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Proper USB power supplies don't just randomly die once a year, that's utter lunacy. And what exactly is stopping you from getting any 5V power source or even j

by htfu 7y ago

Proper USB power supplies don't just randomly die once a year, that's utter lunacy. And what exactly is stopping you from getting any 5V power source or even just rigging up an old PSU with a 10W resistor on the 12V rail and splicing the 5V onto a USB cord? This is a non-issue. Edit: wrote this before your edit, but still stands. If there's anything to worry about reliability-wise in that timeframe it's SD card corruption, but there's plenty ways around that, whether by limiting writes or using other media. Edit 2: hostile tone not intended, just perplexing seeing something almost akin to concern trolling done in this manner.

alkonaut 7y ago
I just don’t like tinkering. I want what you describe but I what to pay with money, not time. Simply a raspberry with a good case, a good psu researched and tested by someone else. They aren’t that easy to find. The market for those of us who are happy to pay $50 for a case and $50 for a psu to house a $30 computer is slim I suppose. But the pi does have a bit of a dual personality problem where it is made cheap enough to be a toy or hobby thing but people often want to run them unattended for years. I’m not trolling I’m genuinely looking for advice on more recommended psu’s, cases, raspberry clones etc that don’t require any modding and still makes a 5 year uptime server from a pi.
- htfu 7y ago
  Any case and any old original iPad charger will do you fine, seriously :) I'm just saying, if you want something really sturdy nothing stops you from either investing in or tinkering up whatever your fancy. And don’t forget a pi-hole is just a MITM dns server, so if anything should blow you'll just fall back to 8.8.8.8 or ISP default or whatever...
  - alkonaut 7y ago
    Most cases for rpi are $3 plastic shells around the board. With a stiff cat6 cable you can’t even make it sit on a flat surface but it will hover above your shelf (good for cooling but feels a bit flimsy). That’s what my closet looks like now. Tiny boxes suspended by their tangle of cables. Disconnecting one always feels like a risk of disturbing another. Just a bigger/heavier case, or one with good wall mounts, or a half with rack tray where you can bolt one (or more) raspberries would be perfect to get some order in the closet. Googling around now I see a lot of DIY rack mount (stacked vertically in 2U seems to be the popular choice). Just need to find someone selling that commercially. Using iDevice chargers are a good idea. Edit: googling further reveals this one too: https://revolution.kunbus.com/revolution-pi-series/ https://revolution.kunbus.com/revolution-pi-series/ DIN Rails! Situation has definitely improved a LOT and shows that there really is a demand for more "industrial" use.
    - htfu 7y ago
      Glad you found something' Since the pi does have screwholes you can also just literally mount them straight on the wall :) me I like that asthetic out in the open but if they're in the closet anyways it doesn't really matter. ps. don't forget PoE!

by htfu 7y ago

alkonaut 7y ago

I just don’t like tinkering. I want what you describe but I what to pay with money, not time. Simply a raspberry with a good case, a good psu researched and tested by someone else. They aren’t that easy to find. The market for those of us who are happy to pay $50 for a case and $50 for a psu to house a $30 computer is slim I suppose. But the pi does have a bit of a dual personality problem where it is made cheap enough to be a toy or hobby thing but people often want to run them unattended for years. I’m not trolling I’m genuinely looking for advice on more recommended psu’s, cases, raspberry clones etc that don’t require any modding and still makes a 5 year uptime server from a pi.

htfu 7y ago
Any case and any old original iPad charger will do you fine, seriously :) I'm just saying, if you want something really sturdy nothing stops you from either investing in or tinkering up whatever your fancy. And don’t forget a pi-hole is just a MITM dns server, so if anything should blow you'll just fall back to 8.8.8.8 or ISP default or whatever...
- alkonaut 7y ago
  Most cases for rpi are $3 plastic shells around the board. With a stiff cat6 cable you can’t even make it sit on a flat surface but it will hover above your shelf (good for cooling but feels a bit flimsy). That’s what my closet looks like now. Tiny boxes suspended by their tangle of cables. Disconnecting one always feels like a risk of disturbing another. Just a bigger/heavier case, or one with good wall mounts, or a half with rack tray where you can bolt one (or more) raspberries would be perfect to get some order in the closet. Googling around now I see a lot of DIY rack mount (stacked vertically in 2U seems to be the popular choice). Just need to find someone selling that commercially. Using iDevice chargers are a good idea. Edit: googling further reveals this one too: https://revolution.kunbus.com/revolution-pi-series/ https://revolution.kunbus.com/revolution-pi-series/ DIN Rails! Situation has definitely improved a LOT and shows that there really is a demand for more "industrial" use.
  - htfu 7y ago
    Glad you found something' Since the pi does have screwholes you can also just literally mount them straight on the wall :) me I like that asthetic out in the open but if they're in the closet anyways it doesn't really matter. ps. don't forget PoE!