From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 27/01/2025 08:57, Chris Green wrote:   
   > Bob Martin  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> What really is getting to me is that the non-GUI user who wants to use   
   >>> a Pi (or arduino or BBB) to moinitor the temperature in his garage   
   >>   
   >> An RPi is overkill for a job like that.   
   >> An ESP32 or Arduino will keep things simple at far lower cost.   
   >>   
   > But a Pi is much more accessible (in the sense of being easy to access   
   > your data directly).  It's just so much handier to communicate with,   
   > as in the case of my Pi running on a boat in France, it does all the   
   > work of connecting and so on as well as collecting data.  In my case   
   > it also drives two displays.   
   >   
   > ... and it's not exactly expensive, £33 for a 1GB 4B and a lot less if   
   > you go for a Pi Zero.   
   >   
   > I do have a couple of Arduinos and ESP32s but given that you really   
   > need another computer to access them and do anything useful with the   
   > data I always end up deciding that a Pi (or a BeagleBone Black) is   
   > just so much easier as a standalone system.   
   >   
      
   My organically growing network uses Picos to collect the data and a Pi   
   Zero to receive it and display it and do what is needful with it.   
      
   If I wanted to store large quantities Id add maybe an SSD to the Zero. I   
   think the USB port would recognise that.   
      
   UIs are wherever possible Web based.   
      
      
      
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