That is actually _very_ impressive. [edit] The Raspberry Pi board completed the lava filter test in 3:14 because... Pi.

@ridefast0

Жыл бұрын

I had the same comment! Shame it wasn't done on 14th March ... or 31st April ...

@Evan490BC

Жыл бұрын

@@ridefast0 Or, even better, on the 1st of April...

@Aplysia

Жыл бұрын

I bet that's a hard coded Easter egg in the benchmark

@NathanY0ung

Жыл бұрын

That's a true Pi right there

@deviationblue

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say exactly this

When I think back to the PC I had when I started university many moons ago.... p120, 16mb ram, 1gb HD. This little board is lightyears ahead, and probably costs less than my mouse back then. Interesting times. If only food were cheaper!

@yegfreethinker

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree morem-a I remember like when a 1 GB hard drive was a big deal. My God I'm getting old. Scary LOL

It's truly shocking that an open ISA specification released barely more than a decade ago is running a working *desktop*. Stunning, considering how long it takes many open source software projects to spin up to critical mass. I also just got one of these boards and demoed it at work, where we make extensive use of embedded computers, from simple 8-bit chips to more powerful ARM hardware. My boss has been evaluating RISC-V as an option considering ARM's recent pricing...shenanigans.

@kensmith5694

Жыл бұрын

Fortunately nearly everything for a desktop is written in fairly plain C. Portability of C may not be great but it is good. With care, I have been able to write stuff that works exactly the same on 32 bit and 64 bit machines.

@lawrencedoliveiro9104

Жыл бұрын

Consider that the Linux kernel runs on over two dozen major processor architectures, which is close to one for every year it has been in existence. And you can get full Linux-based development/deployment stacks on all those architectures. Open Source software finds it much easier to port to new architectures than proprietary software does. Consider, for comparison, that Microsoft has been struggling for over a decade to try to get Windows running in a useful fashion on ARM, and the odds of having Windows on RISC-V are essentially zero.

@Bob-of-Zoid

Жыл бұрын

I am not at all surprised that the Linux community are on top of the game though, it's a very exciting platform with so many possibilities for being FOSH! I am always wondering how many cores, caches, memory, GPU and other options/configurations computer architects will come up with on the platform for having the freedom to go nuts with it only restricted by their ingenuity, and sadly their budget! I want 256 cores, 512 threads, gigs of cache and TB's of memory!😜

@davidlloyd1526

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, it is up to the hardware manufacturers to upstream their drivers. Throwing boards out there and hoping that someone else will fix the software isn't the way forward.

@BruceHoult

Жыл бұрын

The idea to START developing the RISC-V ISA, from nothing, was barely more than a decade ago. The first publication of essentially the current user-mode base ISA was in 2015, 7-8 years ago, but the system-level ISA was quite different back then, and the full base ISA -- User and Privileged (as needed for a Linux kernel) -- was formally ratified in July 2019, less than four years ago.

Just received my two Mangoes. The RISC-V and ARM versions. Cannot wait to tinker with them and see what they can do. My strange brain noticed that the RPI Zero finished the GIMP test in Pi time 3:14. 😜 Be well my friend! Until next Sunday.... Cheers!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

I missed the 3.14 significance . . . spooky! :)

They missed an opportunity for a mango color solder mask! The pink is certainly distinctive, though. And the speed isn't terrible. Just wish they were sold at some other reseller.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings Jeff. :)

@jocosson8892

Жыл бұрын

I thought exactly that; never seen a pink Mango!

@sbc_tinkerer

Жыл бұрын

Ameridroid sells them

@SchoolforHackers

Жыл бұрын

I love Sunday morning conversations with my two favorite reviewers.

@JeffGeerling

Жыл бұрын

Waking up to a new Explaining Computers episode every Sunday is always a wonderful occasion.

I think the mango pi did really well against the raspberry pi, it looks like Risk v is coming along steady. Great video Chris as usual. Thank you

Hello Mr. Barnatt. Every Sunday when I'm sweeping and tidying up my house, upon hearing the music from the Explained Computers channel jingle, my daughter and I start dancing.... All the best to you!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you dance! :)

I used to store my homework on cassette audio tapes- to me, that seems like not long ago. Now for not much more than the price of a pack of tapes is the entire computer with immensely more capability, in a package smaller than half an audio cassette. Amazing to me.

