So I heard you liked USB... (5 new CM4 boards)

8 USB 3 ports?! Whatever will I do with them? Maybe I'll make a completely impractical 8-flash-drive RAID 0 array and benchmark it.
New 2nd Channel: Geerling Engineering! / @geerlingengineering
Mentioned in this video (some are affiliate links):
- MirkoPC: hackaday.io/project/177626-mi...
- PicoBerry: hackaday.io/project/182747-pi...
- BitPiRat: hackaday.io/project/183430-bi...
- 52Pi CM4 Router Board: amzn.to/3KI5VFG
- DFRobot Router Board: www.dfrobot.com/product-2242....
- Seeed Studios Router Board: www.seeedstudio.com/Rapberry-...
- Taskit PiCam: www.ledato.de/shop_content.ph...
- UUGear PiGear Nano: www.uugear.com/product/pigear...
- Retro Lite CM4: github.com/StonedEdge/Retro-L...
- Retroflag GPi CASE 2: amzn.to/3qVEPD0
- Mini SS Main Board for CM4: retrogamerestore.com/store/mi...
- CM4 Slot Control Relay board: pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards...
- Will Whang's CM4 Cluster HAT: pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards...
- Axzez Interceptor: www.axzez.com/product-page/in...
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Contents:
00:00 - Custom Raspberry Pi Computers?
00:42 - MirkoPC, PicoBerry, BitPiRat
02:31 - 52Pi CM4 Router Board
05:51 - Taskit PiCam
07:37 - UUGear PiGear Nano
11:43 - Retro Lite CM4
12:29 - CM4 boards coming soon
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[@JeffGeerling]

What's your favorite board? Also, Seeed Studios (no affiliation) still has one model of CM4 still available for sale, FYI. Be sure to subscribe to my 2nd channel, Geerling Engineering-my Dad and I will test out the BliKVM on it soon! kzbin.info/door/sd6hP-zzIkCpw8XGw7Osyw

[@GeerlingEngineering]

So glad to see this finally, thanks Jeff!

[@mohixx117]

Your second channel link is not working please update

[@rmcdudmk212]

Favorite? But they are all so damn cool 😁

[@JeffGeerling]

@@mohixx117 Oops, fixed!

[@mohixx117]

@@JeffGeerling subscribed😄

[@EMAHGERD]

Brought to you by the man responsible for the CM shortage

[@JeffGeerling]

😭 - but seriously, Seeed still has one model in stock!

[@asumazilla]

@@JeffGeerling It looks like they still have that on their website. 2xnic card and 4gb cm4 with storage.

[@linuxastro]

That PiGear NANO might solve a problem using the Pi in astrophotography gear. There never seem to be enough USB 3 ports for all the fiddly bits (focusers, cameras, mounts) and cooled astro cameras are heavy power eaters. 2.0 ports just don't win when your single image size is > 40M. I am using the WaveShare board for my CM4 astronomy setup for the simple reason that it has 4 well-powered USB 3 ports. A board with ports AND fast storage would be most excellent. Also, lots of folks (including myself) have used the Pi HQ camera for astro-photography. There is even an INDI driver for it that works reasonably well. It is "OK" for planetary and wide field, but not amazing...though it does work. Great channel, by the way. I enjoy your process and humor.

[@JeffGeerling]

I would think if you can do autostakkert (or something like it), the sensor on the HQ camera should do pretty decent. I just haven't had the time to play with it that I'd like.

[@linuxastro]

@@JeffGeerling I use Siril. In a pinch, ASTAP. I like the way ASTAP does auto-grading and rejection and use it for plate-solving anyway, but Siril is probably a better overall stacker at this moment in time. And yes, the HQ cam is impressive for its cost.

[@jmr]

If we are attaching PIs to telescopes let's not forget some stepper motors!

[@tyrzxv]

@Anna ♪ don't post links to videos that have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMENT your replying to... It's called spam, and reported as so

[@tyrzxv]

This is something I have really wanted to do... I don't even have a telescope, but I want to do this

[@jmr]

@@tyrzxv In the past I've connected cameras to my telescope. When you have really zoomed in anything can dramatically jiggle the image. Luckily my favorite camera featured an IR remote. It was a terribly cheap telescope but even then I got some great pictures. With the cameras we have built into phones today and a cheap selfie remote you could get some crazy good pictures.

