Pinebook Pro as an all-in-one boat server?
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The bottom is metal and it would be good to mount that facing out for cooling. It gets hot when charging, but I'm not sure if it stays hot once fully charged by still plugged in.

I usually suggest people not to use a computer when they want a NAS, but this laptop uses about 2-5 W, around 1/2 the power of my NAS so perhaps you are on to something!

Try to charge it directly with DC instead of going DC>AC>DC. You could use a USB socket or get a DC/DC converter for this device. Based on this post: https://blog.yavilevich.com/2017/03/effi...x-modules/ I chose the "fine" module for my boat project, but that is powering an Arduino that uses 0.2 W and the fine works very well at those low amps. It is capable of 3A, which is what the PBP charges at but I didn't look if it's also efficient there. Probably, it was more of a challenge to find one that is efficient at part load.

One problem you may run into is that the charging throughput is limited. Some people have found that during intense operations, the 15W charging can't keep up. People have also found that using the NVMe adapter and a high power drive significantly affects the power draw of the laptop. So be sure to get a lower power drive. There are compatibility results and power data for NVMe drives on the wiki, linked from the main PBP page.


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RE: Pinebook Pro as an all-in-one boat server? - by Damon - 05-16-2020, 06:06 AM

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