

This technology is most often used in video surveillance and requires a PoE-enabled network switch. Orange Pi Zero has one USB 2.0 port and a 100 megabit Ethernet interface with PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology, which allows you to power the device directly through the Ethernet cable. The plastic case is shipped unpackaged in a simple polyethylene bag. The electronic components are sealed in anti-static bags and packed in separate cardboard boxes with branding. The package does not differ from that of the Raspberry Pi 3.

I ordered my copy of the Orange Pi Zero as a kit consisting of the microcomputer itself, an Interface board, and a plastic case. The 26-pin comb is available for user peripherals, and its pinout is shown in the illustration above. The 13-pin comb is used to connect the Interface Board – an expansion board with additional USB ports, analog AV output, microphone, and IR port. Orange Pi Zero has two GPIO combs, one for 13 pins and one for 26 pins. The difference lies in minor details like the presence or absence of an Ethernet port, or Bluetooth, or the number of connectors for connecting external peripherals. USB 2.0 PORT, USB OTG and two USB 2.0 ports pins 3, 4, 5 and 6Ģ6-pin expansion board: GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output Interface), Power (+5V, +3.3V and GND), some pins can be used as UART, I2C, SPI or PWM 13 pins, 2 x USB, IR, AUDIO(MIC, AV)Īll miniature single-board computers have more or less the same characteristics. Pins 7 and 8 of 13 (right and left respectively)

Mali400MP2 GPU 600Mhz with OpenGL ES 2.0 supportĭDR3 256Mb (standard) or 512Mb (shared with GPU)ġ0/100 Mb/s Etdernet RJ45 POE (disabled by default) Features ProcessorĪllwinner H2+ ARM Cortex-A7 Quad Core 1.2 GHz H.265/HEVC The tactic proved to be a winner – today, Orange Pi is one of the most famous brands among single-boarders, and the number of sales of the Orange Pi Zero model alone in the Shenzhen Xunlong Software store has exceeded 8000 copies since its release in November 2016. Finally, Shenzhen Xunlong Software, managed by Steven Zhao, created the Orange Pi line, focusing on low prices. SinoVoip continued to develop a line of Banana Pi microcomputers, the total number of models in which has already exceeded a dozen. One part continued to produce specialized and no longer positioned for the home user “development boards” under the Lemaker brand. Shortly after that, there was a split among the developers. The origins of the Orange Pi line of microcomputers go back to 2014 when Chinese company Lemaker released its clone of the increasingly popular Raspberry Pi, the Banana Pi M1 single-board computer.