About time they made a SBC in Big Clives colour. Nice to see a different colour for a change, even if it is pink.

"Your tiny tiny tiny computer" Love it. BTW, the pink stuff is solder mask. I've never seen pink either - blue, black, green... sure! But PINK!?!

@stephensu4371

Жыл бұрын

yes, as my memory is correct, mangopi is the only sbc manufacturer that use pink mask😂

@timothyp8947

Жыл бұрын

@@stephensu4371 Digilent PYNQ board - with a combined SoC and FPGA chip has been around for a few years and looks fairly pink in the photos 😉 PYNQ by name and Pink by nature, I guess 😊

It’s a great day when he uploads

I love the "Your tiny tiny tiny Card Computer" on the underside of the Pink PCB!

Interesting little RISC-V single board computer. I found the comparison with the Raspberry Pi Zero W fun. Looking forward to your next video on this little board!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings Perry.

@perrymcclusky4695

Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingComputers It is always wonderful to be greeted by you!

Risc ........... this brings me back to the AMIGA TRANSPUTER PROJECT how glorious it was in its days. Who doesn't remember the T800!?!?!

My first computer was the utterly magnificent (in it's day) Dragon 32. Seeing such tiny little devices with almost infinitely better capabilities never fails to amaze me.

@klaxoncow

Жыл бұрын

My mate had a Dragon 32. It was very... green.

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

7 ай бұрын

Dragon 32 was my second computer after the Vic-20. I think this was in 1983. I still own it to this day and it still works and I can play Chuckie Egg on it, among other games!!

It is really impressive especially for the GIMP filtering test. RISC-V really a goods design for Low-Power and Cost Effective solution for the IC vendor.

LOL "If you were interested in inspecting every frame in a video then this would be perfect" I immediately started humming to myself, Monty Python's "always look on the bright side of life". Good on you Gary keep up the awesome work I luv your channel.

We're used to computers that instantly run our programs and have quick video. But this is actually better than the computers many of us older folks got started on. Besides, this is not designed to be a desktop system. It will do fine for its intended purpose. Great video.

@terrydaktyllus1320

Жыл бұрын

I'd actually argue that we older folks who remember well slow booting computers from years ago are now more than likely to have the patience to not worry too much about that now with some of these smaller SBCs - at home, for example, I am still using a Thinkpad T22 from around 2002 and a 700 MHz Pentium III CPU with 512 MB RAM just because I can. It runs a very "slim" and optimised version of Gentoo Linux, it has an i3 tiling window manager and at least a couple of times a month I sit in my workshop using it to do some shell scripting while SSH-ed into my home server with mutt email open in a second desktop and a music player on a third desktop. It has a great keyboard and it takes me back to the glorious days of distraction-free computing that I used to enjoy. The first computer that I used to connect to the Internet was a Commodore Amiga A1200 running at 14 MHz with around 8MB RAM over a dial-up modem and running the "iBrowse" web browser - and it was still utterly fascinating back then too. With the rise of Linux and Open Source, and now hardware becoming more and more open, this an an amazing time to be into computing.

@MichaManczak

Жыл бұрын

and what is its purpose?

@KameraShy

Жыл бұрын

Like will it run Fortran?

@michaelwright2986

Жыл бұрын

@@KameraShy You can laugh, but I was involved, this century, in the implementation of a great big new records system; as a user, I kept on asking about how it could be customised for our needs. Eventually one of the poor sods who had to interface between vaporware and the user base said "You can change anything as long as it doesn't touch the Cobol."

@bobby9568

Жыл бұрын

What is its intended use then? 😅🎉

I'm glad they didn't call it the 'Custard pi' 😂

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

That name is mine! See the EC titles . . .

@SchoolforHackers

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we know...

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

:)

@pedroemn

Жыл бұрын

Could've been "Cream Pi" 😂

@planetnexu

Жыл бұрын

​@@pedroemn NO

I love it when you are so genuinely excited about new developments Chris, it's positively contagious. Thank you. 👍

I was looking forward for a review of this SBC, thank you!

Very impressive! I'm still trying to wrap my head around RISC-V in its entirety, but I finally "pulled the trigger" and made a purchase for this exact board a couple of days ago. Hopefully, I can get in and figure it out better as I'd really like to contribute to the overall development due to its free and open nature.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the RISC-V party!

Fantastic. I may have to check it out in a few weeks. Thank you for the video. Cheers!

