Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago

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On this episode, the balena IoT Happy Hour team will discuss with the balena Customer Success Team about how to choose the right SBC (Single Board Computers) for your projects.

Choosing a SBC brings a lot of talking points on the table. Expect discussions about POC vs production devices, use cases, budgets and more.


P.S. - If this looks like fun to you, why not come join us? Have a look at our current job openings here: apply.workable.com/balena



00:00 Welcome and introduction

01:37 balena is hiring
04:50 What's on your desk?
14:10 How to choose a single board computer for your IoT project?
16:12 infarm use case
18:55 Remote devices use case
21:30 PoC vs Production devices
38:10 Intel NUC GPU and SBC power consumption
42:42 Recommendations for light workload devices and Total Cost of Ownership
47:35 Edge AI devices
1:03:00 Wrap-up and goodbye