Pi as a UPS monitor

gjacobse

Just happens to the the CanaKit...

thwr

@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

Re: Got a Pi

@IRJ said in 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?

gjacobse

@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

Re: Got a Pi

@IRJ said in 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?

I wonder if something like the ESP8266 board would work...

thwr

@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

ESP8266

Technically yes, but using a Linux-capable board gives you lots of benefits - like using well known and tested drivers, cron, ethernet stack, firewall, SSH and what not

gjacobse

@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

ESP8266

Technically yes, but using a Linux-capable board gives you lots of benefits - like using well known and tested drivers, cron, ethernet stack, firewall, SSH and what not

Agreed.

JaredBusch

@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

Re: Got a Pi

@IRJ said in 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?

But what is the cost for all of that. That kit is $50 shipped.

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.

IRJ

@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

@IRJ said in 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. That kit is $50 shipped.

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.

I agree. It is overkill, but for the price difference in a corporate environment why not? You could eventually re purpose it and if you do bluetooth, wifi, and 4 usb ports are nice to have.

thwr

@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

@IRJ said in 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

IRJ

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

gjacobse

@thwr said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

ESP8266

Technically yes, but using a Linux-capable board gives you lots of benefits - like using well known and tested drivers, cron, ethernet stack, firewall, SSH and what not

Just happened to think about this again as I spied the UPS on the desk.... and the one beside the desk,.. and then count how many APC UPS 500s I have.... which is like eight. then I have a APC 1100..

so for each to have a Pi would be about $400....ouch.

thwr

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

JaredBusch

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

IRJ

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

IRJ

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

thwr

@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

@IRJ said in 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.

thwr

@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

@IRJ said in 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?

IRJ

@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

@IRJ said in 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

MattSpeller

Just get the Pi3 - sure it's overkill but an extra twenty bucks is a rounding error compared to your time costs etc.

thwr

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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

@IRJ said in 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

@IRJ said in 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

http://www.board-db.org/search.php?advanced=1&q=&ram_min=256&cpu_speed_min=&cpu_cores=&price_min=&price_max=10&storage_min=4096&gpio_min=&usb_min=1&type=&lan_speed=0#results

IRJ

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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

@IRJ said in 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

@IRJ said in 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

http://www.board-db.org/search.php?advanced=1&q=&ram_min=256&cpu_speed_min=&cpu_cores=&price_min=&price_max=10&storage_min=4096&gpio_min=&usb_min=1&type=&lan_speed=0#results

That board has poor reviews on there.