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-====== Setup an OrangePi 3B ======+====== C.1) HA: setup an OrangePi 3B ======
  
 [[http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-3B.html|OrangePi 3b]] is an amazing cmoplete board with 2, 4 or 8 Gb of RAM and a nice arm64 CPU. [[http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-3B.html|OrangePi 3b]] is an amazing cmoplete board with 2, 4 or 8 Gb of RAM and a nice arm64 CPU.
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 ===== Hardware ===== ===== Hardware =====
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 +You definitely want to purchase an EMMC, 32GB would be plenty of space, because the uSD can be unstable and fail badly after unwanted power interruptions.
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 +You sohuld get 4GB of RAM, since 2GB is the bare minimum and 8GB probably overkill.
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 +I opted to purchase also a mini cooling fan and a transparent enclusure to fit everything inside safely.
  
  
 ===== Flashing operating system ===== ===== Flashing operating system =====
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 +Home Assistant doesn't provide a build specifically for the OrangePi brand, only for the RaspberryPi and the two are not directly compatible.
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 +Luckly, the Armbian community provides a readily available Armbian build with preloaded the Home Assistant image, go  [[https://www.armbian.com/orangepi3b/|here]] to download the image. 
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 +The direct dowload link is [[https://dl.armbian.com/orangepi3b/Bookworm_current_minimal-homeassistant|this]].
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 +Flash the image with with Balena Etcher on a uSD card.
  
  
 ===== First boot ===== ===== First boot =====
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 +Plug the uSD in the OrangePi 3B, connect the OrangePi 3B to a wired LAN cable and power it up.
  
 Check your DHCP to know which IP has been assigned to your Opi3B and ssh into it as user //root// using password //1234//. Check your DHCP to know which IP has been assigned to your Opi3B and ssh into it as user //root// using password //1234//.
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 run //armbian-config// and move the installation to the emmc, format as etx4. run //armbian-config// and move the installation to the emmc, format as etx4.
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 +===== Install Home Assistant Supervised =====
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 +To setup the Home Assistant image backed in the Armbian installation, run the bash script found in the home of the root user.
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 +After the setup, reboot the OrangePi and login to Home Assistant via web UI on port 8123.
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