[@jmr]

@@tyrzxv I just had a thought. Some libraries have Telescopes, cameras, and other devices you can borrow. See if your library does.

[@mrflippant]

Okay, so now we need a Wesley Kagan / Jeff Geerling crossover.

[@Enizax]

i never knew this small a formfactor had such a buzzing hardware scene -- haven't felt this excited about hardware in at least 7 years

[@OARomanov]

Well, the idea to have 2nd channel is great. But i suppose all the engineering content will perfectly fit in this channel (imho of course). Great stuff, Jeff! Thank you very much for everything you do! Stay safe and greetings from Siberia!

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Jeff Winfrey is my favourite talk show. You get a flash drive! You get a flash drive! You get a flash drive!

[@vadinc7499]

Love to see you are getting more and more partners and development boards. Keep it up man✌️👍😊

[@firstname3219]

Thanks for taking the time to share so much knowledge! Your channel is amazing!

[@adammills4099]

I didn't realize the CM4 was so small! always looking forward to seeing what you're working on

[@parrotraiser6541]

The Pi boards, and the CM4 in particular, seem to have become to computing in the 2020s what the Apple ][ was in the 1970s; a starting point for all sorts of inspired devices.

[@stanst2755]

Next step would be the Apple M1 chip on SBC :)

[@KrK-EST]

I specially am waiting for a upgrade for the Pi Zero, the ladt update they still left the mem to 512mb, need 1gb (1,5 would be fantastic but doubght there will be one), other stats now are desent on the latest update. Compute modules are so rare, even past 3 years have not found one available even to order to my country (EU member).

[@venjsystems]

Great roundup of parts, enjoyed this vid thoroughly

[@CattaRappa]

Always a treat to see more CM4 content! 🙏

[@dominik8291]

You have my sub man ! I like your way of making Videos and your sympathic character.

[@hajokerkhof]

Most of the technical stuff you talk about... I cannot get my head around. But you always inspire me. Thnx for yet another great video!

[@danielriossuarez]

Looking forward to geerling engineering!

[@wisteela]

That PiGear Nano looks awesome. I'm very much looking forward to the industrial Pi video as I've been wanting to put a Pi/s into a Eurocard frame for some time.

[@ReneKnuvers74rk]

Thanks for the video. Ordered the uugear-board which turns out to be from a Dutch company, so native for me!

[@AFE-GmdG]

Some very interesting pieces of hardware!

[@stuartedge5906]

Great work Jeff.

[@jakubbadyga5502]

best regards from Poland :) appreciate Your work!

[@locnar1701]

toasty... that's a deep cut. Well done my friend.

[@tdata545]

My dog LOVED that buzzer, thanks.

[@RaidOwl]

Bummer on the PoE not working with the Router Board, but I still have an extra CM4 sitting here that I'd like to throw in one of them. Thanks for the vid!

[@JeffGeerling]

It's possible it will work with a modification-follow along in this issue for more: github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/337

[@GingerJesus69]

Just Subbed a few days ago after watching a lot of your videos, I got a Pi400 to learn and tinker about on as Home Assistant looks very powerful after seeing your ZigBee videos Great watching your Videos, i hope you can get your hands on the relay board seeing what it can really do, as it would go great with home assistant i think

[@georgelza]

Nice Nice Nice. Love to see how the market is coming alive with the CM4's.

[@kevinshumaker3753]

Thanks for mentioning motionEye.😀

[@hadesangelos]

great content, so many possibilities

[@MaxMichel89]

So how much usb do you need? Yes! Love all those Boards and the very different usecases

[@wouladjecabrelwen1006]

Nice job Jeff

[@AdHdEntertainmentLLC]

Looking forward to the joint video with Micro Center. That board with all the SATA ports makes for a nice NAS build!

[@JeffGeerling]

That and/or a DVR!

