Libre Computer Project

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Libre Computer Project
Founded at Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Headquarters634, Tian Hui Building #B, You Song Lu, Long Hua District, Shenzhen 511700
Location
Fields Computer science
Website libre.computer

The Libre Computer Project is an effort initiated[ when? ] by Shenzhen Libre Technology Co., Ltd., with the goal of producing standards-compliant single-board computers (SBC) and upstream software stack to power them.

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Hardware

Libre Computer Project uses crowd-funding on Indiegogo and Kickstarter to market their SBC designs. The delivery and after-sales support was poor resulting in lots of complaints and dissatisfied funders. [1] [2]

Active Libre Computer SBC designs include:

ROC-RK3328-CC (Renegade)

The ROC-RK3328-CC "Renegade" board was funded on Indiegogo [3] and features the following specifications: [4]

AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato)

The AML-S905X-CC "Le Potato" board was funded on Kickstarter on 24 July 2017 [5] and features the following specifications: [6]

NOTE: GPIO Header Pin 11 or HDMI CEC is selectable by onboard jumper. They can not be used at the same time since they share the same pad.

ALL-H3-CC (Tritium)

The "Tritium" board was funded on Kickstarter on 13 January 2018 [7] with the following specifications: [8]

VariantALL-H3-CC H2+ 512MB IoTALL-H3-CC H3 1GBALL-H3-CC H5 2GB
CPU4 ARM Cortex-A74 ARM Cortex-A74 ARM Cortex-A53 Crypto
GPU1G + 2P ARM Mali-400

OpenGL ES 1.1 / 2.0 OpenVG 1.1

1G + 2P ARM Mali-400

OpenGL ES 1.1 / 2.0 OpenVG 1.1

2G + 4P ARM Mali-450

OpenGL ES 1.1 / 2.0 OpenVG 1.1

VPUAllwinner Display Engine 2.0

Decoders

  • VP8 1080P60
  • H.265 4K30/1080P60
  • H.264 1080P60
  • JPEG / MJPEG 1080P30

Encoders

  • H.264 1080P30
RAM512MB DDR3-1600 (1333MHz Effective)1GB DDR3-1600 (1333MHz Effective)2GB DDR3-1600 (1333MHz Effective)
USB4 USB 2.0 Type A
Network100 Mb Fast Ethernet
Video OutHDMI 1.4 (1080P) HDCP 1.2

3.5mm TRRS AV Jack

HDMI 1.4 (4K30) HDCP 1.2

3.5mm TRRS AV Jack

StorageMicroSD card slot

eMMC 4.x Interface

IRReceive
OtherU-Boot Button

40 Pin Low Speed Header (PWM, I2C, SPI, GPIO) UART Header

Recommended UseOptimized Compute Intensive

IoT Edge Applications

Cost-Centric Open Embedded

Development Platform

Advanced 64-bit

Development Platform

Software

Operating systems

NameFocusKernelUserSpaceROC-RK3328-CCAML-S905X-CCALL-H3-CC
Ubuntu Desktop/Server Linux GNU/Debian Yes [9] Yes [10] Yes [11]
Armbian Desktop/Server Linux GNU/Debian YesYes [12] Yes
Kali Linux Penetration testing Linux GNU/Debian NoNoNo
VolumioAudio web server Linux GNU/Debian NoNoNo
Retropie [13] Gaming Linux GNU/Debian NoYesNo
Happi [14] Gaming Linux GNU/Debian NoNoNo
Android Mobile/HTPC Linux Android YesYes [15] Yes [16]
LibreELEC HTPC Linux Kodi NoYes [17] No
Arch Linux Desktop/Server Linux GNU/Arch NoNoNo
Rune Audio [18] Audio web server Linux GNU/Arch NoNoNo
Lakka Gaming Linux GNU/Arch NoYes [19] No
Fedora Desktop/Server Linux GNU/Fedora NoNoNo
Void Linux Desktop/Server Linux GNU NoNoNo
NetBSD Desktop/Server BSD BSD NoNoNo
Genode [20] OS Frameworkbase-hwGenodeNoNoNo
Batocera Linux Gaming Linux GNU/Arch NoNoNo

Open source

Software

Libre Computer is focused on upstream support in open-source software using standardized API interfaces. This includes Linux, u-boot, LibreELEC RetroArch, and more. A variety of open-source operating systems may be used on Libre Computer boards, including Linux and Android. Few to no binary blobs are used to boot and operate the boards.

Hardware

Schematics and 2D silkscreen are available for all hardware. Design files are based on non-disclosure materials from SoC vendors. [21] CAD files are not available. [22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Order Support".
  2. ↑ "Crowdfunding".
  3. ↑ "Renegade ARM Computer with USB 3 on Android Linux". Indiegogo. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "ROC-RK3328-CC (Renegade)". Libre Computer. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "AML-S905X-CC Le Potato: Fastest 4K SBC under $50 for Makers". Kickstarter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato)". Libre Computer. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tritium: Quad Core ARM Computer with Android/Linux for $9+". Kickstarter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "ALL-H3-CC (Tritium)". Libre Computer. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ubuntu for ROC-RK3328-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Ubuntu for AML-S905X-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  11. ↑ "Ubuntu for ALL-H3-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  12. ↑ "Armbian for AML-S905X-CC". armbian.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  13. ↑ "RetroPie - Retrogaming OS". RetroPie. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  14. ↑ "Happi game center - Retrogaming OS". happi-game-center.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  15. ↑ "Android for AML-S905X-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  16. ↑ "Android for ALL-H3-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  17. ↑ "LibreELEC for AML-S905X-CC". forum.loverpi.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  18. ↑ "RuneAudio - Audio OS". RuneAudio. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  19. ↑ "Lakka for AML-S905X-CC". share.loverpi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  20. ↑ "How to use Genode directly on hardware". genode.org. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  21. ↑ "Libre Computer". Twitter.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  22. ↑ "libreboard running without proprietary binary blobs?". Your Destination for Single Board Computers. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
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