Tinkerboard freezes when doing simple things

[igorpec]

You mean power via GPIO pins, right?

Yes.

In any case, I've heard TB-S and later versions of TB solved the mUSB power issue. Only the orig. TB (2017) has the mUSB power issue, right?

You need to change connector.

Its a fatal hw design failure (marketing people deciding about design) which can't be fixed. Only Rpi could mitigate this problem since Linux runs inside RTOS. That ThreadX RTOS - in case power drop was too high - started to throttle and killing cpu cores. Beyond Linux. Such hack is not possible with this chip.

Law of physics, ohm law can't be fixed.
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/4767-pow...micro-usb/

with self-powered attached storage.

Usually this is good enough, yes. I was doing some tests and most of my mUSB cables are not sufficient for powering Tinkerboard. Only a few good cables can.

[karanadarsh]

You try wuth connecting external SSD drive.

[rajputaman04]

I ran the Armbian TB for about 48 hours, mostly on idle, with Chromium browser, performing various tasks and even playing some video (very poor). Also had Htop running as a monitor. Connected to it was the mouse, keyboard, and the 3.5" HD 2tb standard mechanical drive with its own 12v adapter.

[shubharora734]

I ran the Armbian TB for about 48 hours, mostly on idle, with Chromium browser, performing various tasks and even playing some video (very poor). Also had Htop running as a monitor. Connected to it was the mouse, keyboard, and the 3.5" HD 2tb standard mechanical drive with its own 12v adapter.