Re: Rpi considerations

On 2024-07-14, Deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:

BTW the NUC and the kind of are not bad - but non had more than one LAN port
+ power consumption + price.

I paid 100€ for the D34010. Yes, if you need more than 1 lan port you need
to look elsewhere (in some use cases, a USB3 ethernet adapter might work).

There are current (Intel gen-12 and newer) machines that are in the ~5W idle
ballpark, but these tend to cost a lot more.

It is a disappointment what happened after 2008 ... but not going into
politics and economics. Just have a look at Alibaba/AliExpres.

I regularly buy chips and breakout boards there. Getting reliable
information about power consumption before you buy is a big problem, and
warranty/back-shipment costs is another.

Also, I am quite wary of chinese equipment using mains voltage.

I just bought a JBC-compatible soldering station from aliexpress.  It works
fine, but electrical safety is less than marginal: less than 1mm creepage
distance from mains to the non-grounded metal case is definitely not OK.

I had to build a new housing (and used a different, safe power supply).  In
this case it was worth the effort and I had considered this before buying,
but for a mini-PC, I would rather buy something that can be used out of the
box without danger of electrocution.

cu
Michael
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