¿ªÔÆÌåÓý250% is not quite accurate.? My N100 came with 16GB ram, 256GB of SSD storage, built in power supply and a case.? You need to add a case, a fan, a power supply, an sdcard or other storage etc to the RPi to make a fair comparison.? Not trying to ruffle any feathers but we should compare apples to apples. ? I own many RPi (at least 10 [3¡¯s and 4¡¯s and two 400¡¯s but no RPi5 yet) and use for my webserver, a couple of development machines, a weather station, a D-Star hotspot, gaming and other things.? I also own two different N100 type computers, a Mele Quieter 3 to control my telescope, mount, cameras, focusers, filter wheels and astronomy related equipment to do astrophotography, spectroscopy and photometry, and a Kamrui dedicated as a NAS server running OpenMediaVault. ? The RPi would never work for Astronomy as there isn¡¯t the software to support all I need to do.? It¡¯s all Windows based. ? The N100 won¡¯t work for the SBITX as I don¡¯t have any digital and analog ports? to control the radio.? No hardware interface to control the radio bits and bobs. ? Horses for courses.? Decide what you want to do and pick the platform that best supports it.? And it¡¯s OK to own more than one! ? Steve W5RRX ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken N2VIP
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 6:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BITX20] sBIT USB boot ? Dave, I'm sorry I appear to have upset you - in the context of this mail list, I asserted that it would require a significant effort to use a $100ish N100 system in a uBitx, and you agree with me, as best I understand your responses. ? I never advocated the RPi was a better desktop device than the N100 boards we are generally discussing - I've been discussing embedded applications, like the *current* uBitx design. ? As for the cost differential, I pushed back on the characterization of the linked-to board as "a bit pricier now" - it's 250% more expensive than the bare RPi 5 board with 8 gigs of RAM, that's not just "a bit pricier" in my opinion, but opinions vary. ? And I will concede, adding items to an RPi to make it a convenient desktop system does raise the cost beyond the cost of the board alone - obviously - but I am not advocating to use the RPi as a desktop, on the other hand you *are* advocating to use an N100 in an embedded application like the uBitx. ? If you really feel the need to respond, please, let's take this off-list - I doubt many here are interested in any further discussion on this matter. ? Ken, N2VIP
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