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Nowhere near the price point, I know, but getting something like Intel's Compute Stick or its knock-off would result in much more pleasant experience - it's sta
by mlukaszek 7y ago
Nowhere near the price point, I know, but getting something like Intel's Compute Stick or its knock-off would result in much more pleasant experience - it's standard Atom CPU with 2GB of RAM plus enough storage, and 2 USB ports. They usually sell around $100, second hand.
- tlrobinson 7y agoI was going to say, the Pi Zero seems like an odd choice given there are many much more powerful SBCs for not that much mores or that much larger.
- FerretFred 7y agoI considered quite a few SBCs when I was mooting this project, but I had a spare Zero in the drawer at the time. Battery life was a big driver too, and the Zero is great at this. Lastly, in its original configuration it cost about $10/£10. If something with a similar spec comes up, but is maybe smaller I'll look at the that as well.
- skykooler 7y agoFor something smaller and lower power consumption, you might check out the Arietta board: https://www.acmesystems.it/arietta https://www.acmesystems.it/arietta It's about half the size of the Pi Zero, and can enter an ultra-low-power mode consuming only ~5 mA (and resume in 160 ms).
- undersuit 7y agoI actually have this setup instead. I bought the original Intel Compute Stick with Windows for the 2GB of ram, threw Linux on it thanks to the efforts of one Ian Morrison[1], and I use a Logitech K400 plugged into the single USB port. It's a wonderful computer to take on trips, like the author noticed, HDMI is ubiquitous. I still like the portable Pi idea more. I don't need Netflix or Steam installed on my Pis or Intel Compute Stick, but the ease of using flashy entertainment on the latter is detrimental to my productivity. [1] http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com/2017/06/customizing-ubuntu-isos-documentation.html http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com/2017/06/customizing-ubuntu...