Thanks for your replies, particularly the photos of the boards side by side.
I have not looked at my Pi 3 for quite a while. It originally came with a power supply, HDMI cable, box and various other assorted bits and pieces. I originally got it to just potter about, find out what it could do, particularly could I interface devices with it. My "big project" was to digitise my analogue Hornby model railway and use the PI as a "network controller". I did some interfacing work in the early 1980s when I was doing my PhD ago on an Apple II with a 6502 processor, so I had a vague idea of what would be involved.
When I retired in 2020 I planned to try and use the PI to control the railway. A PC desktop would be total overkill. Sadly I lacked the focus and became distracted with other things. Now I'd like to perhaps re-focus but I need an up to date PI system and I would like to know if I can get away with just replacing the board in the box.
I have not looked at my Pi 3 for quite a while. It originally came with a power supply, HDMI cable, box and various other assorted bits and pieces. I originally got it to just potter about, find out what it could do, particularly could I interface devices with it. My "big project" was to digitise my analogue Hornby model railway and use the PI as a "network controller". I did some interfacing work in the early 1980s when I was doing my PhD ago on an Apple II with a 6502 processor, so I had a vague idea of what would be involved.
When I retired in 2020 I planned to try and use the PI to control the railway. A PC desktop would be total overkill. Sadly I lacked the focus and became distracted with other things. Now I'd like to perhaps re-focus but I need an up to date PI system and I would like to know if I can get away with just replacing the board in the box.
Statistics: Posted by gdevoy — Wed Aug 21, 2024 4:14 pm