Khadas VIM4 8-Core Most Powerful Single Board Computer 2022

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Notable Mentions:
⁍ Odroid H2 (Discontinued)
⁍ Odroid H2+ (Discontinued due to chip shortage)

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Category5 Technology TV Episode: S15E02

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0:00 Introduction
4:10 Raspberry Pi 4 SBC Shortage
4:44 Raspberry Pi Alternatives
7:40 A Powerful Raspberry Pi 4 Replacement
9:03 Khadas VIM4 Specs
11:46 Introduction to OOWOW Embedded Service
12:24 Installing Ubuntu Gnome on Khadas VIM4 Using OOWOW
13:35 Booting VIM4 Into Ubuntu Desktop
13:50 Updating Ubuntu Linux with apt
14:39 Installing Gnome System Monitor in Ubuntu on VIM4
15:40 Installing and Testing gltron Game on Khadas VIM4
16:46 Khadas VIM4 Performance "Feels" Great
17:12 Early Ubuntu Build on VIM4 is Missing Firefox
18:17 Reinstalling Firefox with Synaptic Package Manager
18:52 Testing 4k, 2k and 1080p Video Playback on Khadas VIM4
20:04 Khadas VIM4 Desktop Performance Impression
20:22 Re-Entering OOWOW to Reinstall OS
20:56 Khadas VIM4 as Minecraft Java Server Using Pinecraft Installer
21:26 Final Thoughts
22:16 Closing Credits

#VIM4 #RaspberryPi #SBC

[reed]

Lol the most over done intro I've ever seen! Well done sir, I loved it!

[blakkheim]

that intro segment was pretty sick, not gonna lie. very well produced.

[dylan_]

How am I just finding your channel? The production quality is excellent on this video! I hope you continue to grow!

[keithwhite]

Good to see you back here.
With the addition of a appropriately sized touch screen and case the VIM4 could make for a good versatile DIY tablet computer system.

[ChrisCareyCode]

Words just can not explain how good this episode is. Congrats Robbie and Cat5 team.

[flemtone]

Good to see you back Robbie, and with an SBC review :) awesome.

[sbc_tinkrerer]

Well done Robbie! Can't wait for the next Video.

[stevecruztube]

Fun video. I look forward to seeing what you guys do with this board. Subcribed.

I've had mine for about a month now. I also picked up a vim 3 case and the m2 expansion board. Love it. I've been using it mainly as as an Ubuntu desktop, but I did get docker running and have been playing with various container images including PIHole.

It's a great little computer, but not perfect. The little fan is loud. And the system gets warm. I noted the cpu temps in the high 50s/Low 60s C. I now have a small 24v fan running off usb power cooling it down about 10/15 C.

The Vim4 has no audio jack. Since the HDMI monitor I have it connected to doesn't have sound, I bought a usb hub with sound card.

This is a development board, still in development. Khadas seems to be actively working on the OSs. I haven't tried the HDMI in yet, but last I heard it was only working on Android OS.

As yet, there is no case for it. The Vim3 case kinda fits, but you have to drill out a hole where the HMDI in port is or take off the walls and use standoffs.

[davidfountain]

That was fun!
And as per usual, now I want one!

[masterandmargharita]

for me, the VIM4 is $250 thereabouts with shipping a little bit more, and with no cooling (so throttled) a bit less. This is super expensive for a SBC. If you want to run a lite linux system get a second hand PC/laptop with x86 and full package support. If you really want to use a SBC for a robot/project and want to run 6-10 processes on bare metal/RTOS or even headless linux lite, the hexa core Rock Pro 64 at $80 cant be beat, you can add a 128 GB eMMC for another $50, and that's half the price of the VIM 4. The PCIe on the RockPro64 is Gen 2, and has 4 PCIe lanes, this is better than the Gen 2 PCIe M.2 on the VIM 4 as it is only has a single Lane. The RockPro64 would need a PCIe to M.2 adapter to use a M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - but thats only $15. Anyway the more the merrier, but the Pi 4 is still king - no matter whats in the warehouse.

[annwang]

Is this a substitute for Jetson Xavier for AI projects?

[okutaviof]

isn't Edge2 better? wasn't it available back in June?

[vegasstuff]

I may need to upgrade my minion's PineCraft server....

[HooMinGuen]

Is Orange Pi 5 better than Raspberry pi4?

[jasonsdodd]

I haven't watched Category5 in quite a while. Went to watch it today on Roku but it tells me the channel has been removed. Is that the case? There's no Roku channel? I don't see it on kodi addons either. The newest video I see is months old? Has Category5 stopped? If not, is there no Roku channel or kodi addon? If there are neither, which is the right youtube channel?

[LivingLinux]

I think the Rockchip RK3588 boards are faster.

[timmooney]

Really impressive board. I'm sure it's worth what you pay for, however I can't see myself paying that price for an sbc at this time.

[whocares]

You have missed an important part. Power consumption. Idle and at load