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Under the Test Environment collapsible I have the OS version and kernels tested at least, but I could definitely look at adding something extra to help make things more obvious on that front


About 65 boards in I realised there was a slight error with how the idle power consumption was being recorded, so I had to scrap all of that data :( The last 15 or so do have this, but I made the decision to backfill that data as and when I need to check something on those boards, or just on the next round (I plan to update every X months or so, assuming there are worthwhile updates)


Happy to hear you'll be including this data.

I've already found my board, but this is not my last battery-powered project.


Realistically, I don't think any of the tests I have would run on something like that, I'd need to look at different types of tests, and then they wouldn't really be comparable with the rest. Though, I don't think most people would really be thinking "Hmm should I get a Luckfox Pico Mini A, or a Raspberry Pi" but the feedback surrounding these smaller boards has been interesting, so never say never, but I don't think it's within the scope I had in mind just yet.


> "Hmm should I get a Luckfox Pico Mini A, or a Raspberry Pi"

You're correct that they aren't really comparable. But a lot of the time a RPI is a monumental overkill of biblical proportions for what is needed.


It's a little bigger than what I imagine you're looking for, but the Radxa 5 ITX (not the ITX+) has 4 SATA ports, PoE+ (via a separate module), 2x2.5GbE, and the RK3588 SoC - I've been testing OpenMediaVault on it for the last couple of weeks and it's been pretty solid. If you're fine with M.2, the Radxa ROCK 5B+ has 2 M.2 M-Key connectors, the same RK3588 SoC, and PoE via a HAT bought separately.

Otherwise, there are dual NVMe HATs for the Raspberry Pi 5 but you'll be splitting a single PCIe Gen 2 lane across both drives (unless you go for the much more expensive HATs that have a Gen 3 PCIe switch on them to then share a single Gen 3 lane across them!)


That looks about the right size, I think: my goal was to put it on top of my ubiquiti dream machine and directly wire it, but I’m limited in terms of power supply because of the number of outlets in the area.


If you could share a little more on what you actually mean, that would help a ton. I’m not a developer, I put this together as I went, learning along the way. It’s not perfect, and I’m aware of some issues, but if you’d be so kind to expand on “pretty terrible” then maybe I can see if it’s already known, or something I should add to the list.


Good point! Added to my to-do list :)


Raspberry Pi products can be found in a lot of industrial/professional setups, especially things like their compute module range(s) that can be dropped into off-the-shelf, or custom carrier boards. Others can be a bit more hit and miss, though Libre Computer are up there with great software support, and will have their own compute modules available soon.


I hear you! Like I mention to others in the thread, this functionality is already there, I just need to finish populating all of the data. To get over a mental block I had to decide whether I'd continue trying to add each feature before an initial launch (and be there forever) or give myself a shot of motivation by getting an initial performance comparison feature set out there and iterate as I go along.

As soon as I have all of that data in there (I think I'm at around 30-40% so far, the initial batch of testing has been a slog, data entry for this took a back seat) I'll be enabling that option and it will all be there to view on comparison pages, and search for to help find/compare on a deeper level.


I completely get it, it's great that you launched it quickly, I've gotten stuck on that before too, where I just kept working on a thing to make it "ready for launch" until I ran out of steam and never ended up launching it.

It's a really cool site, I'll defenitely be keeping an eye on it and if you ever go the crowdsourcing route, hopefully also contribute.

And I'm sorry for being yet another lazy HN commenter who didn't read far enough down the thread before opening their mouth (keyboard?) :)


No no, it's OK, I think I was a bit frazzled last night so I was likely a bit short heh, sorry!


And until you decide to execute on that plan, I'll enjoy this little bit of attention :D Thanks again for the support!


I have full specification capability hiding in the background and once I've filled out all of the data, you'll be able to do just this!


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