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At some point I think they really should consider offering an official case or something :-).
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My flaw regarding SBCs, is that I want to master the whole stack (what variant of linux.. , how is is written,...), yet I don't have the context to, so I get fed up with almost good use cases and lose interest. That's also why I'm tring microcontrollers, it's back to low level, less shiny projects, but mentally saner.
Any suggestions on microcontrollers? I love my pi but I've been wanting to try my hand at something a little less, desktop-like.
http://www.ti.com/design-resources/embedded-development/hard...
Seems like the number of them has gone way up so if you don't want to waste time thinking about which one to try, here are some suggestions.
Cheap and minimal ($10): http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430g2et
High spec for things like motor control ($34): http://www.ti.com/tool/LAUNCHXL-F28379D
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The distinction in actual usage between using cloud, server, and homelab to describe their setup seems to be rooted in their purpose. * Home Lab :: Running a partial/full enterprise IT stack for fun and education. * Home Server :: Running primarily internal services like file storage, backups, media streaming, home automation, maybe some light networking. * Home Cloud :: Running primarily external services on the pub…
I see value in what you call home cloud. It has a lot of potential for distributing things and giving control of data back to people. Is there a place where I can follow developments like this? Also, it seems like Western Digital would be an ideal player in the space since they want to bring processing to data storage via RISC-V.
[0] https://rootprojects.org/hub/
[1] https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#file-sharing-...
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The cheapest maybe, but don't I need to watch for specs and DRM features and everything?
HDMI to micro-HDMI is just a straight passive adapter - only the physical shape of the port is different, and feature support isn’t really a thing. In this case it’s obviously done because the HDMI connector is annoyingly bulky if you want two of them, though I’m surprised a stacked connector wasn’t a better option.
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As a fifty seven year old, I don't have 4k eyeballs. agree you have a limitation, not one which is holding me back since osmc does 720p just fine, for Olde telecine mp4s of B&W movies
I suppose a future AV improvement will be to upgrade eyeballs; iSpheres anyone?
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)
That's silly. RasPis are stupidly useful. I've got: * A Zero W hooked up to a PM2.5 to do air quality monitoring in the house. Just bought a couple more sensors for it (VOC, eCO2, etc), but haven't hooked them up yet. * A 3B+ running the UniFi controller for my home network. * One is running a custom Hue automation I built to shift the color temperature of the lights throughout the day. * One is built into an interne…
Do you have any resources on how to set up something like that?
Depending on the purpose, for example if somebody just wants a compact home cloud, the Odroid HC2 could also - still - be considered: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc2-home-cloud-two/ - Half the RAM but double the cores. I'm waiting for some benchmarks to see if the RPi4 is faster and by how much. - Also Gigabit Ethernet and it works great. My downloads are always at 108-111MB/s for the whole transfer. - Not…
I'd love to run something like this, but I recently switched to ZFS which recommends having a lot of RAM (my NAS has 4GB). It's what kept me from going the route of the Helios 4.
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 sold a company and the hardware wasn't included. I have a bunch sitting idle, plus about 1500 RFID tags and 20 readers. Takes up space but I can't get rid of. Should sell them.
How would this perform as a linux desktop? I'm thinking about grabbing one for my Mom, who doesn't have a computer at home.
We've used a RPi 3B+ for a couple years as a home desktop and it's been great for general browsing, email, youtube. Velcro it to the back of a HD TV and it can sit anywhere.