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SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced WiFi 1G vs NanoPi M4

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When comparing SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced WiFi 1G vs NanoPi M4, the Slant community recommends NanoPi M4 for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?” NanoPi M4 is ranked 54th while SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced WiFi 1G is ranked 59th.

Specs

Bluetooth2.1/3.0/4.0

CPUTI AM3358 ARM® Cortex A8 1GHz

EthernetGigabit Network Port

Expansion Port 2 x 46 Pin Expansion Ports to connect to prototype PCB or BeagleBone capes

Flash4GByte + micro SD card

Power SocketMini USB or DC jack

RAM1GByte

Sensors3 axis gyro + Accelerometer & Barometer

USB Ports External: 2 USB 2.0 Type A Host + USB 2.0 mini OTG & Internal: 1

Video OutputMicro HDMI + LCD

WiFi1x1 2.4GHz

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SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced WiFi 1G

NanoPi M4

Pros

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Pin to Pin Compatible with the BeagleBone Black

Pro
Onboard Storage

4GB 8-bit eMMC onboard flash storage for main firmware image and also a micro-SD for programming and extra storage

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Excellent Support

Super support from SanCloud and the wider BeagleBoard community

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Connect up to 20 devices.

Connect 10 devices out of the box. Up to 20 devices can be connected by a simple OTG port and config modification.

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Plenty of I/Os and more speed & power than the BeagleBone Black.

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6 core HexaCore, compact nvme extender, 4GB RAM

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Open Source

Works with mainline Linux kernel and open source Mesa Panfrost drivers.

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Many ports

4 x USB3
2 x USB2 available via pins
PCI-E available via pins

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Fast

Rockchip 3399 with two fast A72 cores. Good heatsink limites throttling.

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Cons

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Bleeding edge...

To have mainline kernel requires a bit of tinkering (e.g. installing Armbian). Panfrost drivers for 3d acceleration are not mature and crash sometimes...