RASPBERRY PI 5 HAS ARRIVED!!!

[Chris Savage]

I ordered this lot in 3 parts, but it's all finally here! Now I have to find time to put it all together. This is the 8GB version. I have two cases now, since the CanaKit always comes with their case, but I also ordered this tower.

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[Chris Savage]

I ordered a 4GB Raspberry Pi from the Parallax Spring Sale and I already have a P/S from the previous purchase (In the photo you may notice an extra P/S under the microSD card). On this one I was thinking of experimenting with a NAS system. I just need to find an appropriate case and "hat".

EDIT: I found a good case for building a NAS. The "hat" can support two NVMe drives and the enclosure is metal and can still allow the official R-Pi active cooler to work. So, now I am just waiting for parts to get that started.

Geekworm X1004 PCIe to Dual 2280 NVMe SSD shield for Raspberry Pi 5



Geekworm P579 Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe Metal Case

[Commander Data]

Did you ever fnish your digital photo frame project using the rasberry pi 2? Thats the last thing we talked about many years ago with respect to these devices.

[Chris Savage]

Did you ever fnish your digital photo frame project using the rasberry pi 2? Thats the last thing we talked about many years ago with respect to these devices.

No...I have moved the R-Pi 1 Model B to a dev board for programming practice with Python. I can't remember if I have one or two R-Pi 2 modules, but I DO have two R-Pi 3 Modules, an R-Pi 4 and two R-Pi 5 modules. Here's what I can tell you for now until I get the projects up on Savage///Circuits...

The R-Pi 1 is for testing interfacing and Python programming. The R-Pi 2 is currently just a backup for that.

One of the R-Pi 3 Modules currently has my RetroPie setup, but that one will be moved to the R-Pi 4 soon.

Of the two R-Pi 5 Modules I got...the 8GB unit is for getting back in Linux. It is intended to be a micro desktop. The 4GB unit is for an R-Pi-based NAS drive, which has two 1TB NVMe SSDs in a RAID 1 configuration. In this manner I will keep the Linux resources and backups on a dedicated NAS running Linux, while the rest of my network uses my WD NAS.

I will be cataloging my Raspberry Pi hardware very soon. I have been organizing parts lately and recently got to the R-Pi hardware. As for the photo frame, I will probably use one of the R-Pi 3 Modules at some point.

[Chris Savage]

It's been a while since I've been back here, and I know I mentioned in other (related) threads that I had some benches to move around and then I would be ready to start working more with Linux. It FINALLY happened Sunday (yesterday). My buddy Steve finally came over and helped me move the heavy stuff around and carry some shelves downstairs. I got my two Windows machines back up and running, and the bigger bench is now out in the den ready to go for Linux.

I have a 28" monitor with two HDMI inputs. I have a mounting arm for it and I will be able to switch between two devices, so development can now move forward. In playing musical benches, a lot of stuff got piled onto it, but after some minor (okay, not so minor) cleanup, I can get to work. So now the two R-Pi projects that have been on hold for a while are so much closer to being completed. Updates soon!

[granz]

Nice.

Right after our meetup, I went to MicroCenter in Cleveland. There I picked up an RPi4, and an Rpi5. One of those is supposed to replace Nyota, my comm server, and the other is supposed to become Spock, my library server (my NAS.)

[Chris Savage]

Right after our meetup, I went to MicroCenter in Cleveland. There I picked up an RPi4, and an Rpi5. One of those is supposed to replace Nyota, my comm server, and the other is supposed to become Spock, my library server (my NAS.)

I was going to to go to Micro Center after the meetup (having never been to one), but I realized after entering it into my navigation system, we'd be going the opposite direction as home. It wasn't along the way like I'd hoped. Not even a side trip. Oh well, I have plenty of R-Pis to build with.