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Valnet Articles on Using Raspberry Pi Devices
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HowTo Geek ☛ 7 Raspberry Pi mistakes you should avoid making
Single-board computers from companies like Raspberry Pi are perfect for homelab projects, retro gaming, or even use as a lightweight desktop PC replacement. But it’s also easy to get carried away and make mistakes that can lead to instability, data loss, and damage.
Here are some common mistakes you’ll want to avoid (some of which I’ve made myself).
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HowTo Geek ☛ Why I stopped using a Raspberry Pi for self-hosting
Raspberry Pis are iconic devices among home labbers, self-hosting enthusiasts, and tinkerers alike. While they can be used for self-hosting services, I've stopped using them for that purpose only completely and moved my projects to a mini PC instead. Here's why.
What is a Raspberry Pi good for?
The Raspberry Pi was originally developed as a tinker's board, which is why they all feature a ton of general purpose in-out (GPIO) pins. They're to connect to motors, sensors, and pretty much any kind of other peripheral or hardware component that you may want.
That makes them truly fantastic if you need to build something that requires both software and hardware, but you don't want to go through the trouble of developing your own embedded system from the ground up.
Additionally, the wide range of Raspberry Pis, from Picos, which are low-power devices, to the Raspberry Pi 5, which is basically a mini-PC, means you can find a Pi that would work for almost anything you wanted to build.
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HowTo Geek ☛ 10 fun things you can connect to a Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
The Raspberry Pi’s main claim to fame is being a whole computer on a single circuit board, complete with a capable ARM chip. But its biggest party trick is how expandable it is, with a handy 40-pin general-purpose input/output interface (or GPIO for short).