From: tnp@invalid.invalid
On 27/01/2025 12:29, Chris Green wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> Well my boat's system uses just an ancient Pi B+ and I2C to collect
> all the data, no other microcontrollers or anything.
>
Really? What is on the end of the iI2C lines then?
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