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Reminds me of my 3 RaspberryPI's :-)

by wiz21c 4y ago

vardump 4y ago
12 here... sigh. Then again, all of them have had a good amount of use over the years. But 10 of them (RPi 1B-3B+) are no longer in use. Tempted to buy a VoCore, but I won't. It'd most probably just join the Raspberry Pis in a drawer.
- jesuslop 4y ago
  What mean duration have you seen?
  - vardump 4y ago
    None of them have ever broken. Otherwise I've used them up until the next model is released. 1B, 2B, 3B, 3B+ and now 4B. Plus one zero.
- cure 4y ago
  You could probably donate or sell the older Raspberry Pis...
- 8fingerlouie 4y ago
  I have a drawer where old SBC's go to die :) It's right next to my arduino/micropython boards. Years ago i ran quite a lot of stuff on a Raspberry Pi, but despite them growing more and more capable, my computing needs at home have gotten less and less. I ran a homebuilt surveillance system on them for some years, RPi Zeros for the nodes with motion detection, and a NAS as a storage target and object detection, but i eventually replaced it with UniFi Protect and HomeKit Secure Video. A couple of years ago i still had a couple running AdguardHome, but after that got replaced by NextDNS, i have only one left, running "power monitoring" and HomeBridge in my summerhouse.
  - DocTomoe 4y ago
    > but despite them growing more and more capable, my computing needs at home have gotten less and less. And still, with my computing needs becoming more minimalistic, my RPi3B+ just doesn't deliver. I'm currently trying to make it run my emacs/cli-based workflow somewhat acceptable, but the darn thing can't even run a shell without noticeable lag. There is a noticeable delay between keyboard entry and things showing up every few seconds. Not cool.
- Syonyk 4y ago
  > But 10 of them (RPi 1B-3B+) are no longer in use. Sell them. There's basically no supply and very strong demand right now, because in addition to hobbyist uses, there are a lot of people who have built products that are based around Pis and who can't sell their products, because they can't get Pis. Go check eBay prices. 3Bs are selling for $70-$100. The 8GB 4s are selling for $150-$200. It's the best time to unload them you're ever likely to see for older hardware.
Damogran6 4y ago
RPi's are like lottery tickets. You buy them for the license to dream it gives you. They're potential.
- giraffe_lady 4y ago
  Got a genuine chuckle out of me. That really is how I feel about it. It didn't cost me anything significant, I never did anything of value with it, but I don't regret buying it. Exact same way I feel about the handful of lottery tickets I've bought over the years.
- imtringued 4y ago
  That's how hype works. The amusing part is that you can be hyped up for something that you already have. There was a game I played on PS2 and NDS and then it got ported to PC and I was hyped for it and enjoyed it as if I played it for the first time.
- catern 4y ago
  They're really just a sign of how weak general purpose computing has become. Almost all uses of Raspberry Pis for hobbyist projects could and should be done just as well with the computers that you already own and already have running.
  - _joel 4y ago
    Not sure my main PC can run at 2 Amps..
    - mciancia 4y ago
      Well, seeing that most desktop PCs are running at 110V or 230V, I think it's quite easy to find something that will run under ~220W or ~460W ;]
      - tambourine_man 4y ago
        Parent probably meant 10W (5V x 2A)
fullstop 4y ago
I have three of them and they're all in use. The only ones not in use are the Pine64 (not well supported anymore) and a Jetson Nano. I've been tempted to use the Jetson Nano for something like OctoPrint, but it seems like that would be a waste of the GPU.

Reminds me of my 3 RaspberryPI's :-)

by wiz21c 4y ago

Reminds me of my 3 RaspberryPI's :-)

12 here... sigh. Then again, all of them have had a good amount of use over the years. But 10 of them (RPi 1B-3B+) are no longer in use. Tempted to buy a VoCore, but I won't. It'd most probably just join the Raspberry Pis in a drawer.

jesuslop 4y ago
What mean duration have you seen?
- vardump 4y ago
  None of them have ever broken. Otherwise I've used them up until the next model is released. 1B, 2B, 3B, 3B+ and now 4B. Plus one zero.
cure 4y ago
You could probably donate or sell the older Raspberry Pis...
8fingerlouie 4y ago
I have a drawer where old SBC's go to die :) It's right next to my arduino/micropython boards. Years ago i ran quite a lot of stuff on a Raspberry Pi, but despite them growing more and more capable, my computing needs at home have gotten less and less. I ran a homebuilt surveillance system on them for some years, RPi Zeros for the nodes with motion detection, and a NAS as a storage target and object detection, but i eventually replaced it with UniFi Protect and HomeKit Secure Video. A couple of years ago i still had a couple running AdguardHome, but after that got replaced by NextDNS, i have only one left, running "power monitoring" and HomeBridge in my summerhouse.
- DocTomoe 4y ago
  > but despite them growing more and more capable, my computing needs at home have gotten less and less. And still, with my computing needs becoming more minimalistic, my RPi3B+ just doesn't deliver. I'm currently trying to make it run my emacs/cli-based workflow somewhat acceptable, but the darn thing can't even run a shell without noticeable lag. There is a noticeable delay between keyboard entry and things showing up every few seconds. Not cool.
Syonyk 4y ago
> But 10 of them (RPi 1B-3B+) are no longer in use. Sell them. There's basically no supply and very strong demand right now, because in addition to hobbyist uses, there are a lot of people who have built products that are based around Pis and who can't sell their products, because they can't get Pis. Go check eBay prices. 3Bs are selling for $70-$100. The 8GB 4s are selling for $150-$200. It's the best time to unload them you're ever likely to see for older hardware.

Damogran6 4y ago

RPi's are like lottery tickets. You buy them for the license to dream it gives you. They're potential.

giraffe_lady 4y ago
Got a genuine chuckle out of me. That really is how I feel about it. It didn't cost me anything significant, I never did anything of value with it, but I don't regret buying it. Exact same way I feel about the handful of lottery tickets I've bought over the years.
imtringued 4y ago
That's how hype works. The amusing part is that you can be hyped up for something that you already have. There was a game I played on PS2 and NDS and then it got ported to PC and I was hyped for it and enjoyed it as if I played it for the first time.
catern 4y ago
They're really just a sign of how weak general purpose computing has become. Almost all uses of Raspberry Pis for hobbyist projects could and should be done just as well with the computers that you already own and already have running.
- _joel 4y ago
  Not sure my main PC can run at 2 Amps..
  - mciancia 4y ago
    Well, seeing that most desktop PCs are running at 110V or 230V, I think it's quite easy to find something that will run under ~220W or ~460W ;]
    - tambourine_man 4y ago
      Parent probably meant 10W (5V x 2A)

fullstop 4y ago

I have three of them and they're all in use. The only ones not in use are the Pine64 (not well supported anymore) and a Jetson Nano. I've been tempted to use the Jetson Nano for something like OctoPrint, but it seems like that would be a waste of the GPU.