Jeff GeerlingAre microSD cards days numbered on Raspberry Pi 5? Raspberry Pi has a new M.2 HAT for the Pi 5, but there are many others. Which one's best?
00:00 - NVMe's time to shine 00:35 - Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ 01:49 - Alternatives have more interesting uses 02:10 - Ditch microSD 03:26 - What makes NVMe so good? 05:12 - Better performance and compatibility 06:29 - Multi-drive HATs - compromises 07:50 - Opportunities and a Pi 500?
SBCs: Its time to ditch microSDJeff Geerling2024-05-14 | Are microSD cards days numbered on Raspberry Pi 5? Raspberry Pi has a new M.2 HAT for the Pi 5, but there are many others. Which one's best?
00:00 - NVMe's time to shine 00:35 - Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ 01:49 - Alternatives have more interesting uses 02:10 - Ditch microSD 03:26 - What makes NVMe so good? 05:12 - Better performance and compatibility 06:29 - Multi-drive HATs - compromises 07:50 - Opportunities and a Pi 500?4K Gaming... on Raspberry Pi!Jeff Geerling2024-10-17 | Yes, it is possible. But can it play DOOM?
Yes, it can, at 4K and on Ultra. Check out more details about how this was achived in my blog post:
00:00 - 4K Gaming and more 01:06 - Hardware 02:47 - Why AMD Polaris generation? 03:59 - Time to Recompile Linux 04:59 - The fun part: Games! 06:06 - Other GPU benchmarks 06:38 - Hardware accelerated transcoding 07:27 - Why do this?PoE+ NVMe beats Raspberry Pi to the punchJeff Geerling2024-10-10 | Go to surfshark.com/redshirtjeff for 4 extra months of Surfshark.
Raspberry Pi hasn't released their PoE+ HAT after pre-announcing it a year ago—but third parties are taking the idea and getting creative, combining NVMe + PoE+ on one HAT! How do these new HATs stack up?
Products mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):
00:00 - PoE and Pi 5 01:42 - 52Pi PoE+ NVMe HAT 04:46 - HackerGadgets PoE+ NVMe HAT 07:47 - Inside the Pi 5 Case 08:38 - n-fuse PoE+ NVMe HAT 13:07 - Installation in the mini rack 14:28 - Other HATsRaspberry Pi PCIe Shenanigans: Using Pi 5 in all the wrong ways!Jeff Geerling2024-10-05 | What happens when you plug a GPU into a Pi 5? How about WiFi 7? And three Xeon CPUs... wait, what?!
Please consider donating to the UOAA to support other people with ostomies, like I have! You can use the form on YouTube next to this video, or donate online:
00:00 - Delays for devs 02:02 - CoPilot+ failure to launch 04:10 - Unboxing the Dev Kit 05:20 - Teardown and internals 07:00 - Getting to the X Elite 08:21 - Windows 11 Home 08:48 - Fan noise 09:21 - Benchmarks and power consumption 10:08 - Small bugs and updates for days 10:48 - Firefox, Edge, and GPU acceleration 11:04 - Linux when? 12:08 - Microsoft must do thisAn Update on LGRJeff Geerling2024-09-30 | LGR's home was crushed by two massive trees after Hurricane Helene ravaged his hometown of Asheville, NC. Let's make some good happen after this tragedy!
00:00 - What happened? 01:11 - Do not let the sun go down on your rat 02:58 - Elecrow's response 06:55 - Judging the response 08:03 - AI voice cloning 101 09:09 - Consent for ethical AI cloning 12:26 - When life gives you lemons...They stole my voice with AI (UPDATE: Elecrow responded)Jeff Geerling2024-09-22 | **UPDATE 9/23**: Richard, the CEO of Elecrow responded—check out my follow-up video for my reaction and some more things I've learned about AI voice cloning this week: youtube.com/watch?v=vHuPWQz9AlI
Does the voice in the clip at the beginning of this video sound familiar to you?
Thanks to viewer T.H. for spotting the use of my voice in Elecrow's videos.