I really appreciate your videos. This channel is one of the main ways I find out about this kind of stuff and I learn a lot. Keep it up!

Timely! My 3 mango pis just showed up in the mail yesterday.

Another excellent RISC-V video! Thanks for covering this!

Whenever I come across your videos, it's always a joy to watch. Thank you! I also love your enthusiasm.

Seeing as this is _one_ core on an ISA that's barely old enough for middle school, this is really impressive.

I ❤ when a new video drops from this channel. Such a good content creator! Love the stuff!!! More plzzzz

Love these hardware reviews, thank you!

Another great new sbc Peter great job in this new Mango Pi nice to see new things and great to watch your channel weekly to see new and great exciting videos many thanks again

Nice video as always, I appreciate keeping consistent with general tests of GUI applications, websites and video playback. But I'd be interested in seeing other things too.

Thank you for the video and for explaining the single board cpu

Many thanks, Chris! Informative and entertaining as always. Looking forward to hearing what kind of project you have in mind for the Mango Pi.

thanks for covering another RISC-V board, it's really cool to see the improvements both in hardware and software over the past few years and i hope we'll get a proper RISC-V based competitor to the raspberry pi. There are already a few attempts but none of them seemed to be quite there yet.

Absolutely beautiful little machine ❤ always stunning to see what these little folks are capable of 💪🙏

Thanks for another entertaining and informative video! I may have to find that desktop background image and snag it for myself. It was beautiful!

I cannot wait for you to get to 1m subs! Great job and keep up the good work!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. :)

Very interested in this. So glad this video showed up in my feed

Thank you for another informative video. Prolly going to get one.

Your enthusiasm at how it exceeds your expectations is infectious. Thank you for all your work, good sir.

Good show, Chris. That looks like a nice little board. Thank you again.

Interesting as always, Thanks Chris.

Very impressive performance comparison. Thank you!

I love your work, Chris. You have the right attitude, foresight, perspective and knowledge to make these videos a cut above the rest. I will see you again.. verrry soon.

@ExplainingComputers

10 ай бұрын

:)

Excellent review as always, much appreciated.

Great video Chris, hop[e your keeping safe and well. Thanks for sharing.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings Brian. :)

Very interesting! Thank you Chris!

Thanks for another comprehensive review Chris, showing that risc5 evolution is speeding up. This can only be positive as the development community seem to be fully behind it.

Really good video, I'm happy to see the development of Risc V, I remember studying it on college years ago, I was fascinated to it. So its time to buy mango to try it. Thanks for the video.

Loved your enthusiasm in this video. I was geeking out right along side you! Cheers!

yay a video from Chris!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Every Sunday! :)

Spellbindingly glorious 👍 Thank you. Kindest regards, friends and neighbours.

That Lava test really shows me that if I intend to do a project with one of these boards, that I should choose carefully based on the application!

Excellent, detailed comparison. Thanks for another great video Chris.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings Steve.

Espectacular video! Un saludo desde Chile!

I like this tipe of videos - SBC are great! Bih hello from Bosnia!!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the UK! :)

Promising developments in the RISC-V field. I look forward to more of it.

Wow, very interesting to learn about more SBC's using RISC.. Thanks as always Mr. Barnatt!!!

RISC-V on the road to success ! RISC-V en route pour le succès !

Nice to see this. Finally a decent RPI competitor.

As always, great video Chris. And the comparison between Mango and Pi Zero helps show advantages and disadvantages for both machines.

Ah just in time a new video about a board i find the color special lol have a nice week

awesome stuff!

Exciting! Thank you

I got interested in RISC-V since one of your first videos about it. I also have some projects that I wanted to run on a Raspberry Pi, but after watching this video, I went ahead and bought a mango pi from Aliexpress. I can't wait for it to arrive. Thank you for inspiring my curiosity about RISC-V.

Thank you Chris for another exciting video, looks like there is hope for RISC to catch up, but it will be a challenge. Until next time that's it and God bless.

Chris, another great video. Your RISC'ed everything to show us this marvelous little SBC(actually just a few pounds!)

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

:)

@knerduno5942

Жыл бұрын

It's taken 30 years (and some hair loss on Johnny) , but seems to have finally arrived kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYSmt8-PmbHFZcY.html

RISC-V is really coming along nicely!

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Greetings Chris. :)

Armbian has come a long way in the last year or two, it works really well on my Devterm A06 with XFCE desktop.

