Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects?

8 pointsbitwise1013y ago4 comments

What are your alternatives to the Raspberry Pi for DIY projects? Can you recommend any low power / low cost board?

4 comments

I would consider buying used thinclients on eBay. For $25 you used to be able to get a Celeron with 4gb ram and 16gb sata flash drive with a proper enclosure. And many are upgradable to8gb of ram and a larger SSD.

ecesena3y ago

ESP32? On the firmware side I've been pretty happy with ESP Rainmaker: https://rainmaker.espressif.com

schwartzworld3y ago

For lots of tasks the Pi Pico is a good choice, serving up a simple web page or managing some gpio

steQ3y ago

Orange Pi

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