Sujet : Re: Raspberry Pi5 versus other cheap Intel based boxes for general computing
De : blockedofcourse (at) *nospam* foo.invalid (Don Y)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 03. Apr 2024, 18:01:31
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On 4/3/2024 7:21 AM, Don wrote:
FWIW, my *nix Desktops consist of cheap, refurbished, small form PCs,
stuffed with SSDs.
I use USFFs (Optiplex FX160's) and diskless workstations (e.g., HP t610)
for small appliances. For example, one by each TV to act as a network
media server for that TV. An FX160 handles all of my core network
services (name, time, print, font, TFTP, etc.).
They're nice because they use so little power (~12W), are fanless and
yet capable enough that I can build new kernels or userlands on them
without having to power on a bigger machine.
The trick is NOT to run Windows on anything "underpowered".
The STM GPIO interface typically provides a digital interface to my
electronic circuits. BSD RPis are used as intrinsic IDE hosts while
Blue and Black Pills are accessed via a STLink.