and they only went up a few $ instead of doubling. I would try to go the BB route ( just my opinion)

 

[thewanderingpine]

For those in Aus, I believe Hanson just got a bunch of pi3’s in stock.

 

[AAH]

For those in Aus, I believe Hanson just got a bunch of pi3’s in stock.

I did.

Raspberry Pi 3B+ | Hanson Electronics

Raspberry Pi3 B+. Upgraded Pi3 with wifi

www.hansonelectronics.com.au