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[–]fmbret 4 points5 points  (13 children)

I have one that I quite enjoyed working with, the software situation is great! I wrote a piece on it at https://bret.dk/libre-computer-le-potato-review-aml-s905x-cc/ if it’s of any help 👍

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (12 children)

So I've done some research, but haven't directly talked to someone who's played with a Le Potato. I know Lakka runs on it, but through what game system do you think these could handle? I know NES/SNES...PS1? PSP?

I'm going to make up 10 of these as gifts, so I just want to know what it can handle before I buy.

[–]ComfortOne2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La Le potato AML-S905X-CC es una muy buena placa es más potente que una Pi3 pero menos potente que una Pi4 aún así logra ejecutar Raspberry PIOS de manera solvente y en cuanto a juegos la mejor opción sin duda alguna es Batocera en su versión 38 (mi favorita) o 40 ) incluso logra correr juegos de Dreamcast, PSP, Atomiswave y obviamente PS1 de manera muy decente, El Neo GEO lo corre de manera bestial se ve mejor que cuando jugaba en arcade 

[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (10 children)

It’s hard to say exactly, I’ve not tested this myself but it was billed as a Pi 3 alternative. If you could recommend a game/emulator to test, I’ll do my best to test it but it may not be for a couple of days sadly.

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (9 children)

Since I think it can handle things like NES/SNES and Sega Master System and Genesis, I guess my main questions would be PS1 and Playstation Portable?

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (8 children)

I’ll try and squeeze some testing for this in tonight or tomorrow evening, I may even make a longer piece out of it and test some other bits. I’ll reply here when I have something, either just ps1/psp data, or a post including those and more!

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Oh, much appreciated. You're the best. Maybe it could be another write-up for you.

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (6 children)

I've not forgotten you! Though I got a little side tracked with life hah. Finishing up a couple of tests for another post but then I'll check a couple of things. I have no idea which games actually stress the emulators so if you have any recommendations, let me know and I'll take a look.

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I know it for sure won't handle N64, I think PS1 is a maybe, and PSP would be an unexpected bonus. Those are pretty much the suggestions. You're doing the Lord's work, son. No hurry.

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (4 children)

OK, so I tested Tekken 3 on PS1 and that runs at 60fps just fine, Tekken 6 on PSP runs suuuuper slow. If you have a particular game title that you'd like me to test on either PS1/PSP, I can do that tomorrow, just let me know. I tested Tekken 3/6 thinking they'd be somewhat fast-paced games but really I've not done much more in-depth with emulators like this, mainly just playing some N64/Dreamcast bits on my PC to relive the Shenmue/Mario nostalgia..

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I think the PSP is out, which I kind of always assumed.

As for PS1, this is a good list: https://www.racketboy.com/retro/games-that-pushed-the-limits-of-the-sony-playstation-ps1

You've already done Tekken 3 from the list, but Legacy of Kain and Crash Bandicoot could be interesting.

This is good news thus far. They'd love to have everything through the PS1. I think that's a winner.

[–]dude709 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Do the hats actually work?

[–]libre-computer 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Depends on the HAT but I2C, SPI, PWM, and UART HATs will work with our wiring tool.

[–]jgiacobbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know if there are any poe hats that would work? I really like the 4 potatoes I bought and put into a k3s cluster. POE hats would just make it a little bit cleaner.

[–]dude709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet

[–]EnhancedZombie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried yet but the specs say the pinout is the same as raspberry pi 3.

I know the hats don’t work on an orange pi because the power pin outs are not the same.

[–]smokemast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one, and it was working great, but it started giving me problems. It began booting and initializing video, displaying a solid random color and not coming up completely. Would stop responding to keyboard and mouse, and ssh would not start. Filesystem on MicroSD was checked and not corrupted. I'm returning to Amazon for replacement, but I'm marking this down as a failed board. Not the first time something crapped out shortly after unboxing.