Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED.dkD5oAtqrRXVimBjhiNUYQ.user.gioia.aioe.org!not-for-mail From: Pankaj Jangid Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded Subject: Low form-factor Raspberry Pi alternates Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:54:01 +0530 Organization: Code is Great! Lines: 24 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dkD5oAtqrRXVimBjhiNUYQ.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:syooleF48uB9cbn+jbTGjTJVWY4= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.arch.embedded:28834 Hi, I am currently experimenting with Pi Zero W, which is a Raspberry Pi board with minimal configuration and has a very small form factor and has wifi. Raspberry Pi is a good generic board. But for specific applications like Home Automation etc. we probably don't need a generic board. As of now we could think of only few functions that the board must support. Example, 1. Switch on/off something 2. Report status 3. Support for external sensors 4. Low power (must survive a couple of months without charging) If anyone of you have worked on similar applications then please suggest me some alternates. I want a really tiny system to be fixed into a cabinets along with 3-4 sensors and battery. Regards. -- Pankaj Jangid