How durable are single board computers?

Last Updated on April 25, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  • If we look at the Raspberry Pi’s which are sold on Ricardo Switzerland, we can see that there also very old devices available.
  • In a test of NicoD’s SBC with an Orange Pi 5 a component fell of.
  • In one of our tests a Raspberry Pi 3 died.
  • Are the ones which are sold on Ricardo Switzerland devices which where used only for a short period?
  • And what shall we do, if we are looking for a device with a 24 month warranty time?
  • If we look at our table, then we can see that of the selection we made mainly LattePandas are available in Switzerland and offer a 24 month warranty time
  • Should we have problems with devices which easily break, the LattePanda V1 with Ubuntu and hacked kernel might be a cost effective solution.
  • Raspberry Pi currently offers us only one device at Digitec Switzerland with a warranty time of 24 month, which is interesting for us personally.