Which Raspberry Pi #2551
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Hello, I want to setup an all sky camera and have to buy a raspberry pi and a camera. I am wondering which hardware combination works most stable, maybe the community has some experience. I am bit skeptic about using the zero version. Thanks |
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Hi Stefanie, I used a Raspberry PI4 with 1GB Ram and a 128gb SD card. The camera was a Zwo ASI 178MC. This setup ran for a year without any problems until the Allsky camera was sold. Now I use a Raspberry PI4 with 2GB Ram with a 256Gb SD card. The camera is a RaspiHQCam 12MP. This has been running for a year now without any problems or failures. Cheers Marco |
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@snowformatics Do NOT get the Pi Zero - its extremely slow CPU (only 1) and 512 MB memory will cause problems. You almost for sure won't be able to do timelapse videos. The Pi Zero 2 should only be considered if cost is the ONLY concern, as you may or may not be able to do timelapse videos. And future versions of Allsky will likely require more processing power and memory so the Pi Zero 2 may not work in the future. The ideal one to get is the Pi 4 with 4 GB memory. It handles everything Allsky currently does and has enough memory and CPU power for the future. The next best one to get is the Pi 4 with 2 GB memory. If those are too expensive, Pi 3B+ with 2 GB will also work but will take longer to create timelapse, and in the new Allsky version, will limit how often you can create mini-timelapse videos. The 1 GB versions of the Pi 3B+ and 4 will work but require adding swap space which will be used more often, slowing things down and putting more wear on the SD card. |
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Hi, thank you both for your experience and suggestions! This was very helpful (maybe you can add this suggestion to the requirements). I will go for the pi 4 / 4 GB. Looking forward to try it out 😀 best regards |
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@snowformatics Good idea. We have a Wiki page on picking a camera and lens, but not picking a Pi. I'll add it. In the new README.md file we mention not getting the Pi Zero but we need to say what TO get, not just what NOT to get. |
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Pi 4 are very hard to find, a Pi 3b works fine. Sent from my iPadOn Apr 22, 2023, at 10:08 PM, snowformatics ***@***.***> wrote:
Hi,
thank you both for your experience and suggestions! This was very helpful (maybe you can add this suggestion to the requirements). I will go for the pi 4 / 4 GB.
Looking forward to try it out 😀
best regards
Stefanie
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@bbillp, unfortunately several of the PI's and accessories are hard to find, and if you're lucky to find one, they are quite a bit more expensive than pre-pandemic. And it's likely not to get better until next year, according to Raspberry corporation. |
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@snowformatics Do NOT get the Pi Zero - its extremely slow CPU (only 1) and 512 MB memory will cause problems. You almost for sure won't be able to do timelapse videos. The Pi Zero 2 should only be considered if cost is the ONLY concern, as you may or may not be able to do timelapse videos. And future versions of Allsky will likely require more processing power and memory so the Pi Zero 2 may not work in the future.
The ideal one to get is the Pi 4 with 4 GB memory. It handles everything Allsky currently does and has enough memory and CPU power for the future. The next best one to get is the Pi 4 with 2 GB memory.
If those are too expensive, Pi 3B+ with 2 GB will also work but will take l…