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From: Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
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Subject: Re: Grounded grid VHF front-end
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:39:36 +0000
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:33:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

>On a sunny day (Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:38:31 +0000) it happened Cursitor Doom
><cd@notformail.com> wrote in <eld1jjl15hq8ohgm3kifpodkktupt1lr3g@4ax.com>:
>
>>On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:19:14 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>>wrote:
>...
>>>We had nice electronic magazines too, 'Radio Electronica', 'Electuur' (Elector?) 
>>>and whatever I could get hands on in English.
>>
>>Elektor was one of the better hobby ones. I was also subscribed to
>>Wireless World which was a bit more heavy-duty.
>
>Yes I used to read that on occasion (if I did see it at the newsstand at the staion for example)
>plus some German electronic related magazines, 
>
>
>>No idea if any of
>>these are still being published and can't be bothered to find out.
>>There was also Everyday Electronics and Practical Electronics, too.
>>I'm guessing they've all gone now since the kids just want to code it
>>seems.
>
>Na, there is still a lot around on hardware design / building stuff, several websites.
>Just google works great too.
>
>Electronics is used in a very wide field...
>Just got a new alu housing with fan for my raspi 4 8 GB (this one I use to post this)
>It has an IR camera connected too (mlx90640_FLIR), 
>now to find a way to get the i2c and power lines to that IR camera module
>out of that housing...
>
>What bothers me today (thought maybe use an extra Raspberry Pi) is that prices
>are going up to insane lavels for a Raspi5 8 Gb + supply + housing + sdcard to above 120 USD:
> https://www.sossolutions.nl/raspberry-pi-5-8gb-starter-kit-compleet
>
>For just a bit more you have a decent mini computer:
> https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-mini-pc-x86.html
>
>Inflation?
>Time to end raspi stuff and look for other solutions.
> 

Arduinos are very cheap and don't have all the overhead the Pi has in
terms of video capabilities. Plus they're piss-easy to program.
A Pi 5 plus accessories for 120 bux doesn't sound bad at all, though.
Or if you're really that much of a skinflint, you could consider PIC
programming. :-)