Falcon FPP
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Falcon Player (FPP)
The Falcon Player is a standalone sequence player allowing playback of your sequences without a dedicated PC. It is a similar solution to the conductor or director products. The software is free and runs on Raspberry Pi (~$35) or BeagleBone Black (BBB) (~$50) micro computer boards. FalconChristmas developers write the free software and you purchase a Pi or BBB from any vendor you choose and install FPP on the system. SD card, USB Flash Drive, Power Supply and any other options are not included in the base prices of these boards but your vendor may offer kits which include the additional components.
FPP Supported Hardware Platforms
| Supported Hardware Platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Vendor | Raspberry Pi | BeagleBone | Pine64 | ODROID | Next Thing | ||||||||||
| Model | A+ | B | B+ | Zero | B v2 | B v3 | BBB | BBG | BBBWL | A64 | A64+ | A64+ 2GB | C1 | C.H.I.P. | |
| CPU | Single-Core 700MHz ARM1176JZF ARMv6 | Single-Core 1000Mhz BCM2835 ARMv6 | v1.0-v1.1 - Quad-Core 900MHz BCM2836 ARMv7 v1.2 - Quad-Core 900MHz 64-bit BCM2837 ARMv8 |
Quad-Core 1.2GHz 64-bit BCM2837 ARMv8 | Single-Core 1000MHz AM335x ARM® Cortex-A8 Two 200MHz 32-bit PRU microcontrollers |
1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 | Amlogic S805, 4× Cortex-A5 @ 1.5 GHz | 1GHz Allwinner R8 | |||||||
| RAM | 256MB SDRAM @ 400MHz | 512MB SDRAM @ 400MHz | 1024MB SDRAM @ 450Mz | 1024MB SDRAM @ 900MHz | 512MB DDR3 800MHz | 512MB DDR3 | 1024MB DDR3 | 2048MB DDR3 | 1 GB DDR3 | 512MB DDR3 | |||||
| Onboard Ethernet |
No | Yes - 100Mbit (on USB Bus) | Yes - 100Mbit | Yes - 1000Mbit | No | ||||||||||
| Onboard Wireless |
No | 802.11n BT 4.1 |
No | 802.11n | No | 802.11n BT 4.1 | |||||||||
| SD Slot | MicroSD | SD | MicroSD | None | |||||||||||
| Onboard Storage | None | 4GB eMMC (2GB on BBB Rev B) | None | 4GB eMMC | |||||||||||
| USB Ports | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 (Micro-USB) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Audio/Video Output | HDMI & Analog/Composite | Mini-HDMI & Analog/Composite via solder pads | HDMI & Analog/Composite | Micro-HDMI (disabled on FPP SD images) | None | HDMI & Analog audio | HDMI-D | Analog/Composite | |||||||
| Normal Board Price | $20 | $25 | $5 | $35 | $50-55 | $40 | $70 | $15 | $19 | $29 | $35 | $9 | |||
| Supported FPP Features | |||||||||||||||
| Vendor | Raspberry Pi | BeagleBone | Pine64 | ODROID | Next Thing | ||||||||||
| Model | A+ | B | B+ | Zero | B v2 | B v3 | BBB | BBG | BBBWL | A64 | A64+ | A64+ 2GB | C1 | C.H.I.P. | |
| Minimum FPP Version | v1.5 | v0.1 | v0.4 | v1.8 | v1.5 | v2.0 (Debian Jessie w/ FPP installed via FPP_Install.sh script) | |||||||||
| Master | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Remote | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| E1.31 / ArtNet | Yes (Not recommended on WiFi-only systems) | ||||||||||||||
| USB Serial Dongle | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Onboard Serial | Yes - DMX, Pixelnet, Renard, LOR, Generic, etc. | No | |||||||||||||
| HUB75 LED Panels | Yes, up to 36 panels (may flicker with higher panel counts due to single core) | Yes, up to 36 panels | Yes, up to 96 panels via Octoscroller Cape | No | |||||||||||
| WS2801 Pixels direct attached to GPIO header | Yes, 1 string | No | |||||||||||||
| WS281x/TM180x Pixels direct attached to GPIO header | Yes, 2 strings | Yes, 1 string | Yes, 2 strings | Yes, 48 strings | No | ||||||||||
| FPD Support | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
| Virtual Matrix | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
| USB Relay | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| GPIO Channel Output | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
| GPIO Input | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
Links
- FAQ: Falcon Player
- FPP Success Stories
- What Raspberry Pi Hardware is needed for the Falcon Pi Player
- How can I manually install FPP onto an existing Linux system?
- Falcon Pi Player Beginners Guide (on video) by Alan Dahl
- Falcon Pi Player Users Manual
- Vast Electronics V-FMT212R Support
- Add VPN Access To Your Falcon Player
Developer Resources
- Plugins - Information on how our plugin system works
- Source Code
- Issue Tracker
- FPP_Debugging