Ask HN: Alternatives to Raspberry Pi for home IoT projects? 8 points by bitwise101 3y ago ↗ HN What are your alternatives to the Raspberry Pi for DIY projects? Can you recommend any low power / low cost board?
[–] schwartzworld 3y ago ↗ For lots of tasks the Pi Pico is a good choice, serving up a simple web page or managing some gpio
[–] ecesena 3y ago ↗ ESP32? On the firmware side I've been pretty happy with ESP Rainmaker: https://rainmaker.espressif.com
[–] golem14 3y ago ↗ I would consider buying used thinclients on eBay. For $25 you used to be able to get a Celeron with 4gb ram and 16gb sata flash drive with a proper enclosure. And many are upgradable to8gb of ram and a larger SSD.
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