Another "paradigm" worth considering is a used or refurbished microPC. All the bits and pieces to assemble a running raspberry pi 4 could be $100+, if you can even find one to buy.
Staples is selling a "Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro Refurbished Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5-6400T - 256 GB SSD - 8 GB RAM - Windows 10 Pro" for CDN$200. It's a foot square and under 4" tall. I'm guessing would consume ten watts while idling? Or an old laptop. On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 3:43:38 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 2:02:52 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > >> ... >> > Also given the price of SSD drives these days an option is not to use a >> Micro SD-Memory-Card, rather use a SATA to USB Cable Adapter along with a >> Sata SSD. >> > > I'm booting an RPi4 off a 16 SSD held in an aliexpress USB-SSD holder > <https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001665085052.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.31.24661802WoIsHW>. > > It seems faster than with the SD card, although I have not measured. As > Paul says, should be more reliable. I could probably do a daily backup to a > mounted SD card. > > The SSD adapter is a bit too wide, and blocks the ethernet port. A short > discussion here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/yv9e2v/looking_for_improvements_to_raspberry_pi_4_to/ > > on how to improve that. This project is currently underway. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/3a51b260-d666-4998-b2ff-5bbadbfee572n%40googlegroups.com.
