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For most of my use cases (3d printer controller), I don't really need any of those. So easily 2x the price for something I won't use isn't worth it. Not that I
by ThatPlayer 3y ago
For most of my use cases (3d printer controller), I don't really need any of those. So easily 2x the price for something I won't use isn't worth it.
Not that I don't have an Orange Pi 5 for other uses, but that's gathering dust in a drawer because I'm waiting for good GPU drivers. The Raspberry Pi 5 seems like it'll have Vulkan 1.2 out of the box. I'm still waiting for Panfrost's new PanCSF drivers for the RK3588 Malis.
- eropple 3y agoI have a Klipper-driven print farm. For a 3D printer controller, you do not need a Raspberry Pi 5. Or a Raspberry Pi 4. You can use a $30 Le Potato and be fine with it.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoI did have a disconnect issue with CAN bus on a Pi 3 though. Swapping out the Pi 3 for a Pi 4 fixed it using the same install/SD card. I even swapped back to test and it disconnected an hour into a print again. But CAN is a whole different beast that I'm not sure I'd recommend. A 30$ Le Potato is still more than the 25$ Raspberry Pi 3A+. Which I like for it's smaller size. A single USB port isn't too big a deal if you get a CSI Pi Camera for monitoring instead of USB, or use the GPIO for serial.
- eropple 3y agoRPi3A is also great too, for sure. More that 3D printers, even during Klipper motion planning, doesn't require much grunt. I see a lot of people who overspent on RPi4's, even, when they just could've used something with an H616 or whatever on it.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoYeah, I got my Pis at MSRP so I don't mind putting in a 4 instead of a 3. I've even done Klipper with an Orange Pi Zero 2 with a H616.