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Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#181

Wow the LAN improvements are wild! I'm getting on our ( https://piaustralia.com.au/ ) internal Gigabit network: RPi4B Ethernet: 912mbps RPi3B+ ethernet: 294mbps That USB 3.0 controller makes all the difference.

Looks like the ethernet is connected directly through RGMII - meaning the USB 3.0 controller is likely completely out of the picture. That would mean you can run full throttle ethernet without affecting the USB speed at all.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#182

Too bad the USB-C slot is only used for supplying power instead of being a proper Thunderbolt slot with support for acting as a USB device or attaching external PCIe cards. But well, that's a thing for the 4+ then I guess...

Hm yeah, many people are still very critical of USB-C. (It obviously still takes some time to become as mature and well-adopted...) But I'm totally buying into this, all my new gadgets have USB-C and I totally love it.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#184
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No normal sized HDMI sucks, I don't want to buy another adapter, aside from that this looks really cool, can't wait to get one

I agree. No idea why they went with micro-hdmi, when mini displayport is more robust, more common, and royalty-free.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#185
Can't wait to buy this, boot it up, play with it for four hours, then stick it in the same desk drawer with the other Pis I have bought over the years.

(The upgrades look great, just my attention span is not so great)

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#186

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Can I build and run golang programs natively, or do I need to run them in docker? (I'm new to all this, also unclear on the "dumb terminal interfacing" scenario... is that specific to using Kubernetes?)

> dumb terminal interfacing I think GP means terminal access through SSH/MoSH

Yes this. Apologies for being vague.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#187
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The camera PCB was made by rpi for specific use with the rpi. The DRM chip is not part of the camera vendor's assembly. It is a separate chip placed on the PCB, therefore placed there by the PCB designer, i.e., by rpi.

Ben Upton said: > You can plug any CSI camera into the Raspberry Pi. There's even a kernel driver for the CSI receiver, which we paid for ((link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9951525/ ) patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9951525/). What you can't do is clone the official v2 camera module and use the default ISP tuning, which we also paid for. https://mobile.twitter.com/EbenUpton/status/1088440503622909... Personally I…

I'd prefer if they gave us the full functionality of the device though - the imager is capable of global shutter but it is locked out.

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#188

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Minimum 2x performance over previous gen(s) on every test with only ~1W extra power draw. That's seriously impressive!

they are better, modern, more efficient and cheaper CPUs in 2019 the fact that they decided to go with a 2015 inefficient one is kinda strange

>>they are better, modern, more efficient and cheaper CPUs in 2019

Name one?

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

#189

Can't wait to buy this, boot it up, play with it for four hours, then stick it in the same desk drawer with the other Pis I have bought over the years. (The upgrades look great, just my attention span is not so great)

I can relate. However these days I have found a new life for those abandoned Pis: I install Pi-Hole [1] on them and set them up for family and close friends.

[1] https://pi-hole.net/

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