@jirm Thanks for the suggestion. I've downloaded the raspian image. To duplicate the path I used with armbian, I downloaded TMRh20's RF24 code so I can test the radio with code I've already had up and running on the hardware.. However, this version of raspbian is really bad. So far nothing compiles. Regular raspbian, and armbian on the orange pi one do not have this kind of problem out of the box; they compile a wide range of packages. I'll spend some more time on it to be diligent, but this distro looks like it needs to be put on the abandon pile.

I tried compiling mysensors gateway too but no luck with that yet either. This is what I get:

./configure
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
[OK] machine detected: SoC=H3, Type=unknown, CPU=armv7l.
[OK] init system detected: sysvinit
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
[OK] Finished.

make
gcc -MT build/drivers/Linux/log.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RA
DIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/log
.c -o build/drivers/Linux/log.o
cc1: error: bad value (armv8-a) for -march switch
cc1: error: bad value (cortex-a53) for -mtune switch
Makefile:102: recipe for target 'build/drivers/Linux/log.o' failed
make: *** [build/drivers/Linux/log.o] Error 1

@hausinger -- are you running armbian on your orange pi one?

@marceloaqno said "MySensors uses its own nrf24 drivers, and OrangePi is not currently supported. It will be in the future."

I wish it worked now, but I don't mind waiting. Just to clarify where I'm coming from -- Orange Pi One hardware running Armbian. Thanks!

I'll be keeping watching the updates!

@jirm The compiler error was from the raspbian image running on the orange pi one hardware. I installed the image, ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, then tried the mysensors installation. The error was unusual enough to stop me in my tracks ... it didn't look like a simple dependency error.

armbian is not as well known as raspbian, but it is a very good distribution with an active and friendly development team. I like raspbian because it is a mature distro, and that's why I wanted to give it a try when you pointed out it's availability, but armbian is a very good alternative. I like armbian a lot and I hope we can get mysensors to work on it. Armbian also supports some of the newest and exciting hardware like the Nano Pi Neo and the Orange Pi Zero, each with a lot of IoT possibilities (they are very small form factors and low cost).

As you can tell, I think it's a big win if we can get it working on armbian. I will look for the place you mentioned on the forum that might be a good place to post this issue -- please let me know if you have a suggestion on where it's best to post. And I'd like to thank you for your consideration of this problem.

@jirm Thanks for the suggestion. I've downloaded the raspian image. To duplicate the path I used with armbian, I downloaded TMRh20's RF24 code so I can test the radio with code I've already had up and running on the hardware.. However, this version of raspbian is really bad. So far nothing compiles. Regular raspbian, and armbian on the orange pi one do not have this kind of problem out of the box; they compile a wide range of packages. I'll spend some more time on it to be diligent, but this distro looks like it needs to be put on the abandon pile.

I tried compiling mysensors gateway too but no luck with that yet either. This is what I get:

./configure
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
[OK] machine detected: SoC=H3, Type=unknown, CPU=armv7l.
[OK] init system detected: sysvinit
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
[OK] Finished.

make
gcc -MT build/drivers/Linux/log.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RA
DIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/log
.c -o build/drivers/Linux/log.o
cc1: error: bad value (armv8-a) for -march switch
cc1: error: bad value (cortex-a53) for -mtune switch
Makefile:102: recipe for target 'build/drivers/Linux/log.o' failed
make: *** [build/drivers/Linux/log.o] Error 1

jirm daid "I think, maybe the hardware nrf24 radio its not properly detected or ready on OPI?"

nrf24l01 radios WORK FINE on the Orange Pi One running armbian.

I downloaded TMRh20's RF24 GitHub files and successfully tested the Linux example code "gettingstarted" in which an Orange Pi One (tx) sent data to another Orange Pi One (rx).

Has anyone successfully built on an Orange Pi One running armbian? RPi running raspbinan is supported, but on my Orange Pi One running armbian I get
./MySensors.h:258:2: error: #error No support for nRF24 radio on this platform

I already have TMRh20's RF24 code running on this system, so I know it's capable.