[@JeromeDemers]

my favorite board is the one that gives candies! That is why I love my Prusa!

[@IamYuto]

Didn't expect to see Krówka here 😂 brings back childhood memories!

[@The201Ray]

You had me rollin when said Toasty!

[@jmsiener]

Thanks Jeff

[@beexpressplumbing]

It's pretty amazing that I love this channel while only understanding about 20% of what's said.....

[@JamesHalfHorse]

We might have the same interest. I am looking at making a Pi do telemetry for a broadcast transmitter. Everything is there some closures to remote control it and analog ports that can read the meters. Just need to tie it all together.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Jeff.

[@thegreyfuzz]

Great content.. to bad there isn't a CM4 to be had, been trying to get some for several months....

[@jafarshaik5160]

Superb Jeff 💞

[@theogdavro]

The forbidden ZFS NAS setup :D

[@AndreVandal]

Really cool, thanks

[@fadecto]

The PiGear Nano has really an impressive feature set for serious IIoT use cases. On the normal Pi or for example on the TOFU board you can utilize several HATs with supercaps to initiate a safe shutdown in case of an unexpected power cut off. This is a must have in many IIoT use cases. You would have to create your own solution to face this issue on the PiGear Nano.

[@sherwoac]

good videos. two meta questions I keep having: - when will CM4 be back in stock? surely at some point these videos become pointless without it - mebe you could tell us a bit about the ecosystem? why are these boards getting made? who is buying them? how do you get a custom one made? decoupling compute from IO is the name of the game, so why can't I spec my own IO?

[@yosyp5905]

here in italy I can't find any CM4

[@TheNefastor]

Official site says no availability for 2022. If there's any, it'll all go to industrial product manufacturers. Jeff may need to hibernate or switch to let's play videos.

[@pixobit5882]

I would love to see more raspberry pi router builds

[@JeffGeerling]

I'm trying to build an 'ultimate Pi router' at some point, but different problems keep popping up that are preventing the completion of the build. I might have to compromise and just focus on one aspect of my 'ultimate' build, because something is definitely better than nothing!

[@drmosfet]

More ethernet ports please.

[@theJonnymac]

i’le like to see more with 2.5 gbe ports. it feels like there are so many but few do 2.5

[@skaltura]

BiKVM ordered! About to order also PiGear Nano! :)

[@Openspeedtest]

This is Awesome ❤️

[@KrK-EST]

The most by far intresting one was the sata+ethernet one. Perfect for home Media/File server+router/wifi, basicly own home internet mainfame type of thing.

[@ssquirrel88]

7:26 Nice old school Mortal Kombat reference...

[@johnfrancis9668]

Lots of fun ... thx

[@trouaconti7812]

Steve Buscemi nerd? Im loving it!!

[@karllundgren]

Always love watching your Pi-videos :) Any idea when the Radxa Taco will launch? I heard you mentioned it will come bundled with a case, a CM4-module and more? I'm planning my new ZFS ownCloud / Nextcloud server. What would be a good competitor to the Taco?

[@Skradgee]

"Yo DOG... I heard you like USB. So we got you...a lot of them."

[@JeffGeerling]

That was my alternate thumbnail idea :)

[@LeeQuessenberry]

BitPiRat is definitely made for running a full Bitcoin ledger node. Rad. How are you Jeff? Hope all is well for you. I'm still Drupalin like crazy. :P Love your channel. I have been tinkering with Pis for a few years and I love to see you push limits on the hardware. Amazing stuff.

[@Kenajcrap]

Hi Jeff, what a great video! It's a shame that CM4 boards have gotten so expensive recently. Any chance we get a roundup of cool expansions for the original RPI4?

[@JeffGeerling]

Possibly... there haven't been as many interesting Pi 4-based products in the past year, though there are a few. We'll see.

[@upload15613]

I think part of that is due to the fact the CM4 provides what people have been asking for on the regular RPi. It’s just a shame we don’t have a rpi with proper NVMe support, more than one PCIe x1 lane, a higher performance cpu (Snapdragon 7xx or Mediatek), etc. Keep the low cost philosophy, but offer a product for those that want to make the Rpi their daily machine or want to do more with machine vision, ai, a NVR, etc.