Sipeed sent me the NanoKVM units used in this video, so I marked it as 'sponsored'—they did not pay any money nor did they have any input into the content of this video.
00:00 - So small, such wow 00:48 - Why an IP KVM 01:56 - Not open source (yet) 03:55 - But does it work? 04:48 - NanoKVM UI and features 06:07 - Autoupdate woes 06:30 - 100 Mbps or Bust! 06:39 - USB power backfeed 07:18 - Needs more timeThis 3D printer folds up and goes anywhereJeff Geerling2024-09-19 | But... it's a bit expensive! You can find the printer at positron3d.com
If you're just getting started or don't want to build your own tiny printer, I also recommend a Bambu Labs A1 Mini or Prusa Mini; they're much cheaper and you won't have to spend so much time building them.
But building a 3D printer is half the fun! Maintaining it is the other half :)
00:00 - 2GB, $50, new chip 00:36 - Baseline performance 01:10 - Of course I overclocked it 02:18 - Not stopping at 3.5 GHz this time 03:22 - Delidding 04:34 - C1 vs D0 steppings 05:10 - Stability issues with direct die cooling 05:53 - For my next trick... 06:10 - Better efficiency (sort-of) 07:27 - Is the 2GB better?Finally, a 3D Printer for Australians!Jeff Geerling2024-08-26 | The Positron V3.2 is the Mazda Miata of 3D printers.
It has some neat party tricks, but it's expensive. What makes it special, and who is it for? Find out in this video.
Huge thanks to Positron3D and LDO Motors for sending the full kit: positron3d.com
00:00 - A strange printer 00:51 - Why upside-down? 02:06 - The build 04:10 - Three Raspberry Pis inside 04:32 - Oops I heatset 05:28 - Cooler than Prusa, Bambu 06:19 - First power on test 07:49 - First print quirks 09:34 - Modding my brand new printer 11:14 - Benchy on battery 11:45 - Benefits of upside-down printing 12:49 - Coffee cup cable mod 13:38 - You Wouldn't Print on a Car 14:15 - How does it work? 15:13 - The Mazda Miata of 3D PrintersA tiny x86 SBC with Raspberry Pi GPIO (Radxa X4, tested)Jeff Geerling2024-08-17 | The Radxa X4 unites an Intel N100 SoC with a Raspberry Pi RP2040. The best of both worlds, right?
Let's explore thermals, power delivery, peripheral and OS support, and even take Linux and Windows for a spin on the PCIe Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD!
I purchased all the devices used in this video, there were no sponsorships; halfway through testing, Radxa sent a review unit in addition to the one I bought and tested, but all my testing was performed on the retail unit.
More about the Radxa X4 and my experience using it:
00:00 - Anticipation 02:14 - Bringing the heat 03:02 - Design hampers performance 04:05 - HABs are the new HATs 05:57 - Raspberry Pi Inside 06:39 - Windows and (light) Gaming 07:59 - BIOS and Radxa's BaneRaspberry Pi Pico 2: a RISC-V bet!Jeff Geerling2024-08-08 | The Pico 2 has Raspberry Pi's latest silicon, the RP2350. But there's more than meets the eye, like RISC-V and an additional PIO.
The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 tested in this video was sent by Raspberry Pi for review, they did not pay anything or have any input into the video's content, nor any review of it before it was published.
00:00 - RP2040's successor 01:15 - What's new? 02:41 - RP2040's ubiquity 04:50 - Power problems 06:15 - Getting RISC-V 07:21 - RP2350's ubiquityThe PC industry is changing: RISC-V goes mainstreamJeff Geerling2024-08-05 | This is the first RISC-V motherboard I've been able to install in a normal computer case. How does it work? Is it ready for prime-time?
Huge thanks to Christopher Barnatt from @ExplainingComputers for talking to me about RISC-V for this video! And thanks to Milk-V for sending the board to test, and working with me to troubleshoot the WiFi issue I had.
Milk-V provided the two Jupiter motherboards I used in the making of this video, but did not pay for this review, nor have any input into it's content or production.
