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Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?

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276 points transpute | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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firesteelrain ◴[04 Jul 25 13:26 UTC] No.44464357[source]▶
Are the two boards even in the same category or class?

I use RPi for little hobby projects

- RPi Pico for being the payload that flies around the world in a PicoBalloon

- Decoding NOAA weather imagery and storing it in my Google Drive

- Full time AIS message decoder and tracker

- Full time ADS-B and MLAT receiver

- Runs my RetroPie setup

- Runs my OctoPrint setup

I wouldn’t replace much of that with an Intel NUC style computer

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1. Daviey ◴[04 Jul 25 13:42 UTC] No.44464486[source]▶
> I wouldn’t replace much of that with an Intel NUC style computer

Can you explain why?

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2. dgacmu ◴[04 Jul 25 13:50 UTC] No.44464558[source]▶
I'm not the GP, but for my ads-b decoder, it runs on a Pi Zero 2W, which at the time cost under $15 and draws very little power. It's convenient having the computer right next to the antenna to avoid thinking about cables. Runs for a couple days on 100Wh of backup battery.

(I personally find a ton of value out of the Pico and the zero, and less out of the main main, higher powered raspberry Pi line)