you should be able to build the project to run on the orange pis architecture there is instructions to build for specific architecture in their github
Does anyone know any non-Chinese sites where we can buy Orange Pis? A few months ago we ordered from AliExpress but with everything happening in the Red Sea we’re trying to see if other options are available.
Amazon usually distributes Opi5.
That said, if AliExpress ever went down I’d expect that Opi5 would become unavailable long before that. Not sure exactly what event you’re referring to, if it’s something specific.
OrangePis should not be coming via the Red Sea – If I recall my tracking information correctly, it was loaded on a ship in China, offloaded in Los Angeles, and then made their way across country strapped to the back of a snail.
In any case, you can buy them on Amazon from people who have already imported them into the US.
Houthies in Yemen attacking ships in the Red Sea and shipping companies are deviating their ships around Africa.
We are from Israel so I guess for us they will. But it seems that I misunderstood the “standard shipping” method on AliExpress and it should be air mail so it’s better.
For some reason shipping ETAs there are very long for us (February 14th for some reason). Is it possible the shipping is directly from China?
Oh. Terribly sorry. Bad assumption on my part.
Yes, Some vendors on Amazon here in the US are clearly drop-shipping from China.
If you’re going to do an Orange Pi, you might consider either Armbian or this version of ubuntu: GitHub - Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip: Ubuntu 22.04 for Rockchip RK3588 Devices The OS versions on the OrangePi websites all really assume that you’re in China (they point to repositories at Huawei, for example).
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All good 
Thanks for the tips!
Be careful ordering from Aliexpress for Orange Pis (not really what you’re asking, but people should be aware). People have gotten scammed before if its not from the official Orange Pi Store.
I can confirm that the orange pi 5 + does work with the photonvision but not with the new precompiled orange pi 5 image. Ive flashed and tested but it never seemed to work. Anand’s tutorial is what I used for this to work. I haven’t connected with a rio yet but I expect to do so on Wednesday as well with calibration for Apriltags.
The only thing I did differently from anand’s tutorial is download the image from where you suggested Ubuntu Rockchip
I just flashed the precompiled image last night and it worked fine. Note that I did have to wait a few minutes for the first boot, and static IP did not work with my networking setup (because it’s weird and bad).
The tutorial is of course out of date but it should work mostly fine. It’s not like the process has changed all that much.
We used LimeLight for Vision last season. It was simple, just got the LimeLight box, a wire to 12V and an ethernet cable. This season because of the ML capability, we decided to go with Orange Pi 5 but I am new to using Orange Pi 5 for vision. Our team just acquired an Orange Pi 5+ from Amazon and didn’t realize we need to get a lot more than that to make it work. For example, I need to get a wall plug for power (and/or a DC-DC converter that converts 12V to 5V) although I am currently powering it with my laptop charger fine. I need an enclosure case. I also need a camera, a micro-SD card etc. I am trying to figure out what else do I need to make this fully functional. Even without everything I need, I decided to download the Orange Pi 5 image from PhotonVision Release v2024.2.0 · PhotonVision/photonvision (github.com). I loaded the image to a 32GB micro-SD card using BalenaEtcher. Then plug the micro-SD card into the Orange Pi and attempted to boot it. I hooked up HDMI to my TV to see the boot process and it gave me tons of I2C timeout errors that scroll forever. What did I miss?
The orange pi 5 image is meant only for the orange pi 5, not the 5+. Head here, get the server image, format the board with it, and then follow these instructions.
Or try a flashing a new precompiled image for the orange pi 5+ here When an Orange Pi 5 Plus is booted with an "photonvision-v2024.2.0-linuxarm64_orangepi5.img" image file, the system goes into an endless loop and PhotonVision never starts-up. · Issue #1167 · PhotonVision/photonvision · GitHub
Any recommendations for light weight cases? Or good ways to store it on a robot?
We use a 3d printed case. Printed in orange, which is doubly appropriate since it also one of our team colors. I don’t know if we got it off of one of the common 3DP sites, or did our own. Happy to share the design if someone want it.
Last year we 3D printed a case for ours, and added custom mounting for a pair of 12000RPM 40mm server fans to try to keep the thing cool (the server fans were not the first thing we tried, but they were the last thing we needed).
ah, thanks for the replies.
This looks pretty good: Printables
I just bought some copper heat sinks. Those things get warm!
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I want it!
Turns out not to be too unique. We used this model:
We don’t have a fan on it, just a finned heatsink. That might need to change this year, since we will probably be running 3 cameras.
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