00:00 - Milk-V Jupiter - RISC-V on ITX 01:44 - Testbench (performance) 03:39 - RISC-V perspectives 07:26 - Build montage! 08:38 - RISC-V fare in a minitower? 10:33 - Bianbu and Ubuntu, stable but slow 12:51 - Docker and development 14:33 - Not consumer-level (yet)I hacked Raspberry Pi firmware for the World Record Overclock!Jeff Geerling2024-07-30 | WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
If you attempt to replicate this experiment, your warranty will most certainly be void, and there's a good chance you kill your Pi attempting this overclock.
You'll also potentially blow past my Geekbench world record, which would just be too much! :D
00:00 - Overclocking is overrated 00:48 - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED 01:18 - Silicon Lottery 03:03 - Baseline and first WR attempts 03:43 - Higher voltage 04:56 - Peltier Cooling 06:28 - And for my last trick 07:31 - WR achieved, CPU... might surviveWindows Arm PCs could be SO much betterJeff Geerling2024-07-19 | What's going on with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite 'Mac mini killer' Dev Kit?
I take a look at the current Windows on Arm landscape, and discuss what I think Microsoft and Qualcomm should do to make Snapdragon X truly 'Elite' among Arm platforms.
"Paid promotion" disclaimer: I was not paid anything to make this video, but some of the equipment I show in the video (namely, the ADLINK workstation and Ampere Altra Max CPU) were provided over a year ago with no obligations attached. I still like to disclose when I show any equipment I didn't personally pay for, because that lets you, the viewer, adjust for any potential bias that may come through.
00:00 - Where's the Snapdragon Dev Kit? 00:44 - Marketing vs reality 03:14 - Arm is amazing (on Linux) 04:08 - Gaming on Arm (on Linux) 05:31 - Should you buy an Arm HEDT instead? 06:23 - We need something better 07:39 - Maybe Linux is the answer? 08:21 - Dear Microsoft, Dear QualcommNUMA NUMA make Raspberry Pi go ZOOMAJeff Geerling2024-07-12 | Raspberry Pi 5 gets 10-15% speedup with 100 line Linux kernel patch. And what if we could save 50 megawatt-hours of power annually, just with a software patch for older Pis?
I'll walk through the NUMA Emulation patch that supposedly boosts Pi 5 performance, as well as some other new performance-related developments coming down the pike!
00:00 - There's something off about Pi 5 01:27 - NUMA NUMA? 02:27 - The NUMA Emulation patch 04:29 - 50 MW of power savings (ish) 05:35 - microSD: A2 finally faster than A1 07:18 - Some Pis are slower than others 08:29 - Return of the BloopersRaspberry Pi 5: Getting StartedJeff Geerling2024-07-05 | New Customer Exclusive – Get $25 Off Your Purchase of $100 or more: https://micro.center/b04f Sign Up for Early Access to Micro Center Miami: https://micro.center/a6093a Shop Micro Center’s Top Deals for July :https://micro.center/561d14
Thanks to Micro Center for helping me make this video, especially to the many employees and manager (hi Jeff!) who were so accomodating and helpful!
Thanks to Blake from Shooting Star Media for helping me with the video shoot in Charlotte, and all the Micro Center employees who helped and showed me around the new store!
Contents:
00:00 - Raspberry Pi and electronics in Charlotte 01:11 - Which Pi to Buy 02:23 - Accessories and Maker HATs 03:45 - 3D Printing a Camera case 05:32 - Assembling a Pi 5 10:11 - First boot and Pi OS Install 13:03 - Exploring Pi OS 15:36 - Setting up the Pi Camera 18:44 - Remote control Pi Camera 20:23 - Setting up the Enviro+ Air Monitor HAT 22:52 - If at first you don't succeed... 23:59 - Giving away the entire setupFractal, take my money! (Pi 5 Cases)Jeff Geerling2024-06-28 | Head to squarespace.com/redshirtjeff to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code (REDSHIRTJEFF).
Note that a few of the cases were sent to me for testing, while others I've purchased in the months following the Pi 5's launch. Fractal sent me a copy of the Baby North after I asked them about it watching other people's Computex coverage on YouTube. So far they don't seem to have plans for selling it!
