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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:49:58 +0000
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On 27/01/2025 08:57, Chris Green wrote:
> Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> What really is getting to me is that the non-GUI user who wants to use
>>> a Pi (or arduino or BBB) to moinitor the temperature in his garage
>>
>> An RPi is overkill for a job like that.
>> An ESP32 or Arduino will keep things simple at far lower cost.
>>
> But a Pi is much more accessible (in the sense of being easy to access
> your data directly).  It's just so much handier to communicate with,
> as in the case of my Pi running on a boat in France, it does all the
> work of connecting and so on as well as collecting data.  In my case
> it also drives two displays.
> 
> ... and it's not exactly expensive, £33 for a 1GB 4B and a lot less if
> you go for a Pi Zero.
> 
> I do have a couple of Arduinos and ESP32s but given that you really
> need another computer to access them and do anything useful with the
> data I always end up deciding that a Pi (or a BeagleBone Black) is
> just so much easier as a standalone system.
> 

My organically growing network uses Picos to collect the data and a Pi 
Zero to receive it and display it and do what is needful with it.

If I wanted to store large quantities Id add maybe an SSD to the Zero. I 
think the USB port would recognise that.

UIs are wherever possible Web based.



-- 
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale 
returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

Mark Twain