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I’m curious why someone might reach for an RPI for a project like this? The last Pi I was using was consuming something like 8 watts while idle. That’s like $1.

I’m curious why someone might reach for an RPI for a project like this? The last Pi I was using was consuming something like 8 watts while idle. That’s like $1.50 a month in electricity here in the Bay Area... Many times, an arduino or esp32 would be more than capable with considerably less power usage.

gjs278 6y ago
oh my god not an entire $1.50
tomahony 6y ago
Interesting point, I hadn't actually considered what the power consumption of RPis is. I use a few around the house to do various things. Honestly though, the only reason I've used one here is that it was lying around unused. As you mentioned, if I were buying something myself I'd use a different, smaller controller.