14 points rbanffy 57 minutes ago 6 comments
RugnirViking 29 minutes ago | parent
feels like a lot of money.
I suggest you get a jetson nano instead if youre doing robotics or anything serious with an RPI.
If you just want a cheap computer, you're probably better off with a second hand laptop, probably cheaper too
rbanffy 6 minutes ago | parent
I've been making clusters from decommissioned thin clients, but they are mostly for the sake of managing clusters, not any useful compute. The workloads are Hercules emulating a VM/370 with or without MVS, and various SimH emulations of vintage computers of various sizes.
justin66 25 minutes ago | parent
Why would anyone buy a Pi when they could simply burgle the home of a friend or neighbor and steal their computer?
hn3ufz62f7 15 minutes ago | parent
Swapped a Pi for a used Dell micro in my closet rack and the thing I didn't expect to miss was GPIO, had to add a cheap Pico for the fan and sensors.
rbanffy 5 minutes ago | parent
If the Dell is old enough, you can use a printer port for some GPIO. Pretty trivial to use.
noahnathan25 11 minutes ago | parent
You could just use an old second-hand phone for under $60. You’d get a built-in battery, much more RAM, and a screen included. For the output, just use a $3 ESP32 connected over Wi-Fi or USB. Seems like a much better deal for a lot of projects.