00:00 - The saltine of Pi cases 00:39 - Fractal Baby North 01:37 - Pironman 5 02:34 - EDATEC fanless cases 03:28 - HAT compatibility 04:31 - Argon One V3 and Neo 5 05:57 - 3D printed cases 06:24 - My favorite case is none at all! 07:01 - Pi coolers, more and more extreme 07:22 - Thank the sponsor!The Raspberry PIZ Dispenser!Jeff Geerling2024-06-24 | How else do you give away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos at Open Sauce 2024?
#shortsI gave away 480 Raspberry Pis at Open SauceJeff Geerling2024-06-17 | Head to squarespace.com/redshirtjeff to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code REDSHIRTJEFF.
I built a 'Piz dispenser' to give away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos to the makers, tinkerers, and brilliant hackers at Open Sauce 2024. It was amazing. Can't wait for 2025!
00:00 - 480 Pis at Open Sauce 01:11 - The idea: A PIZ Dispenser 02:06 - Time for a CAD MONTAGE 03:46 - How do PEZ work? 05:02 - Design challenges 06:32 - Procrastination with merch! 07:22 - Pico Paper Problem 08:59 - Overnighting AR-15 gun springs 09:48 - Thanks, Denise 11:28 - Head designs 13:30 - Paper inserts and faster printers 13:35 - Time for an Assembly Montage! 16:25 - TSA Trouble? 17:04 - Adam Savage's Cave 17:38 - Open Sauce, day 1 19:30 - Saturday, overwhelmed by awesome 21:44 - Sunday reload, and the tech panel55 TOPS AI Pi goes fasterJeff Geerling2024-06-06 | I made a 55 TOPS Raspberry Pi AI PC. And it actually works... even if it's a little janky.
Full disclosure: Raspberry Pi sent the AI Kit I've been testing for this video—they did not sponsor the video nor did they have any input into the content of this video (or a chance to review it before it was published).
00:00 - Total Recall 00:33 - Raspberry Pi AI Kit 01:05 - AI AI oh. 01:38 - Cameras 02:59 - AI architecture 04:22 - YOLO (and other Demos) 06:04 - LLMs and Generative AI 06:28 - 51 TOPS attempt - the build 09:42 - No magic smoke! 11:02 - Any other way? 11:49 - Other AI options (that are actually useful)I replaced my Apple TV—with a Raspberry PiJeff Geerling2024-05-31 | Head to squarespace.com/redshirtjeff to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code (REDSHIRTJEFF).
If you want a TV box that's more flexible than Apple TV, Nvidia SHIELD, Roku Ultra, or any of the regular Android-based TV set-top boxes, this Pi build's for you!
I built a Raspberry Pi 5 media center using LibreELEC and Kodi, and I'll show you how you can do it, too. It's good enough for almost any modern content, up to 4K60, but there are a few caveats.
Some of the things I mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):
00:00 - Introduction 00:09 - Squarespace first mention 00:43 - Necessary parts 02:13 - Remote control 03:03 - Assembly 05:47 - First boot 06:06 - Red Shirt Jeff (.com) 07:07 - First time LibreELEC setup 08:53 - Adding content via Samba 09:36 - Scanning for metadata 12:03 - 4K, AV1, VP9, YouTube demos 14:55 - Power draw and auto boot 15:43 - Free as in freedomThis is how you destroy Raspberry PiJeff Geerling2024-05-24 | LattePanda's Mu is the latest entrant in the 'Pi Killer' battle, but it has a trick up its sleeve.
LattePanda sent me the Mu and carrier board for review, so I'm marking this video as having a 'product placement'—however, they had no input into the video's contents, and have paid nothing for me to talk about their product.
00:00 - Hardware is (not) the answer 01:17 - Conjoined triangles of success 02:32 - x86 (not Arm) 03:52 - Where's the support? 06:24 - LattePanda Mu 08:20 - A lot of promise (is it enough?)Red Shirt Jeffs at it againJeff Geerling2024-05-17 | No Raspberry Pis were harmed in the making of this video.
