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Re:I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and he... by ed25519FUUU on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:00PM (#25164879)
m.2 slot is definitely the best long term issue for keeping costs down but providing a way for high speed. Now that they’ve switched to USB, I don’t see power draw as an issue any longer.
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Re:I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and he... by tachyonbeam on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:01AM (#25168102)
It depends what you want to do with it. If you want to use it for a mobile robot, run the Raspberry Pi off a battery, then yes, power does matter.
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Re:I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and he... by arcticbull on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:33AM (#25168199)
I suspect the power draw of a mobile robot would be dominated by the motors, would it not?
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Re:I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and he... by tachyonbeam on Saturday November 21, 2020 @05:57AM (#25168985)
The motors aren't necessarily constantly on, and you don't need very big motors for a small robot.
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