Low-powered boxes, in increasing price order: For the money, the RPi is hard to beat.
Next up would be an entry-level Intel NUC. These can be as inexpensive as $130, plus RAM and a disk. Both Vince and I have bought these and they have proven quite reliable. Has a fan that occasionally goes on. If you get a powerful enough one, they can easily be run as a workstation. Another inexpensive low-powered box I've had good luck with are the MiniBox "value systems <http://www.mini-box.com/MiniPC-Value-Systems>." I have on that has been running continuously for about 5 years with no problems. If you're willing to spend more, I can recommend CompuLab's "Fit-PC" <http://www.fit-pc.com/web/> series. They are extremely rugged and dependable. Dead silent (no fan!). About 5 watts total power consumption. They are built to industrial standards: I bought a fit-PC Slim in 2008, and it has been running 7x24 ever since with absolutely no problems. Their " fitlet2 <https://fit-iot.com/web/products/fitlet2/>" is probably the best deal right now, about $315, plus RAM and a disk. -tk On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:02 PM, vince <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 11:38:36 AM UTC-8, Alec Bennett wrote: >> >> I'm probably going to switch to a Pi, but thought I'd see if anyone has >> any other suggestions for a very reliable mini computer that plays nice >> with weeWX? >> >> >> > All the usual questions apply for any 'what should I buy' kind of question: > > - how much money is too much ? > - how big a box is ok ? > - how much power can it draw ? > - how much noise can it make ? > - how nice-looking does it have to be for your significant other to ok > it ? > - is it for just weewx, or do you need/want to run other things on it ? > > And also: > > - wired or wireless connection to your LAN ? > - what kind of station do you have, how's it connected to weewx now > (serial/usb/other) ? > > Nothing wrong with a pi, within the pi's limitations. Definitely spend > the extra few bucks on a good+fast class-10 SD card and get a pi3. UPS is > always goodness if you can do that too, just in case. The pi can be a > little finicky re: power. > > -- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
