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Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by thereisnojesus »

ballenf wrote: post #551
ZuLuuuuuu wrote: post #370

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Is there a way to limit the processor power so that it never exceeds a certain threshold? Because some people might be okay with slower processor if it means less power usage.

Yes, there is a low power mode. And you're forced to use that if you startup with an "under"-powered supply. Jeff Geerling on YT has a great in-depth review of these options in his latest video.

I read a lot of Jeff's blog, but his vlogs put me to sleep. He isn't charismatic and makes the worst jokes. People forget that a visual medium is visual. He channel is an example of great information that is ruined by the visual medium.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by codetrotter »

a1o wrote: post #320
codetrotter wrote: post #12

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Yes! I’ve used RPi SBCs for various purposes over time: - One early RPi I bought when RPi was very new to the market. I played around with it for a while and then I put it in a drawer. - Months later I pulled it out of the drawer and started hosting my website on it for a while. I have since moved on from using RPi at home for hosting any of my sites. Might do again at some point in time. - I use an SBC as one of the…

If you pair the raspberry pi with cache in cloudfare I think you can host on it - I haven't tried it myself, but have been thinking about it.

> If you pair the raspberry pi with cache in cloudfare I think you can host on it

Yup. That’s actually what I did :)

And then the reason I stopped hosting my site on my RPi was because I felt like, well if I depend on Cloudflare anyways, I might as well just use a VPS, or GitHub pages, or Cloudflare Pages :p

But there is something appealing in hosting things from home still. And doubly so when doing it without relying on Cloudflare etc

What I will do however, is that next time I set up some internet reachable hosting of content at home I will maintain one version of it that is directly served from the machine at home itself, and then I will keep an up to date copy of it on one of my externally hosted servers.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by Kirby64 »

mlyle wrote: post #596
Kirby64 wrote: post #577

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FPC is used in billions of devices with perfectly fine robustness. As long as it isn't part of some flexible mechanism (e.g., a flex display, or something folding), it should be just fine. If you toss it into a box with the FPC flopping in the breeze then I'm sure it would be terrible, but... don't do that?

FPC is used in billions of devices-- that are professionally assembled, usually assembled only once, well-enclosed, and careful attention has been given to strain relief. It's cheap and compact and allows very small assemblies. It's not so hobbyist/tinkerer friendly, where you're likely to put a lot of cycles on the connector, bend things back and forth, and end up with an enclosure that does not protect everything a…

Again, this sounds overblown. Obviously the cables are somewhat fragile and you can't just be a brute with them... but the alternative is making a PCB that is much larger to accept a M.2 slot. It just isn't possible in the current footprint from what I can tell.

Also, other connectors for this type have surprisingly low durability. Most M.2 slots are rated for extremely low mating cycles. Amphenonol, who I would considered to be an high quality manufacturer, rates their M.2 slots for '25-60' mating cycles total. Less than 100. Most manufacturers do not even specify the number of mating cycles.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by raytopia »

I've had this idea for a while now but what if someone built a game console based on the Pi hardware?

I know lots of people use their pi's for retro gaming but I'd really like to see some new games made for the hardware.

Does anyone know if there's a group working on this or would be interested in creating one?

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by Y_Y »

thereisnojesus wrote: post #677
asdfbank wrote: post #402

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True, it's called Treasure Island because of all the stolen treasure it holds.. but jokes aside (shouldn't be a joke) i'm going to have a friend pick up one for me in UK and send it over to ZA where pricing is so so much worse.

Why do people in text attempt to joke, then pull back on the joke, making it not a joke and simply wasting time with useless banter?

For people like me who enjoy only, and exactly, that.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by undersuit »

fanf2 wrote: post #490
HALtheWise wrote: post #489

Given that they made custom silicon for the IO module, I'm disappointed that they didn't include a couple PIO cores in there. It would've been great to be able to use the GPIO pins to drive serial LEDs, as extra uart peripherals, or for any of the numerous other things people have developed for the RP2040 PIO.

The RP1 has one PIO core (4 state machines) https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/...

This RP1 chip has so many surprises.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by undersuit »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #277
PrivateButts wrote: post #62

TBH the thing I hate most about this category of SBC is the reliance on SD cards. They are both too unreliable to trust and so slow that they often bottleneck the SBC. Buying them is often a crap shoot too, I've purchased cards batches of cards from the supposed reputable manufacturers that were all over the board when benchmarked, and rarely did they hit the claimed speed spec. I would love if there was an alternati…

You can netboot a Pi. Every Pi in my house netboots. I have a whole bunch of them. Some play games, some play videos, some play music, and a few other minor things. Because they all netboot, you can change what each one does by renaming a file on the server and then rebooting it. It's great.

Every new Pi model needs a bit of time for the Netboot firmware to be worked out. I would research the RPi5 before you bought it today.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by [deleted] »

dingi wrote: post #619
jancsika wrote: post #555

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> You can get considerably more powerful mini PCs for less than a 4GB Pi5 with needed accessories that is upgradable, has further software support, and includes all of what you need to get with a Pi. Name three, please, with emphasis on the "considerably more powerful" part.

How about a mini pc with Alder lake N95 with 8g RAM/256g nvme for $120 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mt4AHVM

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Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by lonjil »

throwaway2990 wrote: post #314
badtension wrote: post #307

I wonder if anyone here is using RPi as a main PC? Seems to be capable of most office work with a bit of multimedia on the side. My laptop is dying and I would love to get something stationary that is low-power by default yet good enough so that the internet wouldn't lag. Mounted at the back of an LCD screen could make a nice wireless setup with the other peripherals.

Na it’s too slow. I got one and I don’t touch it. I do also have an orange pi 5 and khandas edge 2 pro. Both are miles ahead of the rpi4 and based on specs they are miles ahead of the rpi5.

In actual real benchmarking OPi5 is about the same as RPi5.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5

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Post by marcosdumay »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #273
M4v3R wrote: post #124

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Are we reading the same blog post? The post that parent posted literally reads: > "Raspberry Pi 5 has been designed to handle typical client workloads, uncased, with no active cooling".

'uncased', which is the problem with many boards for the hobbyist market, from compute to sensors. IMHO, uncased means you're doing maintenance or it's a toy, but it's not a 'production' configuration.

They can't tell you how the board will behave on any random case you decide to put it on.

The uncased requirement is exactly what I'd expect to see there. Other than that, only if they decide to get really technical (they should) and tell you dissipating power / °C and temperature limits.

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