Raspberry fan?

[Curtis Vaughan (ACSS)]

So I plan getting a Pi5 for the PiDP-1. When I built the PiDP-10 it was recommended to put a cooling fan on it. But for the PiDP-1 it doesn't seem to be required. 

Should I get a fan or not?

Thanks!

[sunnyboy010101]

I did. I don't regret it, looking at the various temperatures when the PiDP-1 is running. Normally I run 'munch.rim' with various switch settings to produce a nice display, and the cooling fan is running.

(aside: the fan on my Pi-5 for the PiDP-10 died two weeks ago (bearing noise) so I bought another and just swapped the actual fan, not the whole cooling fin thing. I wish they would just sell the little fans as they seem to be a 'consumable'. Mine was running 'munch' on ITS since summer 2024 before it died. WORSE: somehow the finicky contact pins on my NVME bottom hat started acting up so it would reboot every few minutes. I ended up buying another bottom hat - same one as I just bought for my PiDP-1 Pi 5 which doesn't need the GPIO touch contact pins. Much more stable and it's all running perfectly again.)

-R

[Bill E]

Same here. My -1 has been running 24/7, cycling thru lines, spacewar, lander, snowflake, and pong. The fan runs during this. They're cheap and while maybe not critical, no reason to not have one.

Bill

[Robert S]

I'm wondering what is the thinking behind using a Pi-5 on the PiDP-1?  This seems to be such a low compute power use case that the Pi Zero-2w would all you'd ever need.  And, for <$20 for the zero vs. >$130 for the pi5, it seems a pretty good value.  I've been running mine on the zero and have never come across a scenario where it wasn't up to the task. So, what are you guys doing that needs the additional compute power of the Pi-5?  BTW, I run my -11 and -8 on the Zero-2w too with no issues.  However, I did put a Pi-5 in my -10, but that's still probably overkill.

Robert

[Oscar Vermeulen]

Robert,

There's 2 arguments in support of the Pi 5. I am in that camp, Angelo is firmly in camp Pi Zero. But to justify a Pi 5:

- if you want to run the fanciest Type 30 display on its HDMI instead of over the PiDP-1 web setup. I have a small HDMI display in the book case next to the PiDP-1...

- if you want the PiDP-1 to do other things in the background. File server, media server, Pi Hole ad blocker, or whatever.

But yes, a Pi Zero 2W feels more elegant for the purpose.

In fact, I need to try the esp32 option. That feels even more Right. 

Kind regards,

Oscar.