I'm running WeeWx with two extensions, a radio program (aprx), a WiFi hotspot and about six other processes. All of this uses 5 to 10% of the processing power of my Pi Zero W I think you'll do just fine with a Pi 4.
On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 12:57:42 PM UTC-6 hang...@gmail.com wrote: > Yeah, I'm putting it in a Argon ONE M.2 case which has a built-fan. From > my experience, just setting a Pi4 on edge is usually enough so it can > radiate from the top and bottom surfaces, but for this I want to give it a > bit of protection from dust build-up. > > With the firmware updates over the past year, the RPi4 is not as sensitive > as it originally was. > > On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 10:18:13 AM UTC-8 kb1...@gmail.com wrote: > >> The only thing it gets you is serving the webpage a little quicker. The >> Pi 4 runs hot so you'll want a fan on it if you do use one. I have a test >> setup running on a Pi zero and it works fine. >> >> Dave - KB1PVH >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my Galaxy S21 >> >> On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 1:07 PM Christopher Kelley <hang...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The problem with Pis being so inexpensive is, I've ended up with a few >>> extras that I bought "just in case". I've read the documentation, and >>> while it's clear WeeWx will run fine on 1Gb (or 512Mb), I also have 2Gb and >>> 4Gb Pi4s lying about. >>> >>> Is there any advantage to a 2Gb or 4Gb Pi4? Not just "I've been running >>> on 128Mb for years with no problems", but are there any advantages to >>> having more memory, or would it be completely unused? I might have the RPi >>> running WeeWx also drive a small display, so there would be that overhead >>> as well. >>> >>> I've already got an external M.2. SATA SSD to boot/run from, so there's >>> no worries on the storage / reliability end. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/aab83780-7877-4d2c-9090-e61574c2ab84n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/aab83780-7877-4d2c-9090-e61574c2ab84n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/740749af-f00d-4b3b-801e-dc868d75151cn%40googlegroups.com.
