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PI upgrade?

1 year 10 months ago 1 year 10 months ago by Ron Kramer.

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Ron Kramer

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PI upgrade? #37728

Anyone try one of these? more powerful than a PI. Better built quality?

www.officedepot.com/a/products/6788275/A...AvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Asus Tinker Board Single Board Computer Item # 6788275
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AP Mach1 / CP4 APCC & PEMpro.
EXP SCI - ED152cf APO - Celestron 11" RASA - Stellarvue 80mm
Baader F2 HS NB filters, Lodestar X2 guide camera / OAG - ZWO 290mm mini
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro / ASI174M (solar) / ASI094MC
NEXDome, CLoudwatcher, AVX mount/ASIair and Stellarmate

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PI upgrade? #37729

For me the link doesn’t work. Can you post product brand and type?

Wouter van Reeven

ASI6200 and 7 slot 2" filter wheel with a SkyWatcher Esprit 80 ED on a SkyWatcher HEQ5-Pro
ASI1600MM-Pro Cooled and 5 slot 1.25" filter wheel with an 8" TS Ritchey-Chrétien on a SkyWatcher EQ6-R

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1 year 10 months ago

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PI upgrade? #37730

Here is one with EEMC drive inside.

www.amazon.com/Tinker-Board-Quad-Core-co...ativeASIN=B00FS83U42

2 gb RAM! and internal FASTER drive - and still a SD slot for moving files and taking them with you.
I'd like the faster writes of imaging files to the 16gb!

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1 year 10 months ago

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PI upgrade? #37731

www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/asus-tink...ade-raspberry-pi-3-b

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1 year 10 months ago 1 year 10 months ago by Focaldepth.

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PI upgrade? #37745

I can't answer your question directly but here is my experience.
I run indi on a PI 3B+
I run kodi (media player) on a Tinker board. It has run for months 24/7 without any issues, no reboots..
The Tinker Board is great.

However I use Raspbian on the PI and Tinker OS on the Tinker Board.

I have not yet tried indi on the Tinker but may do one day.

I guess you my need to go the source build route to get the latest versions of indi etc. Also true fro Raspbian on PI.

I am consitering upgrading my indi PI to a Gigabyte Brix so I can run the intel builds of indi etc.
It does use more power though.

If it fails to work, you can make a media player out of it.

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PI upgrade? #37749

Ron Kramer wrote: Here is one with EEMC drive inside.

www.amazon.com/Tinker-Board-Quad-Core-co...ativeASIN=B00FS83U42

2 gb RAM! and internal FASTER drive - and still a SD slot for moving files and taking them with you.
I'd like the faster writes of imaging files to the 16gb!

FYI Stellarmate won’t run on anything but rpi.... just in case you think it will....

Stellarmate OS on Raspberry pi4b
Skywatcher EQ8 pro, on steel pier
Takahashi FSQ85 & Meade 8” SCT (de-forked)
Starlight Xpress SXVR H18, SXVR M25c, Lodestar x2 Guide Camera
Pegasus Ultimate Hub V2 for all USB & Power
Pegasus focus motors on both scopes

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PI upgrade? #37762

I ve been using Tinkerboard with Armbian for more than year now. Its works way better than PI.

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