Atomic Pi - High Speed SBC with Peripheral ICS

I have purchased (more than ten) of these. I have used them for TV set-top boxes as well as other servers: * Plex media server * Camera Server (and or recorder) * 3CX phone server (or SBC relay) * General NAS server. * OPNsense Firewall (works great!) The above servers all run great as "Headless" servers (with 2GB of RAM). Pretty much any freebsd or debian based install will work on this x86 64-bit compatible board. (I like to use the USB 3.0 port for a regular hard drive.) It comes with Lubuntu 18 installed (but in much need of current updates). Runs great with this install. You always restore this install from the DL site. It is "Camera Ready" so it can work with the GEO Cam 1080p webcam for about $13 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SYJJKBP (also by DL) Limited Model: This model board is in limited supply for this price. However Aaeon continues to make them (in a newer SBC format) called the "UP board" (search for "Aaeon UP Developer Board with Intel Atom x5-Z8350") https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XRLV6QW Pros: * great price for what you get. * regular BIOS (efi boot only) * regular HDMI (with sound via HDMI default) * has sound amplifier (works as "Line out" if only supplied by 5V) * has onboard Bosch accelerometer * Has console "serial" port (needs adapter for USB) for trouble-shooting * onboard blue tooth * onboard WiFi (needs antennas) * boots from any efi device (SD Card, Onboard eMMC drive, USB, Network) * It can run Windows 10 (but with only 2GB of RAM you would really need to ameliorate it) Caveats: Needs stuff... * needs a new cmos battery. * needs power supply * needs wiring for power supply (or a baby break-out board) * needs wiring for USB 2.0 port * needs wiring for regular Stereo sound out * internal eMMC drive is small (can use SD card or USB3.0 hard drive) * needs external WiFi antennas if you wish to have solid WiFi access. Needs two antennas per unit. Here are four antennas (for two units): amazon.com/dp/B07W4T7HX2 + amazon.com/dp/B07H3P9KDQ In the attached photo you will see a 3D printed case with a small 5V fan, and a hard drive (underneath-- attached to the USB 3.0 port). There is a header on the motherboard for a USB 2.0 port (There is nothing in the USB 2.0 port in the photo). I negotiated a price for baby-breakout boards to have a barrel power connector. In the photo you will see a 20W "ultra thin" power supply from the "CHUX" distributor item 32905940921 (at the ali x site) I printed the case to adapt this PS. I will try adding WiFi antennas onto this case (and maybe I will add a 1/8" sound port) If you enjoy Linux and enjoy tinkering with inexpensive SBCs then you would enjoy these.

Note: I'm writing this review on my Atomic Pi!! IF YOU BUY THIS, TAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A "PLUG-AND-PLAY" BOARD!! You will have to do some tinkering, soldering, software work, etc! So to everyone complaining about this thing now being very user friendly with the connections and all, you should've known what you were getting into! To anyone who hasn't, go on Youtube and just search up "atomic pi". The videos by ExplainingComputers and ETAprime are especially good. I can solder, so I had no problems splicing into some jumper cables to an existing power supply and hooking it up. Right off the bat, I want to say that the stock Lubuntu OS is not great, so I suggest saving the technical files and installing a new OS. Since it's x86 based, just about any Linux distribution will do! Big plus compared to stuff like Raspberry Pis, which have to have an ARM-based operating system (note: I don't hate the Raspberry Pi, I still want one in addition to this APi). That said, I love this thing! This thing has 64 bit architecture!! My old laptop didn't even have that! $35 will get you a last-gen RPi 3, which is not bad or wrong in any way, but this board has a bit more "oomph", plus it can run without a Micro SD card thanks to the onboard 16 GB of eMMC flash storage! eMMC is very rare on SBCs of this price point, and the 2 GB of RAM is actually sufficient for basic desktop usage. I bought this as a secondary desktop/tinkering computer to experiment with. If it blows up by some mistake on my part, I'm only out $40 or so! To be honest, the community around this is sub-par. There is a forum and some documentation, but not a whole lot. That is partially because this is actually a rebranded industrial board. It was manufactured by AAEON, as the MF-001(AAEON is an award winning Taiwanese tech company, and part of ASUS). These boards were sold to Mayfield Robotics, which used them as the "brain" of the Kuri personal assistant robot. That project went bust, and they sold the boards to Digital Loggers, who bought them, ran a Kickstarter campaign for breakout board development, and then rebranded it as the Atomic Pi as you see it. The 9-axis inertial navigation sensor and real time clock are highly unusual for an SBC, and I like it! I made the choice to overwrite the Lubuntu OS, and instead installed Raspbian Buster for x86(a.k.a Raspberry Pi OS). It's a lot less buggy, and has a very nice interface. It actually installed with 64 bit architecture, which is great. Web browsing is adequate, not stellar, but it IS an SBC. Running apps is great, I love the open source nature of Raspbian, but it does take some skill to navigate. Oh, and the massive heat sink works a treat! It barely gets warm to the touch, with no fan, and working the board hard! Oh, and as you could probably tell by the picture, I built a skeletal riser case out of Legos for it, it works great. There are 3D files on Thingiverse for cases for this thing, if you have access to a 3D printer. Overall, it has it's quirks, it's not a desktop, and it's not for everyone, but I LIKE THIS THING!!

Don't waste your time and money on this development board. Just don't. Life is too short.

First thing first, remember to replace the cmos battery with a new battery after you received the board. It will make things much more easier for you. I would recommend buying the complete Atomic Pi set (Atomic Pi board + baby board and power adapter) then you wont have compatibility issue. This review is meant for beginner who is interested of trying out Single board computer with Linux. Try out the pre-loaded Ubuntu OS comes with the Atomic Pi and see if you like it. Allow your new Atomic Pi board to run for 48 hours and see if you have any issue. This seller is very helpful. You may also search on YouTube for solutions if you have issues. There are a few Debian based Linux OS that works well with the Atomic Pi. As long as you select the light weight Debian based Linux distros then you will be fine. You will run into storage space issues if you select the Linux OS distro that packed with a lot of stuff. I tested the Atomic Pi with Blender for high resolution image rendering and the result was similar to Raspberry Pi 4 with 2gb ram. Just remember always google for solution if you run into trouble or install another Linux OS and try it out.

- Manque entretoise pour surélever la platine. - Pile de Bios moulée, un support aurait été plus logique (ma pile est HS :-( ) - Pour les étrangers, il est préférable de réinstaller le système (clavier qwerty, mot de passe, réseau inaccessible) ......

Bought this SBC and the baby-breakout-board from Shakaworld. Very friendly and helpful seller. Pricing and shipping costs were totally reasonable. The board itself works like a charm. I'm satisfied!

At the time I didn't know what to expect, but it was satisfying to run standard operating systems on an SBC.