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Does it really compete with the Jetson Nano? I thought it was designed for AI stuff
Sure, if you're doing CPU-only tasks, Jetson Nano is A57 and Pi4 is A72 which is maybe twice as fast, but if you can offload anything to the GPU at all (media encoding, neural networks, matrix operations) you'll probably get some enormous gains in efficiency with the Nano.
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> I've been using the RPI2 as my HTPC/NAS at my folks Could you provide some details? The USB-adapted ethernet & lack of wifi sounds limiting for a NAS.
Not OP but... If I would guess hes using OpenMediaVault? It works rather well on even gen 1 pi's.
Nice upgrade, I chuckled at the pricing of 1G, 2G, and 4G models as $35, $45, $55 (at least in the US). And that they are pushing it as a desktop. They might start looking like a computer company if they aren't careful. At some point I think they really should consider offering an official case or something :-).
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Probably because it's cheaper than the Cloud Key.
It is, but in my experience the reliability factor is pretty ugly for the rpis. I'd rather either pay directly for the device designed for it, or just run the software on a machine already on the network. Obviously that doesn't work for everyone.
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There is an official PoE board that fits the pi 3+ which uses a 4 pin header by the ethernet jack to grab power. The pi 4 appears to have the same header. https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/poe-hat/
How is that Hat $20 when the entire board itself is only $35?
Can't wait to buy this, boot it up, play with it for four hours, then stick it in the same desk drawer with the other Pis I have bought over the years. (The upgrades look great, just my attention span is not so great)
That's why I switched to esp8266, smaller and 1$. Can fit a lot more in the same drawer.
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Any suggestions on microcontrollers? I love my pi but I've been wanting to try my hand at something a little less, desktop-like.
I love the TI launchpads. 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
The Adafruit Trinket M0 was what I needed for a recent project. It's $8 and tiny. The feather boards also look very neat, if you need BLE, the ability to stack peripherals, etc. They all integrate with Arduino so you can be up and running in a minute. (They also support Python running on the device, which is maybe even easier than Arduino.)
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You make it sound like they are being unreasonable, but just like USB-Micro to USB-C and X to headphone jack, it's a huge inconvenience when you can't find/don't have it to hand. I used to lose the Micro to C adapters all the time, I lost the C to headphone for my OnePlus6T while travelling and was unable to find a replacement so no headphone use for me. Also, I have about 12 Raspberry Pis, as many display devices, a…
So just have the adapters plugged into the Pi all the time. I mean, what else would you use them for? Problem solved, no drama.