This is a new series of articles focusing on RISC-V single board computers running Linux. One set of articles concentrates on the Orange Pi RV2, a cost-effective RISC-V development board with Ky X1 8-core RISC-V AI CPU, providing 2TOPS CPU fusion of general-purpose computing power to support rapid deployment of AI model algorithms.
The Orange Pi RV2 is a low cost RISC-V single board computer designed to be an affordable option for those interested in exploring RISC-V technology. We write a lot about open source software. But open source hardware is just as exciting. I’m testing the 4GB RAM model which is available for around £37. Impressive considering the feature set of the board.
My RV2 board is running Ubuntu 24.04. Included with the distribution is a configuration tool designed for the RV2. It’s called orangepi-config. Let’s see what it offers.
Start the utility with the command:
$ sudo orangepi-config
You’ll see this menu.
In the next few pages, I’ll take you through the available options.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction
Page 2 – System
Page 3 – Network
Page 4 – Personal
Page 5 – Software
All articles in the series:
| Orange Pi RV2 | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduction to the series and interrogation of the RV2 |
| Benchmarks | Benchmarking the Orange PI Single Board Computers |
| Power | I compare the RV2's power consumption to other machines |
| orangepi-config | A utility to configure this single board computer |