My Dad helped me build this new electronics workbench. What makes it tick? What else will we add? And how can YOU help me make it the most efficient workbench for electronics, computing, and radio work?
00:00 - The ideal workspace 00:45 - A good tool lasts 50 years 03:15 - Why don't soldering irons have lights? 05:27 - Some things change, some things don't 06:28 - Tools for electronics 07:32 - Bench philosophy and more tools 09:07 - Soldering safety? 10:16 - Lighting and a monitor arm 10:43 - A new place for merch 11:40 - Dad stumps Jeff with retro hipster tool 14:35 - A little fire for your wire 15:47 - How much bandwidth could you cram in 25 wires?Did Raspberry Pi just Sherlock RealVNC?Jeff Geerling2024-05-07 | Raspberry Pi Connect is a new service to remote control Raspberry Pis.
You can try it out on your own Pis with a Raspberry Pi ID, check out the documentation here: connect.raspberrypi.com
00:00 - Sherlocked! 00:38 - Why RealVNC won't work 01:25 - Raspberry Pi Connect 02:37 - How to get started 03:08 - How is it? 04:13 - Mobile limitations 06:27 - Can it replace RealVNC? 06:57 - Will it be monetized?Big NAS, Lil NAS (moving 13)Jeff Geerling2024-05-03 | Big Arm NAS meets tiny Pi NAS. I set up ZFS replication between my two Arm NASes, and completed part of my 3-2-1 backup plan. I'll also talk about other progress in the new studio, and a couple exciting announcements!
HUGE thanks to Kioxia for sending me two of their CD-8 NVMe SSDs for this build—I'll cover them more on the @Level2Jeff channel soon!
00:00 - The problem 02:03 - Pi 5 SATA NAS 03:39 - ZFS Replication (ft Ansible and Sanoid) 07:35 - Improving backup reliability and security 08:50 - It's not all good 10:21 - Massive U.2 NVMe storage upgrade 13:12 - Office air quality monitoring 13:43 - Workbench and workspace improvements 14:09 - Retro corner updates 14:39 - Networking improvements 15:55 - Camera install and EP1My Tiny RackJeff Geerling2024-04-30 | This is the 10" mini RackMate T1 rack from DeskPi. They sent it to me to test, and I've installed a couple SBC Linux clusters for learning inside!
Turing Pi's shaking things up with their new RK1. It's 5x faster than the Pi CM4.
But is it worth the price? Dive into my test results, then we'll rack up two SBC clusters: 6 Pi CM4s on the DeskPi Super6c cluster board, and 4 Turing Pi RK1s in the Turing Pi 2.
Some things I mentioned in the video (some links are affiliate links):
00:00 - The new king 00:57 - CM4 vs RK1 02:11 - A crippling feature 04:22 - RK1's RK3588 performance 05:57 - Mini 10" Rackmount 07:11 - Rackmount build 15:24 - Mini Rack build 19:32 - First boot in the rack 20:49 - Configuring networking with Ansible 24:00 - Kubernetes install 26:34 - Kubernetes overview and debugging 28:26 - It works! 29:31 - And it's faster! 30:02 - Working on a new siteCorporate Open Source is DeadJeff Geerling2024-04-25 | Nobody likes being rugpulled. But lately, it's going around like a virus.
Why are so many former open source darlings selling out or relicensing? And is there anything you can do to fight back against these anti-open-source practices?
00:00 - What happened 00:34 - The rot sets in 02:01 - The year open source dies 02:47 - CLAs considered toxic 03:52 - Free vs open 04:31 - Opportunity knocks 05:48 - FreeloadersI Spy, with my Little Pi...Jeff Geerling2024-04-19 | Build a free and open source NVR that's better than most commercial NVR's.
I used Frigate, a Raspberry Pi, a Coral TPU, and Axzez's Interceptor 1U chassis.
Axzez sent me the 1U chassis and the required accessories (not including hard drives or the Raspberry Pi) for this build, but they did not pay any money, nor did they have any input into the content in this video.
