Subj : Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued To : The Natural Philosopher From : Chris Green Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 12:29:31 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 27/01/2025 08:57, Chris Green wrote: > > Bob Martin 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. > Well my boat's system uses just an ancient Pi B+ and I2C to collect all the data, no other microcontrollers or anything. -- Chris Green · --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .