Raspberry Pi
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> I chose to install the Raspbian lite with no gui,
> Because I will use this particular Pi as a php / mysql dev environment.
You have Raspbian lite installed, but there is a Kali image.
Https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/
If possible, you can save time by separating the development machine from the mounting machine.
Pi 3 may be higher in specification than Pi 2.
> Because I will use this particular Pi as a php / mysql dev environment.
You have Raspbian lite installed, but there is a Kali image.
Https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/
If possible, you can save time by separating the development machine from the mounting machine.
Pi 3 may be higher in specification than Pi 2.
Well I live in Canada so it was Canada Post 
no duty because a domestic Amazon warehouse was able to fulfill the whole order from their stock alone.
Sadly I don know about the post in SA I have some family formerly from Gauteng... I understand the postal service could be unreliable sometimes.
I did a Google and found some distributors online for SA but you'd have to judge if they are trustworthy. Our official distributor is called canakit and they looked very unreliable at first but I am now using their power supply so. At least it wasn't a total scam
The pi3 gets quite hot you might find the pi2 to be more appropriate for mobile projects as it apparently runs as much as 20'C cooler under load than the 3.
I think both models will begin to throttle down the cpu once they detect a temp of 85'C (not uncommon for compute heavy operation).
With heatsinks installed my pi 3 with enclosed case idles around 49-50'C with ambient room temp of 15'C low humidity.
no duty because a domestic Amazon warehouse was able to fulfill the whole order from their stock alone.Sadly I don know about the post in SA I have some family formerly from Gauteng... I understand the postal service could be unreliable sometimes.
I did a Google and found some distributors online for SA but you'd have to judge if they are trustworthy. Our official distributor is called canakit and they looked very unreliable at first but I am now using their power supply so. At least it wasn't a total scam
The pi3 gets quite hot you might find the pi2 to be more appropriate for mobile projects as it apparently runs as much as 20'C cooler under load than the 3.
I think both models will begin to throttle down the cpu once they detect a temp of 85'C (not uncommon for compute heavy operation).
With heatsinks installed my pi 3 with enclosed case idles around 49-50'C with ambient room temp of 15'C low humidity.
c0nvct
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Good post @"drinks2go" so that's the Raspberry Pi 3b, little quad core Arm processor, it's bound to get a little warm. I've seen some great cases online, some with passive heat sinks, others with fans. I expect there are liquid cooling units, they seem to have a lot of accessories.
Have you used any alternatives ever? Arduino or any of the others? Do you have any other interesting projects lined up?
Yeah, c0nvct loves Pi, Raspberry or otherwise and I'm nosey :drinks:
Have you used any alternatives ever? Arduino or any of the others? Do you have any other interesting projects lined up?
Yeah, c0nvct loves Pi, Raspberry or otherwise and I'm nosey :drinks:
I was thinking of making a portable pi, I might like to get a soldering iron and some other stuff to work directly on the PCB. I did some electronics in high school, so hopefully I can pull it off first try.
I was looking at this, it looked particularly good
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He uses 3.5" drive enclosures for the case... pretty smart! but i think a pi3 in this setup would constantly be throttling the processor. So probably I will grab a pi2 board from my official distributor in Canada and one of the Adafruit touch screens. Maybe a low profile set of heatsinks too.
Last night just installing LEMP it went up to 51.5'C and it was quite cold last night. And thats with passive cooling.
I was looking at this, it looked particularly good
[video=youtube]
He uses 3.5" drive enclosures for the case... pretty smart! but i think a pi3 in this setup would constantly be throttling the processor. So probably I will grab a pi2 board from my official distributor in Canada and one of the Adafruit touch screens. Maybe a low profile set of heatsinks too.
Last night just installing LEMP it went up to 51.5'C
and it was quite cold last night. And thats with passive cooling.I also think I will try to build some kind of "personal cloud" type server from my home. OpenMediaVault, while not officially supported by the Pi foundation, seems to have good support for raspberry pi including the 3. It's debian-based and features a web ui for administration.
However, I may also use a pi/2 board for this, so that I can attach a battery (MoPi) so that if I lose power in my home, the server will run off battery power for a short while before safely shutting down (as opposed to a straight power cut). I can attach some drives via USB and do software raid, which would be decent and the cost will be about $90/external powered drive as there are serious bottlenecks on the USB/2 transfer speed, so I can use 5400 rpm drives.
I will definitely be buying a VESA type mount as well to build an "all in one" computer/monitor. We'll see how that goes.
However, I may also use a pi/2 board for this, so that I can attach a battery (MoPi) so that if I lose power in my home, the server will run off battery power for a short while before safely shutting down (as opposed to a straight power cut). I can attach some drives via USB and do software raid, which would be decent and the cost will be about $90/external powered drive as there are serious bottlenecks on the USB/2 transfer speed, so I can use 5400 rpm drives.
I will definitely be buying a VESA type mount as well to build an "all in one" computer/monitor. We'll see how that goes.
