Subj : Re: New Pico2
To   : druck
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 10:36:20

XPost: sci.electronics.design

On 22/08/2024 22:08, druck wrote:
> On 22/08/2024 07:37, Jan Panteltje wrote:

>> Pis take ever more power..
>
> Don't confuse the availability of a larger power supply with the Pi 5
> taking more power - it's not much different to the Pi 4. However, as you
> *could* attach 4 USB devices and a PCIe device, the PSU is rated to cope
> with the maximum current all of those devices could use simultanously.
> If you won't be doing that, you can use the Pi 4 PSU.
>

No, that is true, and my Pi 4 can just handle two USB SSD drives. JUST.
Not three though.

BUT even doing sod all it still draws enough to get its temperature up
into the 50's°C. As do the drives  into the 40s°C

Which the Pi zero also does

I think that as a desktop machine Pi 4s and 5s power consumption is
approaching that of a good intel chipset *for equivalent performance*.

(these temps may be of interest)

PI 4B (headless) equipped with 2 SSD
=======================
CPU temp=52.1'C
Disk 1= 40°C
Disk 2 =44°C

PI zero 1  (headless)
===========
CPU temp=43.9'C

PI zero 2 (headless)
===========
CPU temp=39.5'C

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