Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

#1

Post by bitwise101 » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 10:15 PM UTC

What are your alternatives to the Raspberry Pi for DIY projects? Can you recommend any low power / low cost board?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

#2

Post by schwartzworld » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 10:41 PM UTC

For lots of tasks the Pi Pico is a good choice, serving up a simple web page or managing some gpio

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

#3

Post by ecesena » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 11:41 PM UTC

ESP32? On the firmware side I've been pretty happy with ESP Rainmaker: https://rainmaker.espressif.com

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

#4

Post by steQ » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 12:44 AM UTC

Orange Pi

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

#5

Post by golem14 » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 2:23 AM UTC

I would consider buying used thinclients on eBay. For $25 you used to be able to get a Celeron with 4gb ram and 16gb sata flash drive with a proper enclosure. And many are upgradable to8gb of ram and a larger SSD.