Resources mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):
00:00 - I spy... 02:26 - Not just with Pi 03:04 - The build 05:33 - Build complete 07:58 - First boot 11:31 - Pi-NVR and Frigate setup 15:24 - Storage setup 17:45 - Frigate install + PoE camera setup 18:52 - Exploring Frigate 22:49 - Next steps2024s total solar eclipse was an INCREDIBLE experienceJeff Geerling2024-04-12 | Visit squarespace.com/redshirtjeff to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.
Experiencing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in southern Missouri was incredible, words can't do it justice—nor can a video! But I've put together something that will at least give you an idea.
Also as luck would have it, I ran into @smartereveryday and got to see his film photography setup for capturing the eclipse!
00:00 - Something I love 01:34 - Planning 03:45 - Setup and experiments 05:45 - Photographing totality - gear selection 06:27 - First contact 07:11 - All 5 senses 07:41 - Totality 10:07 - A spiritual experience 11:10 - Dark ModeThe ULTIMATE Raspberry Pi 5 NASJeff Geerling2024-04-04 | See you at Open Sauce June 15-16! Apply to exhibit here: opensauce.com/exhibits
Radxa's Penta SATA HAT fits nicely atop the Raspberry Pi 5. Can I use it to build the ultimate Pi 5 NAS? Or will we run into issues?
This video is not sponsored, neither Open Sauce nor Radxa paid anything, nor did they have any input into this video—however I did recieve the Radxa Penta SATA HAT featured in this video for review, as well as the Pineberry Pi boards.
My build included the following (some links are affiliate links):
But that will downgrade the PCIe connections to Gen 2.
The second option keeps Gen 3 speed for the disks and gets slightly better 2.5G performance (in fact, slightly better than the switch), using a USB 3 2.5G Ethernet adapter. I used this Plugable 2.5G adapter: amzn.to/4cGPxmF
00:00 - The Ultimate Pi 5 NAS 01:35 - YOLO this thing 03:51 - Assembly 08:14 - (Don't) release the magic smoke 10:08 - Software setup - RAID 0 12:59 - It's hot 15:05 - Benchmarking RAID 0 16:54 - Open Sauce 17:45 - Reads over writes 18:56 - 2.5G Networking 22:06 - But is it faster? 23:33 - OMV + ZFS Setup 27:42 - ZFS Performance 30:37 - Oops. 31:17 - DIY or Buy?We made a hot dog talk—with AM radio!Jeff Geerling2024-03-31 | Don't try this at home!
This is a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower, if someone were to touch it while it was transmitting.
Hopefully we have satiated your curiosity with this video.
Check out the full video on @GeerlingEngineering!
00:00 - It's not for you 01:18 - Hardware overview 02:08 - It went a little sideways... 04:10 - Quirks 05:32 - RISC-V TH1520 Performance 08:19 - With great interestComputer Engineering for Big BabiesJeff Geerling2024-03-24 | The book is 'Computer Engineering for Big Babies,' the second in the 'Computer Engineering for Babies' series. I just love these little books, and so far the original has held up to four kids' rambunctious usage. It's not perfect—it relies on light hitting optical sensors to denote the current page—but it's fun, and the kids mostly love pressing the buttons. As do I! :)
#shortsRetro Computing Enthusiasts are MasochistsJeff Geerling2024-03-22 | Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code REDSHIRTJEFF for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/REDSHIRTJEFF
HUGE thanks to the following YouTubers who helped me on this journey:
00:00 - Joining the masochists 00:42 - Do not what I do 03:15 - Online protection 04:05 - Apple in their prime 05:20 - Power Mac G4 MDD: End of an era 08:15 - Restoring and upgrading it to the gills 11:18 - netatalk on a Raspberry Pi 5 12:03 - PowerBook 3400c: The fastest laptop 14:16 - Tearing down the laptop, and some Bad News 16:34 - Through the magic of buying another! 18:02 - TODOs and 3D tanks 19:25 - Apple was worse back then 20:15 - It's not worth it 21:27 - Stayed for the communityOverclocking Raspberry Pi 5 to 3.14 GHz on Pi DayJeff Geerling2024-03-14 | Some said it couldn't be done. In fact, *I* said it couldn't be done, this morning!
