Been looking for RPI4 CMs for ages now and they’ve been sold out for as long as I can remember. Same with full size RPI4s and some Odroids. Is this just the new normal or are SBCs and CMs going to show up on the market again at some point?

  • thisisawayoflife@lemmynsfw.comOP
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    They’re great for low strength, dedicated platforms instead of using something with more muscle like a NUC, also where a VM or container can’t be used.

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      1 year ago

      Out of curiosity, what are some use cases that would fit this criteria? VMs and containers are very capable and it’s much easier to debug a failed VM than a failed piece of hardware.

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        1 year ago

        I use mine to run pihole and an always-on syncthing client. Way more power-efficient than x86.

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        My pending or existing projects.

        A software defined radio server. Lives up top of an antenna mast running off PoE with an RTL tuner connected.

        ADSB receiver, similar to above, but on a fixed frequency.

        MMDVM hotspot for ham radio (this might not count as it HAS TO use the gpio pins on the pi, this can’t be visualised even with a USB port passed through.

        As an audio server that would bitstream 24bit/96kHz to an amp.