[@kentkvalnes4621]

They are not only prizy, but also almost out of the marked because of the rate of the production at this moment. If there are any production on semi conductors at this moment. It's painful to watch all the semi conducting equipments has been drained out of the market. There is no fun to make own project when it is too prizy and almost impossible to get a hand on.

[@JarppaGuru]

it is board to test and it cost bcoz low product line. you can get schematics for board and make own. thats purpose. rpi is axatcly same we allready have we not need cm unless you try build something to manufacture, but even then you can just make own board

[@acopernic]

For the Pi52 the best is a poe splitter. This way you power the Pi52 with usb-c by using the poe of your switch. Simple and working

[@igordasunddas3377]

I am actually waiting for some sort of update about the Pi4/CM4 "blades". I remember it was a funny name, but it had a NVMe on it and I believe a CM4, so you could essentially have some sort of mini environment for Kubernetes. I do like all the other updates though and since Christmas 2021 I now have a Pi4b myself (got it as a gift from my wife 😊).

[@JeffGeerling]

I have been talking to Ivan about it-he said the component shortages keep delaying things, but he's very close to having some working v0.9 boards, and soon after I think his plan is to do a Kickstarter, and work on sourcing a larger amount of parts.

[@1xXNimrodXx1]

very excited for the Axzez Interceptor

[@JeffGeerling]

Ditto!

[@GrantValente]

I use a pi to control my telescope all the time but definitely prefer dedicated asto sensors or even dslrs for taking the images

[@MRPtech]

Subbed to Geerling Engineering and apparently i am SUB No. 100 :)

[@JeffGeerling]

Nice.

[@izzieb]

Note to self, if I ever said something to Jeff, include candy as bribery.

[@jeromewink557]

That’s a cool coincidence. Axzez is just outside Indianapolis IN.

[@nnasab]

Jeff my son, you always got the best gadgets for tinkerer’s of raspberry pi. I salute you.

[@ppkus]

I wish I could have half you your knowledge I would be happy

[@haajee1]

Hi Jeff, could you also review sometime Armbian for the Raspberry. Looks me really interessting!

[@tuxoide]

I love your videos! Are you aware of any CM4 baseboard with an SFP port? Would be amazing for a FTTH router!

[@haxboi5492]

The PiGear NANO whould be amazing for a VERY capable router because it whould be a nice PiHole DNS Server, a print server (both 3D printers and paper printers), a NAS (maybe). Also it has a slot for a 4G card, giving the whole setup redudancy

[@David-fh6rr]

Picam for Astrophotography, that's just what I've been thinking about for the last few weeks :D

[@AudreyRobinel]

This router board may well be the board i was waiting for. Compared to the other offers, it has everything, and it is not expensive. I like the fact that there is room for the GPIOs and a hat. If i can get hold of it, it may well become my new router until i deploy a pfSense box!

[@nataliegrn17]

So, when does it arrive in the mail? :)

[@AudreyRobinel]

@@nataliegrn17 Sorry but i don't understand your message? perhaps you replied to the wrong person? I did not order one because i have to find a distributor for my region (France).

[@noryakky2159]

pozdro z wykopu, MirkoPC :p

[@paulsmith962]

I can't help but feel similar to all the fancy GPU reviews on other channels, love it but mostly an exercise in frustration till availability improves.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

That's some serious bribery businness, mirko knows how it is

[@JeffGeerling]

You send fudge, I move you to the front of the line.

[@jabatheshort660]

Can you look into that relay control board maybe do a completely DIY smart home with it?

[@diabeticnomad]

Jeff’s meme game on point!

[@joshuacahill2139]

The entire Raspberry Pi market should pay you for marketing. You should try to get into drop shipping Pi expansion boards. Seriously, every one that I am interested in I can't google up... Oh Geerling did another video on expansion boards... GEERLING!!!! I look forward to that 5x SATA board video.

