stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives

Snille

@stacywebb Thank you! I’ll try it out as soon as I got some time. Have you compared with a Pi3?

stacywebb

I haven’t done any benchmarking as of yet. Once I do, I’ll post the results.

Mykle1

@stacywebb said in stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives:

I haven’t done any benchmarking as of yet. Once I do, I’ll post the results.

If you could do some comparisons using nmon between a Pi3 and the Rock64 I’d really be interested in the results, as they pertain to this topic.
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4684/electron-cpu-usage

Otherwise, I’m looking forward to your results on the Rock64.

cruunnerr

@Mykle1

https://youtu.be/FjbzKfeHB_8?t=8m10s

As i understood, u were able to use GPIO commands the same way u do on a raspberry. Seems to be a nice option

Benchmarks at 08:10

Mykle1

@cruunnerr

No WiFi? NFW!

ninjabreadman

@Mykle1 The b/g/n adapter is a further $7, and will also give you an antenna for better connectivity. The more robust (and likely excessive) b/g/n/ac dual-antenna is $22.

Has anyone tried running MM on an Intel Compute Stick? I’m not normally a fan, but it seems it would suit the form factor and be easily placed behind a mirror, and has more fulsome specs to accommodate advanced modules, media streaming, etc.

Mykle1

@ninjabreadman

No, but I’ve used, and am using, old laptop boards (and one netbook) with ubuntu. They can be gotten on the cheap and come with everything you need. :-)

cruunnerr

Well, i need to say that especially for me, the ability to use GPIOs is important. Unfortunately the power of the raspi’s & co is not as good as x86 systems.

Does anyone know if it would be possible to use MagicMirror on a x86 system and uses external GPIOs? I installed an MM instance on a virtual machine running Linux. When i add a module which uses GPIOs i get errors. Is there a possibility (maybe with server-client)

emlowe

You mean something like this:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2264

I just did a google for “USB GPIO breakout board”

-Earle

cruunnerr

@emlowe said in stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2264

do you think its just that simple? that would be great.
The question is, if the program code or the configuration will be the same as on a RPi. Or are u need to do some complicated hacks to use the board with MM?

edit:
okay… i searched now, too.

Found this:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gpio-expander/

what do u guys think about that?