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I never quite got the appeal of Rpi's. When I needed a silent low power home server box 10 years ago I went with Intel Atom x86 based board which supported virt
by karolist 2y ago
I never quite got the appeal of Rpi's. When I needed a silent low power home server box 10 years ago I went with Intel Atom x86 based board which supported virtualization and had expandable memory. When I needed a small low power box for and observer node this year I bought a Dell Wyse 3040 for 40€, also x86. If I wanted a general purpose PC I'd still go with a NuC or Minisforum these days.
- navaati 2y agoNone of these have GPIOs, typically. A usecase you didn't mention is "I want a MCU to do electronics but easier to program, with Linux and a shell".
- bane 2y agoJust get a usb to gpio adapter. Arduinis can be flashed to do this also. So it's just a few dollars to get the capability on a PC.
- flak48 2y agoDo any of the alternatives you've listed expose GPIO pins ?
- Zenzero 2y agoIt's marketing. For someone like me with little familiarity of the mini computer and microcontroller world, I know about raspberry pi and arduino. I know there are many others out there with likely better value and quality, but the perception of accessibility to a newbie drops off of a cliff.
- mattl 2y agoI’m guessing that 40 Euro price isn’t MSRP but some discount on a used one?
- RobotToaster 2y agoYes, but there seems to be a pretty reliable supply of used thin clients. I have no idea who still buys new thin clients, but whoever it is must replace them regularly.
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- RobotToaster 2y agoFor a lot of stuff it just comes down to convenience, there's community projects that are primarily distributed as raspi sd card images (home assistant and octoprint come to mind).