Jerry Black created a new topic ' MeLE Quieter 3Q vs 3C' in the forum. 1 year ago

I thought I'd start a new thread to remove this from battery selection (somewhat).

I've been sitting on the fence on getting a fanless MeLE Quieter3Q, as heat issues aren't that significant in Canada :)

I wondered about powering the Quieter 3Q from my Pegasus PPBa and asked about it on amazon. Here is their response:

If i have a separate astronomy power supply unit supplying 12 v at 2 a, can i power this quieter3q via a usb-c cable from this unit?.

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"hi,thank you so muc for your inquiry, MeLE Quieter3Q has two version, the version before August does not USB-C PD3.0, with the high demands on usb pd3.0, the newer version after August supports PD3.0. Now the two batches are mixed on our stock, we are not sure which version will arrive. MeLE Quieter3Q needs power supply in 12V 2A in thoery, it should work with astronomy power supply unit supplying 12 v at 2 a, but if it fails to power on,must be related to the PD protocol. if you must connect the mini pc with a third part power supply,we suggest you purchase MeLE Quieter,which we can confirm its usb-c port support PD 3.0, video display and data trasmit."

So with the loss of 1 usb port, I'm now contemplating the 3C. With the PPBa, I would end up with 8 ports which what I need, given I could skip the USB wifi stick my Odroid-N2 requires. (camera, guide camera, mount, gps, focuser, PPBa 2 ports, external SSD).
That leaves the USB-C port (front left) unused, as I'm not sure that anything I have could negotiate the PD power request.

Geekbench results suggest the N5105 is about 2x that of my Odroid-N2 (but more expensive).
I would, like others here, add Ubuntu (on an internal boot SSD).

So is choosing the 3C is as good a choice as the 3Q?

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