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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Just got a Pi1B. What can you actually do with it these days?
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:12:18 +0100
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On 06/06/2025 10:22, Theo wrote:
> Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> TronNerd82 <tronnerd82@aol.com> writes:
>>> If you can think of any productive use-cases for an original Pi model
>>> B (not even the B+) let me know, and I'll consider it :-)
>>
>> I have a couple of (much newer) Pis around the house with temperature
>> sensors on, feeding a Grafana instance. I expect the 1B would be fine in
>> a sensor host role, if you can arrange connectivity.
> 
> Agreed, I'd suggest they're best as a 'one function' appliance.  I just used
> an original Pi Zero to bridge between a USB OBD-II device and wifi, that
> allow phone OBD-II apps to connect to the USB OBD cable I already had.
> Installed OpenWRT and a few minutes of setup and that was it.  Similarly I
> have a Pi 1 to bridge between Modbus and ethernet, and another Pi Zero as a
> VPN endpoint.
> 
> I'm sure I could do something similar with an ESP32 or a Pico or similar
> microcontroller, but the setup with a full-fat Pi is quicker and easier.
> 
I think that is my conclusin with the SZero

A Pico can run a single function, but once it gets more complicated - 
like a web server, a pi zero running linux is just *easier*

> Main irritation is the Pi 1 doesn't have wifi, but a $5 wifi dongle fixes
> that if you need it.
> 
Or an ethernbet hat

> Theo

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