@lucasdonasfalcin3012

15 сағат бұрын

Were you able to use Bluetooth on the MQ-PRO?, i not 😞

I foresee a security video project in my future. Thanks Chris

It blew Zero out of the water on the filter test, which I recon would be more processor intensive than anything. This looks like the perfect tinkering machine for anyone who wants to experiment with a Risc-V processor. Great video!

Good video! I love these things. I think the RPi Zero format is my favourite. 🙂

Great review! I will no wonder if we see LemonPi or even GarlicPi in the near future) Keep going on!

Very impressive, thank you.

A perfect board for DIY projects that needs to run Full Linux instead of ESP8266/ESP32 with or without RTOS. The price is pretty good, not price/performance but is a beginning. Is nice to see a RISC-V in a RPI ZERO form factor 🥰

Very interesting! Thank you, Professor...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

Hello, fellow Christopher, back again.... 😯 how beautiful...

Add to CART NOW!!! You are the best my friend.

I am shocked to see your desktop picture and recognize it. That's downtown Nashville! Thanks for another good video.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Ah, I wondered where it was. Looks cool.

I've been looking forward to you reviewing this one. I admit, the color was the thing that first attracted me, I'm that superficial. Interesting review, looking forward to more Pi Zero range RISC-V computers.

Great video, as always. The Mango did very well, in my opinion.

@Cineenvenordquist

Жыл бұрын

It's been put to inappropriate use! As if you pulled multiple 4k streams in over each USB-C or ran SSD speed tests on them, it's really not provisioned. Mehaps use AwesomeWM (awesome console?) and a console. If you try video use mpv. Don't bloody build kernels in 1 GB. Try to control an rc car to run a course, use speakers and mics to do noise control, or monitor photovoltaics (do inverters just do WiFi 6 as it is? No serial port tosh?) Hew a little. Bit. Towards nothing left to take away.

Cool, I just bought a hand full of these for a project, now this video comes out lol

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with your project. :)

@fredwupkensoppel8949

Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingComputers Thanks!

Another interesting new SBC. Thanks

I like this vídeos about SCB, great vídeo 👍

This is an excellent result.

I always have a bit of a chuckle to myself when I see your hands open the anti-static bag and reach in! You can see the bliss in your hands! LOL :)

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

:)

Another good video Chris, and recently going over my inventory of SBC's from the last ten years since my retirement, and all the projects they were used for, my interest has somewhat cooled for the latest and the greatest in SBC's. The most utility from all of the purchases has been the LattePanda, which are now to expensive for my hobby.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

I will talk about this very topic in a video two weeks from now.

Always an amazing video ❤

Nice info, keep it up, thanks :)

Something like this running i3wm or Sway would be awesome. Truly interesting. The dream of an all open source computer is within reach. Kudos to the presenter!

Great video. Thanks

A wonderful little piece of Tech. 🥰

Blessed Sunday everyone!

@SchoolforHackers

Жыл бұрын

Blessed Be.

Very interested to see that project you have in mind as a future video.

Thanks Chris for yet another very informative video. I will dare to predict that by 2025, RISC SOCs will be at the same level of ARM if more companies jump into it... I'd suggest all IT enthusiasts, to buy at least one of the new RISCs boards, to show support to this important technical development. For each of us may be a little sacrifice, but for the developpers will mean difference between further developping the boards or going belly-up...

@sylviam6535

Жыл бұрын

Geopolitics will give RISC-V a huge boost as some countries will want to their infrastructure free of systems controlled by the West. RISC-V and Linux, basically.

@energymarketchile

Жыл бұрын

@@sylviam6535 Let's hope so...

Thank you!

Awesome. Because I can install Armbian on the Mago Pi, I ordered one after seeing your review. I don't want to install an obscure OS from a vendor. I was just waiting for an affordable RISC-V SBC I could use with Armbian. Today is the day.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! "An affordable RISC-V SBC to use with Armbian" is a great way to describe this board. Good luck with it.

Armbian on Mango Pi, seems to work pretty good, will have to try it on a Pi Zero now. Mango Pi/RISC-V is now worth looking at.

I'm astonished at the variety of Pi flavours available now. Maybe you could do a summary video ranking your favourite Pi's.

@DigitalProphet

Жыл бұрын

I would like this too. Has he done a favorite SBC video? I guess that's sort of subjective.