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Interesting points about the BeagleBone; I will check it out. But this is not credible: "People at my hackerspace are willing to spend a bunch of money on RPi
by ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
Interesting points about the BeagleBone; I will check it out.
But this is not credible: "People at my hackerspace are willing to spend a bunch of money on RPi to do Octoprint rather than buying a full blown x86 computer for half the total cost."
I run Octoprint on a 4GB Pi 4. Total cost was probably $75. What kinds of setup are you talking about?
- bsder 3y agoPower supply, plastic case, heat sink, powered hub for webcams, etc., put everything north of $100. I can pick up a refurb x86 NUC with 8GB RAM and a 256GB M.2 SSD for right about $50 locally retail.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoGot a link for that? I looked at NUCs for a long time, but the reviews sucked... replete with stories about drivers that didn't work. But for $50... hey.
- bsder 3y agohttps://discountelectronics.com/computers?sort=NEWEST https://discountelectronics.com/computers?sort=NEWEST I'm sure if you trawl Alibaba or any used computer dealer in your area you'll find something similar.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoThanks. Needless to say, that site doesn't exactly have glowing reviews. But to be fair, some of the reviews have absurd complaints about refurb computers, like "came with outdated USB drivers." Wow, do ya think? The prices are dirt-cheap though. How much stuff have you bought from them?
- bsder 3y agoI've bought a handful of random things, but I tend to go there in person so I don't know what their online purchasing pathways or guarantee handling look like. But, I mean, the computers are what they say they are. They don't lie as far as I can tell. So, if I go look up what I'm buying, I can see what kind of problems I'm in for. It's a used computer store. WTF do people expect?
- hypercube33 3y agoNUCs also have weird radio noise issues sometimes blocking wireless mice and keyboards in some ports.