[plug] Odroid H2 Mini PC

[Stephen Price]

I ordered a HC2 from them direct and was surprised, it arrived in about 3
days or so.

Have been super busy with other stuff over Xmas holidays so haven't had
time to give it a run yet.

On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 3:58 PM Andrew Van Dam <Andrew at moamindustries.com>
wrote:

> I bit the bullet and bought an Odroid H2
> <https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h2/> SBPC the other day and
> thought I'd share my experience. I rolled the dice and bought it directly
> from HardKernel in Korea, not the best experience. They send no
> confirmation or follow up email once an order is placed. Although there was
> a tracking email sent a day later which was a positive sign. It arrived via
> FedEx less than a week later so not bad overall.
>
> With case, PSU and 16GB of DDR the total was ~$350 AU which per GB of ram
> is better than a PI or an Intel NUC. The processor is also a 4 core device
> and the hardware has plenty of peripherals. 2 SATA ports, an NVME-PCIE
> port, dual gigabit, USB 3, I20 pin IO expander (mostly serial or I2C),
> display port and HDMI. So it is a highly capable device. Ubuntu Bionic
> flashed straight onto the SSD drive I had lying around with zero challenges
> even for a n00b like me.
>
> Ultimately I'll be using it as a test bed for developing and exploring
> ROS2 application so IO connectivity. Ultimately I wanted something with a
> bit more grunt than a standard PI and I think this will deliver.
>
> --
> Regards
> Andrew Van Dam
> 0415 160 235
> MOAM Industries Pty Ltd
> Robotics / IOT / Electronics / Software / cloud - Full stack solutions
>
>
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