Pi as a UPS monitor
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
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@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
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@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
well that is a different story if you deploying many at once.
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@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
well that is a different story if you deploying many at once.
Yup. And then its (raw material, no case, no power supply, no SD card, no shipping included) $35 vs $8 per piece.
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
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@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
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Just get the Pi3 - sure it's overkill but an extra twenty bucks is a rounding error compared to your time costs etc.
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
Uhm, wasn't aware. That sucks. But there are other cheap boards out there
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
a CHIP might be a good alternative. Has 4GB internal storage and (but no ethernet) for $9, so you don't even need an microSD card
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@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
Uhm, wasn't aware. That sucks. But there are other cheap boards out there
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
a CHIP might be a good alternative. Has 4GB internal storage and (but no ethernet) for $9, so you don't even need an microSD card
That board has poor reviews on there.
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
Uhm, wasn't aware. That sucks. But there are other cheap boards out there
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
a CHIP might be a good alternative. Has 4GB internal storage and (but no ethernet) for $9, so you don't even need an microSD card
That board has poor reviews on there.
They are still in kickstarter mode. I would stay away.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/description
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@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
Uhm, wasn't aware. That sucks. But there are other cheap boards out there
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
a CHIP might be a good alternative. Has 4GB internal storage and (but no ethernet) for $9, so you don't even need an microSD card
That board has poor reviews on there.
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So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
Uhm, wasn't aware. That sucks. But there are other cheap boards out there
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@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@IRJ said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Re: Got a Pi
@travisdh1 said in Got a Pi:
@JaredBusch said in Got a Pi:
So where does everyone buy their Pi from?
I'm a fan of Adafruit, Element 14, and Jamco Electronics, Mouser, and Digikey myself.
I believe the Pi is sold but adafruit through Amazon. Adafruit is so slow, because they get so many orders, but through amazon they offer prime shipping.
So the consensus was a Pi3. I assume I need power and a case.
You can see above that all I have is the UPS, router, and cable modem. So I need to get power from 110 converted down to the Pi3 and a case to hold it all.
Pi3 is overkill. Like buying an Intel Xeon 1250v3 for mspaint.exe. A Zero with a USB network dongle should do. Or any Linux-capable ARM board with an ethernet socket.
For the powersupply: What about some old smartphone charger?
Put what is the cost for all of that.
A Pi3 has WiFi built in. Ethernet will not work as there is not LAN in many of these locations. Really that was the only reason for the Pi3.
- Pi Zero $5
- Plug and play USB ethernet: $3.07 & FREE Shipping (Amazon)
vs
- Pi3 $35 + higher power consumption
Don't forget the $7-10 shipping cost for the zero since you cant buy it on amazon.
Would probably buy 20 or more at once, as far as I remember @JaredBusch plans to deploy lots of them.
I dunnno about 20 at once, but yeah. a number of them.
right now they are limiting one customer to one zero. You can't buy multiples at this point.
They still do?
They did when I ordered mine a few weeks ago
a CHIP might be a good alternative. Has 4GB internal storage and (but no ethernet) for $9, so you don't even need an microSD card
That board has poor reviews on there.
They are still in kickstarter mode. I would stay away.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/description
ah ok - well, there are lots of other boards...
Ethernet, no internal storage, $1-$10:
http://www.board-db.org/search.php?advanced=1&q=&ram_min=256&cpu_speed_min=&cpu_cores=&price_min=1&price_max=10&storage_min=&gpio_min=&usb_min=1&type=&lan=on&lan_speed=0&order=rating&order_d=d
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Sigh, just buy the Pi3 - even if it was $50 more than another option that is still a rounding error on whatever you're producing.
You'll have the extra power later if you want it and lots of support from a well known product.
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@MattSpeller said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Sigh, just buy the Pi3 - even if it was $50 more than another option that is still a rounding error on whatever you're producing.
You'll have the extra power later if you want it and lots of support from a well known product.
@MattSpeller :Shush :
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@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@MattSpeller said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Sigh, just buy the Pi3 - even if it was $50 more than another option that is still a rounding error on whatever you're producing.
You'll have the extra power later if you want it and lots of support from a well known product.
@MattSpeller :Shush :
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@MattSpeller said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@MattSpeller said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Sigh, just buy the Pi3 - even if it was $50 more than another option that is still a rounding error on whatever you're producing.
You'll have the extra power later if you want it and lots of support from a well known product.
@MattSpeller :Shush :
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@thwr the Pi Zero has Mirco USB and no WiFi.
So I would need
- $5 Raspberry Pi Zero
- $0.99 + $2.99 shipping AC to Micro USB Power Supply
- $0.01 + $2.50 shipping Micro to A USB adapter
- $1.99 + $1.69 shipping USB Wireless adapter
- $2.85 Pi Zero Case/Cover
Total: $18.02
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@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@thwr the Pi Zero has Mirco USB and no WiFi.
So I would need
- $5 Raspberry Pi Zero
- $0.99 + $2.99 shipping AC to Micro USB Power Supply
- $0.01 + $2.50 shipping Micro to A USB adapter
- $1.99 + $1.69 shipping USB Wireless adapter
- $2.85 Pi Zero Case/Cover
Total: $18.02
but you can only buy one per customer for the time being.
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I'd personally spend the extra $30 and just charge the difference to the client. They are still coming out way ahead of what they would get from APC, and they are getting something multipurpose.
