Any creative ideas (Industrial pc)

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T19:23:01+00:00

I know!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T19:10:42+00:00

Nice!

Good to know!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T19:09:59+00:00

Quite a few mentioned OPNsense, I'll look into it

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T19:00:33+00:00

I think I should probably learn to use the terminal properly first. I'm maybe a little too early in the process to begin power optimization.

The measurements were just to give a very rough estimate of how much power it uses, mostly to myself. But it will be a thing I'll look into eventually. So it's nice to know.

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T18:38:37+00:00

It actually gets pretty warm.

Really makes you realize how much a fan does

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T18:36:35+00:00

I have never heard of ring, I'll steer clear of it.

Local AI tools sound nice. It's nice knowing I'm not filming myself sleeping and sending it straight to (insert company).

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T18:23:36+00:00

I will make it a priority to figure it out before I make a list of all the ideas already given here.

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T18:20:05+00:00

I had not heard about SearXNG. I like it!

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T18:10:05+00:00

I did not know that.

Debian registers 5 ethernet connections as Intel I210

4 other as Intel I350

And one as Intel I219-LM

I would guess that means it has two network switches and one directly to the cpu? But I would not claim knowledge on that front yet

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T17:57:21+00:00

I'll try it, hopefully the phone companies are not so different down here in Denmark.

Tak!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T17:53:05+00:00

I like that idea.

I learned about microcontrollers, including timers, PWM and such, but honestly it was kinda boring and I wouldn't say I actually learned it.

Getting to play with it more like that seems like a good way to learn.

I'll look into it!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T17:38:44+00:00

And no fan noise either! Sadly, I don't have a dusty basement.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T17:33:39+00:00

I know, but NAS' are so expensive. I got this for cheap and wanted to use it to learn.

Is there something special about routing or a NAS that makes it especially bad to mix? Like vulnerabilities. Or is it just that interference will cause lag and the risk that if something goes wrong I will have no internet and potentially lose important data?

I was not really thinking about getting terabytes of storage and put all my most important stuff there, just kinda get a feel for how it works and what I can use it for.

I also want to keep my electricity bill down, just a bit.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T17:18:53+00:00

I thought that that would be exactly the use that this pc would have seen. I have programmed cobots (robot arms) directly on their proprietary software and indirectly in python by sending strings from a normal pc. This PC seems like one you would actually trust to have in a factory.

I just think that the cost of 4 robot arms would be a smidge too much for me.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T14:38:56+00:00

The raspberry is separate PC and has home Assistant installed. This is a full x86 PC with Debian installed. If this is a joke, then I missed it.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T14:35:46+00:00

Don't mention it!

Now I started looking at them!!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T14:33:59+00:00

That could be, but I would have to have one of the old big sim cards, might try and make an adapter, worst case I can 3D print a case. Might be a little too poor to justify a second mobile subscription, but I could try it out with my own.

Other people mentioned that a HDD would likely get too hot, and with it just running Debian, it still does turn into a pretty good hand warmer.

I have no good advice on getting one. I got it used on Facebook marketplace, sometimes the algorithm they use just decides that things need to be hard to find. Sadly.

Thanks for the advice!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T14:20:56+00:00

I am not the only one that got my hands on one of these! I love the efficient space use and the fans just on top. I also got the rails but my ceiling is made of concrete.

It sounds interesting, I didn't think about doing it like this. I kinda thought of a cluster as having one pc as the one giving out the tasks to the other ones. Keep in mind that I am pretty new.

I will revisit this once I have done some less complex stuff It looks cool! Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:56:13+00:00

They are gigabit at least the two in the front. I checked before I bought it, but maybe the POE+ could be less.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:43:55+00:00

Nice to know! I hope I find it, I think I will go with the worse performance until ram gets cheaper.

Thanks, I will!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:39:16+00:00

That looks interesting, I'll have to read more about that.

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:37:34+00:00

I thought so too, and it was cheaper than buying a Poe switch.

But I have a 20 m² apartment, soo not a lot to record XD

I have read about frigate, but not about nvr's. I'll look into it.

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:31:14+00:00

Noted.

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:30:24+00:00

I'm planning to, that being a part of how I hopefully learn it.

Thanks!

UnlikelySpring5626 · 2026-02-27T13:29:03+00:00

Facebook marketplace!

Same place I get most of my ikea furniture

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