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A giant difference between the two, which goes unmentioned here, is that the FX160 runs on AC power at 120 volts. If you have a deployment scenario where you a
by jMyles 9y ago
A giant difference between the two, which goes unmentioned here, is that the FX160 runs on AC power at 120 volts. If you have a deployment scenario where you already have 5 volts DC but not 120 volts AC, the pi obviously makes way more sense.
- eddieroger 9y agoGreat point. Also, the Pi can be powered off USB batteries, so you could run it basically anywhere for a non-trivial amount of time, really easily. The Pi's lack of reliance on wall power is one of it's neatest features, I think.
- Snowe 9y agoYep, I was running a beaglebone black doing basic network services from the USB port on my DSL router! Very handy.
- zeroping 9y agoThe inverse is also true - the FX160 runs off of 120/240V directly, which is rather convenient if you don't want to use a 5V DC power brick that's larger than the Pi itself. Makes for a rather clean installation if you're shoving it somewhere strange (which seems likely).
- pritambaral 9y ago5V DC power adapters aren't usually larger than the Raspberry Pi.
- unlmtd 9y agoComputers run on DC
- kayoone 9y agoThis usecase is more about running it as a homeserver, where i guess that limitation is not that important. Of course there are a lot of usecases where the Pi is the better choice.