[@MatthewHill]

Such a shame they handicapped the CM4 with only a single lane of antiquated PCIe 2.0. Imagine the possibilities that would be opened up if it had even two lanes, or a full four lanes of PCIe 3.0 or 4.0. Even a single SATA3 port is throttled by the PCIe 2.0 interface; let alone multiple USB3, SATA3, 2.5Gbe or 5Gbe, NVMe, etc.

[@elmakcnc5960]

MircoPC is superb and never to many usb ports

[@WEEDCLOWN]

I have no idea in terms of Programming, Circuitry and all that. But in the end? This is still probably the coolest thing, Why? Because you can increase your space AND! connect many more things. at the cost of having a normal sounding electronic device.

[@juggernautz]

More USB's is great, but to run a GPU or other external devices a PSU is needed. For gaming and so on this is not a major negative since startup costs are low. I like the Pi Gear Nano best plus with a potable solar panel I could use a Pi with a laptop style screen and go online everywhere possible with a cell connection. Good luck with your retail endeavor!!!

[@IWatchedWhat]

Would love to see Pis used with radios. Would also love to see a Pi run cnc steppers.

[@jobearesto9746]

Lol when the toastie pop in happens when you don't expect it

[@briandoty6279]

Toasty... ROFL 🤣🤣🤣 flawless victory

[@CraigMullins1]

Have you got the 52Pi CM4 Router board yet? Any ideas on if we can get the pi to do channel -2 (2.397 GHZ) on 2.4 gig wifi with openwrt? Do any countries support that channel? That's the part 97 ham radio bands.

[@Dazdigo]

I am waiting on the CM5. The raspi 5 release is overdue IMHO.

[@PlzReturnYourShoppingCart]

Mother of god... you have the coolest things! I am so jelly. Like, really.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Those are some cool new toys. Just remember to lock them up so Red Shirt Jeff dosent get his grubby hands on them. 😁

[@vmoutsop]

Well, we're waiting! Start making them videos! LOL.

[@filleswe91]

EngiGeerling would have been a fun name for the channel imho. Thanks for the channel suggestion. :)

[@zambonidriver42]

You can tell Jeff is wound up. RSJ must be waiting in the wings to explode into action, seeing all of those boards in one picture, must be like a cat about to pounce on a mouse.

[@RussellNelson]

Oh, God, Krowka? They're delicious!

[@tonysheerness2427]

Looks like Raspberry Pi is king, so many people develop for it, hardware and software.

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

Pig gear nano would be perfect for Christmas light or Halloween decoration triggers.

[@vishalcful]

Duude when was the last time you brushed yo teeth? 😂, ive always liked your videos man, keep it up,,

[@MichaelEricMenk]

The 8 USB port pi would be nice for Victron VenusOS if you have more than 4 devices.

[@PatsFanGermany]

Great boards, but now we need some CM4! I already have several CM4-based projects lined up and bought all the components... all except for the CM4 which are sold out all over Europe. 😭

[@boydw1]

International shipping? Use a freight forwarder if they won't ship directly.

[@PatsFanGermany]

@@boydw1 sure, pay double msrp and add another 30-50 dollars for shipping. Makes total sense. These are hobby projects. But for those who are that desperate, I've got a couple of Pi 3, 3+, CM3 and CM3+ I can sell you for $50 each...

[@davidbubble6863]

Seeing all these boards, I'm bitter that all of my electronic sellers here don't import them. Heck i can't even get the Pi due to the shortage. I think I'm content with single SSD as NAS for now lol.

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It's pretty amazing that the network chip doesnt just burn up or even stop working when it gets too hot. Modern tech is incredible!

[@JeffGeerling]

Red Shirt Jeff would like to see it catch fire.

[@MrRossi1805]

Great !

[@Dygear]

I would probably wait until you hit a million before starting a new channel. Having to build two channels at once is going to be overwhelming.

[@JeffGeerling]

Don't worry, 2nd channel is going to be a lot more casual in schedule. Basically an excuse for me to hang out with my Dad more like when I was a kid and we hack on something here and there.

[@BrondRando]

Simple thing I assume you or someone has tried but does the PoE for that unit need to be PoE+ or some proprietary PoE injector? I've definitely run in to that as an issue. There are some wacky voltages out there for PoE.