Subj : Re: Rpi considerations To : Deloptes From : Michael Schwingen Date : Sun Jul 14 2024 08:59:52 On 2024-07-14, Deloptes wrote: > BTW the NUC and the kind of are not bad - but non had more than one LAN port > + power consumption + price. I paid 100€ for the D34010. Yes, if you need more than 1 lan port you need to look elsewhere (in some use cases, a USB3 ethernet adapter might work). There are current (Intel gen-12 and newer) machines that are in the ~5W idle ballpark, but these tend to cost a lot more. > It is a disappointment what happened after 2008 ... but not going into > politics and economics. Just have a look at Alibaba/AliExpres. I regularly buy chips and breakout boards there. Getting reliable information about power consumption before you buy is a big problem, and warranty/back-shipment costs is another. Also, I am quite wary of chinese equipment using mains voltage. I just bought a JBC-compatible soldering station from aliexpress. It works fine, but electrical safety is less than marginal: less than 1mm creepage distance from mains to the non-grounded metal case is definitely not OK. I had to build a new housing (and used a different, safe power supply). In this case it was worth the effort and I had considered this before buying, but for a mini-PC, I would rather buy something that can be used out of the box without danger of electrocution. cu Michael -- Some people have no respect of age unless it is bottled. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .