Orange Pi 5 Plus

The Orange Pi 5 Plus is a strong second choice when the Rock 5B+ is out of stock or out of budget.

You need

• Orange Pi 5 Plus, 4 GB or 8 GB RAM (4 GB is enough)
• microSD card (16 GB+) or M.2 NVMe
• USB-C PD power supply, 30 W or higher
• The IRLEncoder image for Orange Pi 5 Plus from Download
• BalenaEtcher, Rufus, or dd

Steps

1. Download the latest image from Download.
2. Insert the SD card into your reader.
3. Open BalenaEtcher. Select the image, select the SD card, click Flash.
4. Wait for write and verify to complete.
5. Eject the SD card. Insert it into the Orange Pi 5 Plus. Power on.

First boot

The first boot takes about a minute. When it is done, open http://irl.local and follow the onboarding page. See Login for what to do once you have the password.

A note on radio interference

The HDMI input on this board is sensitive to radio interference from cellular modems sitting close to the board. Symptoms: frame drops, freezes, or no signal at all on capture. Keep modems and the HDMI cable physically separated in your build. The Rock 5B+ has largely solved this; if you have not bought hardware yet, that is the safer pick.