Using Yocto to build images for Orange Pi 3B

Introduction Orange PI 3B is a cheap and attractive Raspberry Pi sized single board computer based on the Rockchip RK3566: Rockchip RK3566 (4x ARM Cortex-A55 @ 1.6GHz) ARM Mali-G52-2EE GPU (OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0) LPDDR4 RAM (2/4/8 GB) Micro-SD card slot SPI flash (16/32 MB) Optional eMMC pluggable module (16/32/64/128/256 GB) Wi-Fi5 + Bluetooth 5.0, BLE 1x USB 2.0 Type A OTG, 2x USB 2.0 Type A HOST, 1x USB 3.0 Type A Host 1x HDMI (up to 4K @ 60fps) 1x MIPI DSI LCD port 1x MIPI CSI camera port Colour-coded 40-pin GPIO (uart, spi, i2c, pwm, gpio) Gigabit Ethernet port Optional M.2 M-KEY PCIe port 89 x 56 mm The versions with 2 GB / 4 GB / 8 GB of RAM are currently sold at 38 / 44 and 66 EUR on the manufacturer’s AliExpress store. For the same amount of RAM, the price is much lower than Raspberry Pi 5 (currently 98 EUR with 8 GB of RAM), and you can use PCI Express without an additional board. This being said, Raspberry Pi 5 has its own strengths, such as dual 4K HDMI output. ...

November 25, 2025 · Michael Opdenacker