On Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 1:41:40 PM UTC-5, WindnFog wrote: > > Thanks for the performance and power metrics, Vince. Precisely the kind of > information for which I was looking. > > I have 3.9.2 running the simulator on a 4GB Pi 4 as well. It's sitting > around 45-46 C with a little fan, and I'm using a powered USB for now to > handle the keyboard and mouse, etc. I wanted to use the Flirc cases, and > I'd be interested to hear if you can cut a cable slot (with a Dremel tool > or the like.) I want to use the Pi 4 with a camera to take a photo of my > yard every 5 minutes, and I stared at the pictures of Flirc cases for some > time. There seems to be no way to get a cable from the plug to outside the > case. I like the idea of passive cooling, hence the Flirc stands out. Are > there any hidden "braces," screw holes, etc. that might be a problem if one > were to cut a small cable slot? I currently have a Pi 3+ taking the > photos, and transferring them to a standard PC running weewx under CentOS. > It's a "Rube Goldberg" software and hardware combination, and I think it'd > be easy to have the Pi 4 do everything. Simple is always better. > >> >> There already is a slot in the bottom of the Flirc Pi 4 case which is intended for a (much wider and slightly thicker) ribbon cable from the GPIO connector, which should work fine (with reasonably careful routing of the cable) for a camera cable. A word of warning, however, if you want to use a 40-pin GPIO connector and cable, you have to use cables with special, narrow, connectors (there is a link to appropriate cables in the Flirc case FAQ); standard connectors foul the case 'pillars' and will not allow it to close.
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