Khadas VIM1S Single Board Computer SBC With Amlogic S905Y4, 2.0GHz Quad Core Cortex-A35 CPU, 1176MHz 2GB 32-bit LPDDR4 16GB eMMC, Supports Android/Ubuntu System For Maker/Office/Smarhome/Music DIY

Great little SBC and supper easy to setup. I'm using it for a digital dashboard and it works great

I set this up for a homeassitant setup for my solar system.Thr unit is well made and with the addition of a case does the job.I'm overall impressed with Khadas both for price amd setup as the built in software leads tou through setup.My only note and a reduction of two point is to point out in my opinion this type of unit is not suitable for heavy use, my own syst3m pulls data regularly and is always on collecting data from the system for the houshold systems.After a year of use the built in memory was at 79% of its lifetime recomended use.So for smallninstallas or non intensive use this is ideal if a complex data system buy a mini pc.

I bought this in 2022 and it is an awesome SBC for lightweight applications like pinhole, jellyfin or desktop. It's better for media playback with a small projector and uses 5v 480ma. It sips power while connected to sound bars and gamepads via Bluetooth. WiFi is quick and I can remote play with the Xbox with Android. No loss of frames in 1080p with YouTube.

Since this is a newish device and I am aware that Khadas continually improve the firmwareThe below are my findingsEase of use : OOWOW , it worksHere can only comment on the Ubuntu desktopFor a beginner default apps work fineAdvanced info .Installing certain apps . Some fail to work as expected : of note if gl basedFallback use SNAPAgain some fail, esp on open file or save file . use “ snap run “ appA search reveals backends are required, esp in the xdg arenaOf note search synapticxdg-desktop-portal + the gtk versionNearly gave up on this device . Not now

Worked straight out of the box. An excellent little singe board computer. Perhaps a replacement for a Raspberry Pi in certain applications . Tried it with Android and Ubuntu.

It came with already arndroid preinstalled on it. And it is not possible to flash another os on to it. It is bad what I check it so late. As it is possible only boot ubuntu 3 times pressing button all the time. Dissapointed.

Seems a bit underpowered. Tried it for Kodi YouTube and suffered some frame stutter. At time of writing no Vulkan support. Works well in headless modes like pi-hole or camera monitor.