Subj : Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued To : The Natural Philosopher From : Chris Green Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 14:24:02 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 27/01/2025 12:29, Chris Green wrote: > > 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. > > > Really? What is on the end of the iI2C lines then? Various things, for example several I2C temperature and humidity sensors, some I2C A2D converters, etc. -- Chris Green · --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .