RP3+ fanless replacement

Hardware
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Hi, I’ve fallen victim to multiple SD card failures, from what I understand it’s probably because I use lots of graphs which uses history, lots of reads :frowning:

Thus I’m looking for a more robust solution with my biggest requirement it must be fanless.

I’ve read some of the other threads on this topic but remain confused as I have very little experience with hardware or linux.

That said, I’m thinking that I don’t need much grunt, so I’m looking at this guy - HYSTOU H3 - J1900 - 2C Mini PC. $199 in oz.

Questions:

  1. Will I be able to run hassio on this?
  2. Is this enough grunt to run hassio?
  3. Will I be able to run Tensorflow on this in the future for face recognition?

Any help appreciated.

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  1. Yes
  2. Definitely
  3. No idea.
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Following this one, I’m tempted to move back to hassio on something similar. Have seen recommendations for the Asus Tinker board S with the 16gb built in memory too, about $165 AUD. The odroid seem a popular alternative too. Where are you seeing that HYSTOU in Au? Never heard of them to be honest.

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I’m getting good use from my tinkerboard s.

The main attraction is the 16gb storage which is rock solid and means I no longer have to worry about corrupt microsd cards. But the CPU itself is noticeably faster and reboot times are much quicker than the pi. I’ve never tried tensorflow though.

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My hesitation with the Tinker board is that a Pi 3B+ is about $50AU, Tinker board S is $165AU. I appreciate it’s a more powerful product with built in memory, but it’s a big price jump. I haven’t found anywhere in AU that is a good source of cheap NUCs

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HYSTOU H3 - J1900 this was from gearbest. The Tinker board S looks like a good option with 16gb on board. But $165 is up there.

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Personally I’d go with a boot from USB option using either USB stick, SSD drive or good old hard disk drive. A much cheaper option that will solve your failing SD card issue.

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Is it hard to setup?

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Not at all. Does so automatically with the Pi 3b+ and a minor adjustment on the Pi 3b all clearly outlined here https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=225812

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Alright, I might give it a go, any USB drive?

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What model Pi are you using.

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3B+ raspberry pi

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Perfect. The boot from USB is automated on that model.

All you need to do is write your image to the USB device instead of your SD card and you’re good to go.

You could try this on an old USB stick just to see exactly how this works. All going well you could use any type of USB mass storage device

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Thanks for your help

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Let us know how you progress.

A number of HA users dumping the Pi over SD card issues. This is a solution to these problems.

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Hi,

i went through the same and ended buying a Beelink N41 (150euros) on which i added a 128Gb SATA SSD (40euros).
Great upgrade over RPI3+ (running now proxmox with virtual debian machine and Hass.io installed on it).

I am using old RPI3+ with coral USB stick tensorflow accelerator for camera recognition

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Very nice, is that fanless?

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yes it is: totally silent

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Is there any difference in responsiveness between HDD types? I have a USB 3 HDD (the 2.5 inch size). Will that be better or worse than the SD card?

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USB3 Hard drive > SD card.