Which Air Quality sensor do you have that is 'supported now', and why do you think you need to upgrade your os or kernel ? Weewx just requires a minimum python version, and you can always compile python3 on an old os as needed.
On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 5:23:05 PM UTC-7 Yves Martin wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for all these point of view and advices. > > Because I am using an old kernel of Linux and Python, I have to upgrade > the OS to be able to use the last version of WeeWx and add my Air Quality > sensor (supported now!) and also the size of my micro-SD (from 16GB to > 32...). > WeeWx works fine since 2014 and I hope this will continue. This soft is a > rock! > I will continue with my actual board because it works fine and from your > messages, I don't need to change this. > > Regards, > > YMartin.com/meteo > Le jeudi 30 mars 2023 à 10 h 37 min 54 s UTC-4, Peter Fletcher a écrit : > >> I would endorse the 'if it aint broke, don't replace it' approach. I have >> a 1 GB 3B running the latest version of weewx and a number of other >> services for home control, and there would still be plenty of spare >> capacity if I could think of something else I wanted to do with it. An 8GB >> 4B would be extreme overkill unless you have some other specific reasons >> for needing a Pi with all that power. >> >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7:51:46 PM UTC-4 Greg Troxel wrote: >> >>> Yves Martin <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>> > What model of motherboard with how much memory on it, do you suggest >>> for >>> > weewx? I have here an old version (Raspberry Pi 2B 1GB) and it works >>> well >>> > but the board is 4-5 years old. It is time to upgrade. What is your >>> > suggestion? >>> >>> I am using a 3B with 1 GB of RAM, and it works fine. 4-5 years is just >>> not that old for a computer. If it's reliable, and you aren't running >>> out of cpu cycles, there's no need to change anything. If anything, you >>> might want to use a USB SSD as your system and data disk. >>> >>> Also look at low-power server-type x86 boards. Possibilities include >>> pcengines apu2 and protectli. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" 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-user/07ab1799-2e0b-43be-9c28-1eecde3b19e3n%40googlegroups.com.
