Re: Low power FreeBSD computer board needed

On 2024-09-26 15:35, Thor Ablestar wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Trying to avoid the recent battery overheat problem, I am looking for 
> some small computer board that is able to do the following:
> 
> 1) Compile from sources and start a graphic Youtube capable web browser 
> under FreeBSD (Arch does not matter),
> 
> 2) Sleep at least 72 hours being powered from 4 AA cells, with all 
> peripherals except COM port powered down. In this mode the COM port 
> input should wake up the system in less than 1 second.
> 
> Raspberry Pi is almost OK but it's power consumption in lowest power 
> mode is 10 times higher than allowable. Saving Raspberry Pi state to 
> flash and powering it down is 10 times slower than allowable (and kills 
> the flash, too).
> 
> Can you advice me such a board?

Beagleboard any good? I've never tried one. But you may have to 
compromise on your AA cells - 4 x 18650 might be enough.

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