Then I did it! Happy Pi Day, here are some resources if you want to try overclocking *your* Pi 5 beyond 3.0 GHz—but be warned, you will be running experimental firmware if you do this:
Since many people have asked for a link, here's the set of mini needle-nose pliers I used in the video: amzn.to/3TBA6EQ (Hakko CHP PN-2007). I probably use them more than any other pliers I've bought, in fact I just bought another pair so I can have one up front with the Macs :)
Argon sent this particular cooler unit as a test sample, though I have another one I purchased separately at home. This video isn't sponsored, and there are a variety of great cooling options that should work with most overclocks (even the $7 Pi Active Cooler), and an Ice tower cooler would give pretty similar results.
00:00 - I was wrong. 01:13 - Cooling for an overclock 03:18 - Flashing the OC firmware 05:29 - From 2.4 to 3.0 GHz 08:01 - From 3.0 to 3.1 GHz 09:50 - From 3.1 to 3.2 GHz 10:42 - From 3.2 to 3.3 GHz (fail) 13:07 - Back to 3.2 GHz 14:16 - World-record Pi 5 single-core (for now)Probing Pi 5 silicon with an Electron Microscope!Jeff Geerling2024-03-14 | Visit brilliant.org/JeffGeerling to start your 30-day free trial, and get 20% off your annual subscription!
The Raspberry Pi 5 can't be overclocked past 3 GHz. Why? The secret is hidden in the silicon deep inside.
X-rays don't go deep enough. This video explores modern CPU architecture, clocks and PLLs (Phase-Locked Loops), silicon die shots, and even transistor-level debugging with an electron microscope!
00:00 - Human DNA on my chip? 00:42 - Overclocking, featuring actual clocks 05:59 - Heat is not an issue (unless you're a candle) 07:14 - Die shots: OCP on the Pi 5's BCM2712 11:51 - Die shots: RP1 12:37 - Probing individual transistors at 16nm 18:35 - Peering deeper inside silicon 20:06 - Learning more...The silicon inside Pi 5Jeff Geerling2024-03-14 | Huge thanks to Kleindeik Nanotechnik and John McMaster for working with me on this project, to image the bare silicon die of the BCM2712 - the SoC that powers the Raspberry Pi 5.
I will also link to my long form video with even more shots and information about the Pi 5's SoC and it's little 'southbridge' chip, the RP1, designed by Raspberry Pi themselves!
#ShortsSilencing the 100% Arm NAS—while making it FASTER!Jeff Geerling2024-02-29 | Visit brilliant.org/JeffGeerling to start your 30-day free trial, and the first 200 get 20% off their annual subscription!
The HL15 NAS build using an Arm64 CPU was surprisingly loud—and power-hungry.
Can we improve that? This video will explore making it almost silent, while also reducing power consumption by half. Then we'll dive deeper into performance and efficiency.
Check out the Ansible playbook I'm using to manage my NAS and set up ZFS and Samba:
00:00 - Problems to be solved 01:04 - Only fans 04:41 - Stripping down the system 06:47 - What is efficiency? 07:35 - Benchmarking the CPU: Top500 09:02 - Arm support: Linux and Ansible 11:49 - Benchmarking ZFS: RAIDZ2, SLOG, L2ARC? 15:48 - ZFS learnings on the HL15 16:33 - Keeping my mind sharpIts Clusterin Time!Jeff Geerling2024-02-22 | I bought a bunch of Turing Pi RK1 modules... then Turing Pi sent me some more!
I'm testing the RK1 32GB modules on my Turing Pi 2 SBC cluster board. We'll see if we can get them working, then have some fun once we do! Could be a while, so sit back, relax, and start your clusters!
00:00:00 - Are we live? 00:02:00 - Turing Pi 2 00:04:52 - The first livestream setup, featuring NDI 00:06:32 - Setting up the clusterboard, featuring PicoPSU 00:09:30 - NVMe SSDs on the bottom 00:12:20 - RK3588 SoC and the RK1 SoM 00:14:20 - Heatsinks and fans 00:19:52 - RTFM, Jeff 00:20:50 - Heatsinks and fans, take 2 00:35:00 - Getting plugged in, featuring Diet Dr. Pepper 00:37:44 - No magic smoke, board LEDs light up! 00:40:42 - SBC Review repo - a gauntlet of tests 00:45:16 - BMC Web UI overview, featuring risky TP2 handling 00:47:40 - Testing the first RK1 - neofetch and Geekbench 00:53:58 - RK1 overview, what is an SoM? 01:00:00 - Geekbench 6 results (and Pi 5 comparison) 01:03:17 - eMMC performance testing 01:08:05 - Ethernet performance testing 01:12:00 - What is a cluster? Featuring live chat 01:13:04 - Memory bandwidth 01:15:04 - 1 Gbps Ethernet is a major bottleneck 01:17:36 - Impromptu office and studio tour (with some technical difficulties) 01:27:04 - Impromptu server/rack room tour 01:31:37 - Impromptu desk/studio tour 01:36:07 - Impromptu front office and retro corner tour 01:39:55 - Flashing finally finished, didn't fail 01:42:11 - Getting connected to the nodes (SSH) 01:45:15 - Pi Cluster project setup 01:48:31 - Timestamp guy! 01:49:10 - Plans for this clusterWater Cooling Pi 5: cool, but complete overkillJeff Geerling2024-02-20 | Seeed Studio and 52Pi partnered up to make a Water Cooling Kit for Raspberry Pi 5, and they sent me one to test.
(They did not pay me to make this video, nor do they have any input into the contents, but they did provide me with a kit for testing, therefore I'm marking the video as 'sponsored'.)
#Shorts #raspberrypiHow to photograph a Total Solar eclipseJeff Geerling2024-02-17 | A Total Solar Eclipse is coming up on April 8 across North America. Here's how I'm going to photograph it.
Equipment I'll be taking to the eclipse (some links are affiliate links):
00:00 - Totally different 01:23 - Planing for the photo 02:52 - DIY Solar filter 03:33 - Practice with the sun 04:13 - Camera settings 05:32 - Totality 06:33 - Advanced techniques 07:34 - Luck 08:12 - Where should you go?How efficient can I build the 100% Arm NAS?Jeff Geerling2024-02-11 | This build goes all-out for efficiency, with a 32-core Arm64 CPU on a brand new motherboard.
HUGE thanks to ASRock Rack, 45Homelab, Ampere, and Noctua for helping me build this system.
00:00 - A unique Arm64 HL15 build 01:12 - Parts & Specs 04:13 - Motherboard assembly 08:27 - Thermal paste application 08:44 - A prototype fan 10:20 - 45Homelab's HL15 chassis 11:44 - Will it fit? 14:17 - How hard is it to press power? 16:52 - It's not quiet 17:51 - Hard Drives 19:02 - SSDs and 3D printed adapters 19:40 - First boot! (And a RAM issue) 23:14 - Linux install 25:27 - Idle power draw (higher than I hoped) 26:10 - Rack it up! 29:17 - Patch cable's too short (oops)One cable, two SSDs: the first Pi 5 PoE HATJeff Geerling2024-02-06 | Waveshare beat Raspberry Pi to the punch with a PoE HAT capable of providing enough power to the Pi for overclocking, SSDs, USB, and more.
This video explores the HAT, installation, case fitment, and how well it works.
00:00 - What is Power over Ethernet? 00:47 - The only PoE HAT for Pi 5 (so far) 02:04 - Assembly - heatsink, fan, case compatibility 03:42 - First boot and fan performance 04:42 - One NVMe SSD 06:13 - Managed PoE+ Switch power draw 06:57 - Two NVMe SSDs (USB + PCIe) 08:17 - Other HATs?My smart doorbell lit itself on fire (moving 12)Jeff Geerling2024-02-01 | SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Pro: Caught fire, would not recommend!
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